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Claiming Our Clout: Unapologetic Presence for Women · R.E.A.L. Talk for REAL L.Y.F.E.

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  Welcome to Real Talk for Real Life.
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  Realizing everyone is always learning and living your full experience.
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  This is where we live out loud, on purpose and with purpose.
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  I'm Coach C, your host, and this is your Winning Wednesday episode, Claiming Our Clout.
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  Somewhere along the way, too many of us learned how to shrink,
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  how to soften our brilliance, how to wait to be picked instead of choosing ourselves.
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  As women, sometimes we play it small because culture still, quietly and casually.
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  Tries to keep us undervalued, overshadowed, and overlooked.
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  Not always loudly, not always intentionally, but consistently enough that we
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  start editing ourselves.
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  We dimmed the light, we second-guessed the idea, we downplayed the win,
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  and before we know it, we're asking for permission to stand in rooms we were born to lead in.
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  This is a season of unapologetic presence.
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  This is the era where we stop waiting for
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  validation and start issuing declarations
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  clout is not arrogance clout is
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  alignment it's knowing i did the work i carried the vision i deserve to be seen
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  heard and compensated accordingly you don't claim clout by being loud you claim it by being clear.
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  And let me shout out a few women who are not just in the room. They own the room.
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  Dawn Staley, coaching with authority, legacy, and zero apologies.
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  She didn't wait for a seat. She built a dynasty.
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  Jasmine Crockett, speaking truth with boldness and clarity.
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  She claims her voice like it's non-negotiable because it is.
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  Kamala Harris walking into
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  history and not shrinking once she claims
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  space at tables that were not built with her in mind Michelle Obama grace intellect
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  and presence all in one she doesn't chase attention she commands respect Asia
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  Wilson dominating her field and owning her greatness.
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  She doesn't apologize for excellence. She embodies it.
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  That's clout. Not borrowed, not requested, claimed.
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  Here's your fearless homework because we don't just listen, we move.
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  Number one, write your claim. Say it loud.
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  I am blank and I bring blank into every room I enter.
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  No shrinking. No editing. Say it like you mean it.
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  Number two, take up one bold action. Send the email. Post the idea.
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  Ask for the rate. Apply for the position.
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  Speak up in the meeting. Do one thing this week that the old version of you
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  would have talked herself out of.
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  Number three, stop downplaying.
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  When someone compliments you, don't deflect. Say, thank you. I appreciate that.
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  Receive it fully. That's part of claiming your clout.
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  We're not asking for a seat. We're building our own table.
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  So this week, walk different, speak different, decide different.
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  Because your clout, it's already yours. Now go claim it.
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  This is Real Talk, where we're realizing everyone is always learning and living your full experience.
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  This is Coach C. I'll see you in the next one.