Jonathan Sprinkles

I teach The Power of Connection to people + teams. Founder of The Connection Lab. 14X Author. 2x Bestseller. Twitter is my scratch paper.

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The Power of Connection https://t.co/gVnmdWFUTZ

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We judge the survival version of ourselves using the standards of the headed version.

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"I can't afford it" closes the door.

"How can I afford it" opens your brain.

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"God did it" sounds good, but doesn't tell the full story.

"God put me in position for it" is more aligned with the more powerful story.

God grants access,opportunity, and favor.

We have to show up for ourselves and steward every open door.

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"The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because its handle was made of wood, it was one of them...."

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Your upbringing doesn't excuse you.

It explains you.

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Not every win requires an audience.

The habits that don't require applause are the ones that are most likely to stick.

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"You don't have to have it all figured out right now."

Open with this to lower tension about haring their words used against them later.

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"I'm going to be honest because it needs to be said..."

Open with this to grab attention.

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Unqualified people will do everything they can to keep you in a box.

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The glass ceiling was never made of glass… It was made of beliefs.

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QUESTION: If someone followed you around for a week but couldn't talk to you, how long would it take for them to know what your goals are?

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The painful parts are never wanted, but they're also never wasted.

Stop asking WHY and start asking WHO does this make me more relatable to? People resonate with real.

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Any conversation that begins with feelings of threat cannot end in connection.

If you need them to open up, don't start in a way that instantly shuts them down.

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The most satisfying part isn't just doing the work. Fulfillment comes in the moments when you've made the work felt.

Long projects - feeling = Empty victory

Long projects + feeling = Life moment

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Don't be so thirsty for opportunity that you drink from every cup handed to you.

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There are years that ask questions, and years that answer them. -Zora Neal Hurston

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You'll never outperform the stories that you've been saying about yourself all day.

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Do the thing that bothers you that nobody's figured this out yet...

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Repetition is everything. Instinct isn't a "gut feeling"... it comes from practice.

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Change instantly makes you the villain.

Your boundaries instantly expose their entitlement.