195. Real Change Starts by Embracing Your Emotions, with Cassandra Worthy

The Keynote Curators Podcast · Oct 8, 2026 · 30m

Here’s some unusual advice: embrace change and take rejection personally.

Feel the frustration. The anxiety.

Then get curious about what it’s trying to tell you.

That’s the heart of Cassandra Worthy’s approach to change.

On The Keynote Curators Podcast, Cassandra and I talk about using difficult emotions as signals, not obstacles:

Recognize the signal.

Find the opportunity.

Make a choice.

Inside this episode:

✅ Why leaders shouldn’t pretend they’re fearless

✅ How frustration can point toward growth

✅ Why rejection can be useful

✅ The real grief employees feel when AI changes how they work

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