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I want us to leave this world better than we found it. And how I choose to effect change is by speaking up, by being the first, and by being the domino. For a line of dominoes to fall, one has to fall first, which then leaves the other choiceless to do the same. And that domino that falls, we're hoping that, OK, the next person that sees this is inspired to be a domino. Being the domino for me, looks like speaking up and doing the things that are really difficult, especially when they're needed, with the hope that others will follow suit. And here's the thing: I'm the person who says what you might be thinking but dare not to say. And a lot of times people think that we're fearless, the people who do this, we're fearless. We're not fearless. We're not unafraid of the consequences or the sacrifices that we have to make by speaking truth to power. What happens is, we feel like we have to, because there are too few people in the world willing to be the domino, too few people willing to take that fall. We're not doing it without fear. Now, let's talk about fear. I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was like, "I'm going to be a doctor!" Doctor Luvvie was the dream. I was Doc McStuffins before it was a thing.

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I want us / to leave this world / better than we found it. // And how I choose to effect change / is by speaking up, / by being the first, and by being the domino. // For a line of dominoes to fall, / one has to fall first, / which then leaves the other choiceless to do the same. // And that domino that falls, / we're hoping that, / OK, / the next person that sees this / is inspired to be a domino. // Being the domino for me, / looks like / speaking up / and doing the things that are really difficult, / especially when they're needed, / with the hope that others will follow suit. // And here's the thing: / I'm the person who says / what you might be thinking / but dare not to say. // And a lot of times people think that / we're fearless, / the people who do this, / we're fearless. // We're not fearless. // We're not unafraid of the consequences / or the sacrifices that we have to make / by speaking truth to power. // What happens is, / we feel like we have to, / because there are too few people in the world / willing to be the domino, / too few people willing to take that fall. // We're not doing it without fear. // Now, let's talk about fear. / I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. // I was like, / "I'm going to be a doctor!" // Doctor Luvvie was the dream. // I was Doc McStuffins before it was a thing. //

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And I remember when I went to college, my freshman year, I had to take Chemistry 101 for my premed major. I got the first and last D of my academic career. So I went to my advisor, and I was like, "OK, let's drop the premed because this doctor thing is not gonna work 'cause I don't even like hospitals. So... Let's just consider that done for." And that same semester, I started blogging. That was 2003. So as that one dream was ending, another was beginning. And then what was a cute hobby became my full-time job when I lost my marketing job in 2010. But it still took me two more years to say, "I'm a writer." Nine years after I had started writing, before I said, "I'm a writer," because I was afraid of what happens without 401ks, without... "How am I going to keep up my shoe habit? That's important to me." So it took me that long to own this thing. That was what my purpose was. And then I realized, fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose. And I was like, "You know what? I'm not gonna let fear rule my life. I'm not gonna let fear dictate what I do." And then all of these awesome things started happening, and dominoes started to fall.

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And / I remember when I went to college, / my freshman year, / I had to take Chemistry 101 / for my premed major. // I got the first and last D / of my academic career. // So I went to my advisor, / and I was like, / "OK, / let's drop the premed, / because this doctor thing is not gonna work / 'cause I don't even like hospitals. // So .../ Let's just consider that / done for." // And that same semester, / I started blogging. // That was 2003. // So as that one dream was ending, / another was beginning. // And then what was a cute hobby / became my full-time job / when I lost my marketing job in 2010. // But it still took me two more years to say, / "I'm a writer." // Nine years after I had started writing, / before I said, / "I'm a writer," / because I was afraid / of what happens / without 401ks, / without... "How am I going to keep up my shoe habit? // That's important to me." // So / it took me that long / to own this thing. // That was what my purpose was. // And then I realized, / fear has a very concrete power / of keeping us from doing and saying the things / that are our purpose. // And I was like, / "You know what? // I'm not gonna let fear rule / my life. // I'm not gonna let fear / dictate what I do." // And then / all of these awesome things started happening, / and dominoes started to fall. //