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Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?

We have had the good fortunate of connecting with Nobel Laureates, titans of industry, rockstars and rising stars across dozens of industries and we have always found their stories about who they were early on to be most fascinating.  Below, you’ll find members of the community sharing their responses to this key aspect of their stories.

Keri Kemper

In my first career i worked in Beauty for over 2 decades. I loved making people feel beautiful whether through the perfect lipstick or the perfect blowout. I think that feeling you get from making someone feel truly special translates seamlessly into working with clients at Sancera and helping them choose or create pieces they truly loved and feel beautiful in. Read more>>

Evinn Moreland

Who were you before the world told you who you had to be? (Spoken word frequency) Interview scroll. Soul-level transmission Before the noise, before the programming, before I was given a name I didn’t choose and a story I didn’t write— I was the echo of eternity. I was the voice before language. I was stardust, encoded with divine memory. A frequency wrapped in skin. Read more>>

Richard Riley

Before the world told me who I had to be, I was an artist and a musician. Like most kids, I started out creative—but unlike many, I never really let it go. My family didn’t place much value on creativity, so it wasn’t exactly encouraged. Read more>>

Kna Lo Venge

I used to be a very naive, trusting, soft and gullible person. But then heartbreak, betrayal, and the hard streets of Queens NY got to me and I the world taught me that I had to protect myself because I was by myself and there was no one coming to save me and there was no one to run to. Read more>>

Chrs Ahrens

I never did well in English, but I always knew I would write for a living, so the world had little sway over who I was or thought I was. Read more>>

 

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