When I first saw a button with the words “Live a Great Story” I was with a group of women entrepreneurs in my hometown region. The button was given to us by the leader of a beautiful outdoor retreat in a park I frequented with my parents in my childhood. The location took me back in time. The button made me trace my footsteps in life from that very locale to the present day. I asked myself, “Have I lived a great story the past 50 years?”
Like in chapter books, some parts of the story are wonderful, and others challenging. The chapters string together, peppered with good and sad, easy and hard, with lessons and just being. For the majority of my life, my story has been great. I have been blessed even with setbacks because everyone has them. No one is free from despair, adversities, and struggle over their life span.
Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham training for the Boston Half Marathon
But the button for me meant, “Are you living a great story in light of those setbacks?” I answered yes. Even without hair and the loss of self-identity, I found a better bald life through sports which continues to empower me even though I wish I looked the same as I did for fifty years. The truth is none of us look the same after fifty years so why should baldness lead to one not living a great story?
Women entrepreneurs live great stories every day they turn on their office lights, greet clients, accept new challenges, add new services, and delete unwanted ones. We also live great stories by sharing our news, meeting other like-minded women business owners, taking new classes, embarking on business trips, and keeping the mission we set. Great stories don’t have to be epic; they can be regular, consistent happiness in daily doings.
Because I believe so much in the line “Live a Great Story,” I am now representing the brand as an ambassador hoping the mission emboldens other women to take just one more step into the unknown to make their story even greater. You can buy wearables to publicly share your message with the world and embolden others you meet on your journey.
Today’s Wednesday Wisdom reminds you that you have only one life to live, let it be great. By great, I mean whatever “great” means for you. Perhaps it isn’t so much about living a great business story as it is a great personal story. If you have the positivity of a good life, share it with others who might need your example. Sharing a button or sticker with them, changing their perspective, and wearing the brand could lead you to a more positive outlook on life as well.
The link to my “Live a Great Story” page, which is opening soon, and gives you a discount on anything you purchase, is here. Tell or show me what you get so we can do a sport together, walk, enjoy a coffee, or simply meet to “live a great story together.”
Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham soaring high with Christina Breen-Hale in Lake George
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😀 Inspirational.
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