Being true to yourself and loving what you do is a key part of being able to promote yourself shamelessly. Learn about the mental blocks that hold you back from promoting your brilliance to the world and how to bust through them, how to respect and feed your soul, plus several highly effective tips for sharing your skills and talents. This session is a booster shot of inspiration to spark your creative thinking about your personal brand and to promote your best self for stardom.

1. Find your Shameless Spark!
Bust Blocks to Shameless Self-Promotion
Denise R. Jacobs
Inspiring Women LIVE!
Bristol, UK
24 September 2014

2. @denisejacobs
@iwomenlive #iwomenlive
#shameless-spark

3. Let me tell you a story
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365

4. Of how I went from this…
Photo: Denise Jacobs

5. To this…
Photo: Aarron Walter

6. To this (!)…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxrheinmain/8621197881/

7. And this…
Photo: Derek Kearney

8. And THIS!
http://TheCreativeDose.com/

9. SQUEEEEEE!!!!!
Photo: Denise Jacobs

10. February/March
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/

11. Upon finishing my first book…
Photo: Dense Jacobs

12. I had an epiphany
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4055814772/

13. It’s all about this!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/

14. My book is on web design/development
Photo: Denise Jacobs

15. Wanted to speak at web design conferences
Used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629076165/

16. Who I was – vs -- Who I wanted to become
Photos: Denise Jacobs & http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcornelius/6276948549/

17. Getting work as a web designer

18. I practiced Shameful Self-Promotion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenzzz_14/7031233649/

20. Exactly.

21. So what changed?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b4b2/3954106061/

22. This.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitelynx/55682357/

23. “Happiness is not just a mood—it’s a
work ethic…..Happiness is actually the
precursor to success.”
Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven
Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and
Performance at Work

24. Found the key and opened up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwtwo/8323452857/

25. So, let’s bust through the blocks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/860951845/

26. Internalized criticisms + fears
https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682

27. = The evil voices in your head
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/

28. aka The Inner Critic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/

29. The “troll under the bridge”

30. Mass hypnosis
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yxelle/5806302053

31. Part of your social eco-system
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24885934@N08/2344163441/

32. “Obsessing about preventing bad
things from happening also prevents
good things from happening, or
sometimes prevents anything from
happening at all.”
Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants

33. Physical evidence of fear
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/

34. Internal manisfestations of Fear
http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/

35. “OMG, I’m SO busy!”

36. “I should have done more by now…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/

37. “I don’t know enough”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg

38. “They’ll find out I’m a fraud”

39. vs. “NAILED IT!”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-drummond/3946893897

40. Impostor Syndrome Paradox
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/

41. “It needs to be PERFECT”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/

42. “I’ll do it tomorrow…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/

43. “Really, I’ll do it tomorrow.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/

44. “I will do it tomorrow!”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/

45. Feed each other
Illustration: Denise Jacobs

46. “I’m afraid to take the plunge”
Photo: Denise Jacobs

47. “What if I fail?”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/

48. F.E.A.R. =
http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/7a361666e107cd36656d5a66ea2e4e80.jpg

49. “Fear is not real. It is a product of the
thoughts you create. Do not
misunderstand me. Danger is very real.
But fear is a choice.”
- character of Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith), After
Earth

50. Banish Your Inner Critic!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/

51. Eliminate Should/Must/Ought/Have to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/3822942678/

52. Realize it doesn’t have to be prefect
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/4498817330/

53. “She could never go back and make
some of the details pretty.
All she could do is move forward and
make the whole more beautiful.”
- Terri St. Cloud

54. Perfection ≠ Excellence
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaldoche/4771465356

55. Remember humble beginnings
Twitter, circa 2006

56. Reframe #FAIL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/

57. *WHATEVER*

58. Question “Them”!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/3036598475

59. Cop a Power Pose

60. Recognize & support your spark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/

61. From Spark to Flame: How to be on Fire
https://www.flickr.com/photos/themeowverlord/15127287270

62. “The only way to be truly satisfied is to
do what you believe is great work. The
only way to do great work is to love
what you do.”
- Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech

63. Focus on being “Self-ful”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/

64. Self-ful-ness:
Caring for your own welfare so that you
are able to care for the welfare of
others.

65. The Oxygen Mask Theory

66. Leads to selflessness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazgrp/2050810720/

67. Share of your gifts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/3277839203

68. Remember it’s about this, and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaig/2924795796

69. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

70. Recognize your brilliance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

71. DO NOT focus on your weaknesses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/

72. You will only improve
10-15 %
(and it will be painful)
Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0

73. Be BOLD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakocreative/3894673274/

74. Propose Yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/2506156264/

75. How I got my book deal (in 2 slides)
Photo: Denise Jacobs

77. Bam!

78. Reach out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nogood/211873647/

79. Yes!
http://plutonicgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/FollowUp.jpeg

80. Value yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/

81. WWWGD?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlaughland/3475448568/

82. Learn from them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grothaug/3634720217/

83. Also
Photo: Denise Jacobs

84. Because it’s magic

85. Leads to this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smakula/2278741812

86. FOWD site March 26, 2010

87. FOWD site April 15, 2010

88. Promote

89. Listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684688/

90. No, really listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684632/

91. Pair up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kara_allyson/5358611092/

92. Many hands make light work
http://thecreativedose.com/#who-we-are

93. Play!
Photo: Denise Jacobs

94. Enjoy + Good at + Feeling Empowered
http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/3310336516/

95. = Empowered Play
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anieto2k/8216666102/

96. Get in the Zone

97. Start reaching for opportunities
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paraflyer/386522877/

98. But even better, you’ll also start to
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f8/7c/72/f87c7245434b82c193ca9c2c8f3ac142.jpg

99. People will seek you out

100. Great advice
Photo: Denise Jacobs

101. And keep remembering that it’s all about
https://www.flickr.com/photos/karenhorton/3260377811

102. You’ll light your shameless spark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaptainkobold/4812035672/

103. And stop feeling like this
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6D-O5ECr5EUow5jrck2A2A

104. But instead, enter into a special pact
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrote/2646295354/

105. Photo by Derek Kearney
This significant shift

106. Has created AMAZING things for me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/thatconference/9532425040/

107. Because I am now joyfully shameless!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rvm_71/5011353192/

108. My main regret?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b4b2/3954106061/

109. That I waited so long
https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewknott/6970299519

110. What you want wants YOU
https://www.flickr.com/photos/theloushe/5711519735

111. So that you will
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3550794139

112. “Have the courage to follow your heart
and intution. They somehow already
know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs

113. Truth.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/aoberg/9652158212

114. To find your shameless spark!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdoublew/2663137942/

115. And use it to light up your self-promotion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7730492@N03/4958540694/

116. And change lives for the better
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sepblog/3527804859/

117. Thank You!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27620885@N02/2609974180/i

118. Connect, Chat, and Collaborate!
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