Hello, Hello, and welcome! I’m Miranda Von Frickin, your host of the “Own Your Awesome” podcast. Today marks our 1-year anniversary, and I couldn’t be more excited! A year ago today, on May 15, 2023, this journey began from the very chair I’m sitting in now.

Recording episodes in various parts of my house—pacing my living room, sitting at my desk, or on my prayer square—has been an emotional roller coaster. It’s incredibly fulfilling to see how much we’ve achieved together despite a brief hiatus due to personal loss.

We’ve produced 34 episodes, and today we delve into a critical topic that’s resonated with many of you: the harmful phrase “Stay in Your Lane.”

A Global Community: Our Podcast Outreach

Before diving into the main topic, let’s acknowledge some astonishing facts about our podcast’s reach. In just one year, we’ve garnered thousands of downloads from listeners in 12 countries across 5 continents. Not only have people from almost every state in the U.S tuned in, but we’ve also reached listeners in Israel, Canada, Belgium, Russia, Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Mauritius, the Philippines, and Germany.

I’m especially honored to have connected with someone who listened to the podcast while attending a retreat in Seychelles. That’s the power of community, and I want to hear from more of you. Please DM me if you’ve listened from unique locations; I’d love to give you a shoutout in future episodes.

The Power of Episode Titles

Analytics have shown that intriguing titles capture your attention and keep you hooked. Among our top episodes are:

1. Episode 10: “The Thing You’re Not Doing” – Curiosity-driven topics that make you wonder about your own actions.
2. Episode 7: “Own Your Calling” – An important discussion about realizing your true purpose.
3. Episode 9: “The One Strategy for Massive Success” – Offering actionable advice for transformational change.

These episodes became popular because they tackled significant topics that promised insights you couldn’t ignore.

The Phrase I Loathe: “Stay in Your Lane”

So, let’s get into today’s topic: the infuriating phrase “Stay in Your Lane.” This phrase ranks only slightly below “unprecedented” from the pandemic era in terms of how much it grates on my nerves. The idea that we should limit ourselves to one specific area is, frankly, complete BS.

Where Does ‘Stay in Your Lane’ Come From?

The phrase likely originates from sports analogies and has made its way into business lexicons, often linked with the concept of niching down. While niching has its place, especially when you’re just starting out, it becomes stifling when used to limit one’s potential.

Take my own career, for instance. I started with masterminds, moved into career coaching, and then went hard on LinkedIn. Along the way, I discovered personal branding. Today, I blend all these lanes, offering a holistic approach that includes self-leadership, motivation, and even spirituality.

The Problem with Niching Too Hard

Let’s break it down: if I’d stuck only to LinkedIn, my new book “Own Your Awesome on LinkedIn” would have been just another LinkedIn manual destined to become obsolete. By blending LinkedIn with personal branding and self-leadership, I’ve created something enduring, valuable, and multi-dimensional.

Blending Lanes for Success

Life isn’t a single-lane highway. We are multi-faceted individuals with various passions and skills. Ignoring one aspect to fit neatly into a ‘lane’ devalues who we are. Whether you’re a 9-to-5 professional or a burgeoning entrepreneur, understand this: staying in one lane isn’t mandatory.

Recommendations for Newbies

Now, this doesn’t mean you should chase every shiny object from the get-go. Instead, start with one focus area to gain traction but remain open to evolving. As you grow, recognize how diverse interests can blend to offer unique value.

Listen to Yourself

Reflect on your interests and skills. Feel free to defy traditional ‘lane’ boundaries if that means honoring your true self. Whether it’s through a podcast, a book, or a business, the essence should be wholly you, multi-dimensional, and limitless.

Conclusion: Blow Up the Lanes

Thanks for joining me on this anniversary episode of “Own Your Awesome.” If you’re tired of staying in your lane, let’s discuss how you can own it all. DM me on LinkedIn or Instagram, and let’s blow up those lanes together. Here’s to another year of owning our awesome—without limits!

Thank you for celebrating with me today. If today’s episode resonated with you, please share, rate, review, and subscribe. Here’s to continuing this amazing journey together!

Until next time, keep owning your awesome!

Transcript:

Miranda [00:00:01]:
Hello. Hello. And welcome to the anniversary episode of the own your awesome podcast. I’m your host, Miranda Von Frickin’. Woo hoo. I am so excited. Today, May 15, 2024 is officially the 1 year anniversary of the own your awesome podcast. I was so excited.

Miranda [00:00:23]:
Oh my gosh. I’m I’m legit legit so pumped. And how I wanted to celebrate it, of course, was like like a trip to Paris and and recording someplace fabulous, but but I’m in my office that will come next. Maybe for the 2 year anniversary, I’ll be somewhere tropical or or fabulous. But for now, I’m in my office where it all started. I’m literally sitting in the chair in the spot I recorded the first episode. Not sure if you know. I often record these episodes, like, pacing pacing my living room or, you know, sitting on on my prayer square area or at my desk, but often, I am pacing the room because I’m feeling some type of way about a topic.

Miranda [00:01:09]:
And today, I wanted to honor the the fact that I’ve been doing this for a full year. Of course, there was a little break in the middle, after my brother passing away. However, I jumped right back into it when when I felt it the timing was right. And so there are officially 34 episodes. This is episode 34, and I’m still up in the air about calling it the 1 year episode because really, the topic I wanna talk about is something completely different. So I guess you already know the topic or the title because you would have seen it to listen. I gotta love when I you gotta love it too when I walk through the process of naming my episodes with you. Sometimes the topic is just so fun and so important, and you wanna get the title right because I’ve found, after researching and going through the analytics of the podcast, and there’s a few cool things I wanna share with you, but I’ve realized that it really is the title that draws you in, and it’s often when it’s like a bait and switch.

Miranda [00:02:15]:
And not really bait and switch, but more of like a super intrigue because the top 3 episodes based on your listening habits are number 10, the thing you’re not doing. And so, of course, that piques your interest, like, what does she think I’m not doing? Number 7, own your calling. That’s a big one. I’m not really surprised. And number 9, the one strategy for massive success. And so when I tease the topic, you guys get really pumped and listen in. But when I’m obvious about it, like, today, today, we’re talking about this. You in your brain, think to yourself, do I need that? And I can see where that would stop you before even listening to the awesomeness that is within the podcast.

Miranda [00:03:02]:
So 1 year episode sounds intriguing, but the topic itself is pretty freaking awesome. So I guess we’ll see where I end up. It’s funny because you know listening the title and I don’t know it yet. So it’s it’s such a funny time travel situation. Alright, friends. 1 year later, thousands of downloads, 12 countries, 5 continents, every almost every. I’m lying. Almost every single state in the United States has listened.

Miranda [00:03:38]:
I am just beyond grateful. Obviously, we’ve got US listeners. We’ve got listeners in Israel and Canada and Belgium, Russia, Netherlands, Australia, South Africa, Japan, Mauritius, which is in Africa. We could also say the Seychelles, which is funny because when I looked up the area, the Seychelles, there is a woman who runs retreats in the Seychelles that I’m connected to on LinkedIn. So it’s either her or there are 2 or 3 people I know that have been to her retreat. So I was actually pretty pumped to see that is where someone listened. They went on a retreat more than likely and listened to own your awesome. So if it’s you and you’re listening now, please DM me on LinkedIn or Instagram.

Miranda [00:04:24]:
Say hello. Say, yep. That was me, and I’ll shout you out with your name for real in one of future episodes. And then, of course, the Philippines and Germany, and I’m wondering if my German listeners are curious because of my last name. But the continents, Obatou, North America, Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia, I gotta get an Antarctica listener. Where can I get one of those? Do they have podcasts there? Do people even live there? Hilarious. And then South America, I’m coming for you. So, it’s really exciting to to see the analytics of our podcast, to see that there’s thousands of downloads in multiple countries, almost all the states, multiple continents.

Miranda [00:05:09]:
It’s it’s just so amazing, and I’m just so grateful and honored that you are a listener. I’m so pumped. If you have yet given me a 5 star review, this is my invitation for you to do so. I would absolutely be honored if you would share this podcast, of course, and then rate and review it. Give me all those stars, man, because it really does help to reach all the places. Right? Like, it helps me to reach everyone who needs to hear it. And, of course, I wanna, like, be in everyone’s ear. I mean, that’s just exciting in itself, but my calling in this world is to use the gifts God gave me to elevate you.

Miranda [00:05:51]:
And so I think one of my gifts is my voice, maybe not the sound of it, but what comes out. Right? Like, the voice as in expressing myself, and it’s a huge part of my mission, and the podcast is how I do that. So if you’re a fan, please subscribe, rate, review, tell your friends, all the things. I would greatly appreciate it. Alright. And just to wrap up this anniversary conversation, woo hoo, super pumped, my top episodes are, of course, all of them. I mean, I’m obsessed with every single one of them. I sometimes, I take a break because I don’t have something super fabulous to say, although I’ve got tons of topics to talk about.

Miranda [00:06:32]:
But you should know, for this 1st year, it has all been, obviously, solo episodes, me just really, like, diving into what I’m feeling, the energy of the topic, things that have happened to me, which is actually some of my favorites, which I’ll tell you in a second, and just the the vibe I wanna bring you, the audience. I I want to bring you something so special that it’s not predictable, and, typically, I I will go and post this every Monday. I record instantly. I don’t batch record. I don’t have 6 of them in the wings, which is why you’ll see a break sometimes because I got nothing going on or nothing exciting. And the reason you’ll you’ll see a break from my last episode from 33 to 34 is because I’ve got such a big announcement. It’s because the book is out. It’s ready.

Miranda [00:07:23]:
Oh my god. Okay. It’s not officially out. I didn’t mean to say out. The book is ready. This week, I finalized the book. It’s formatted, the cover, the the back cover, the spine, everything is a 100% ready to go, ready to be uploaded to Amazon, and so I am compiling my list of pre readers right now. So if you are interested in reading the book before anyone else, DM me on LinkedIn or Instagram, say, hey.

Miranda [00:07:55]:
I wanna be one of your prereaders. I will send you the book, and I will get you the link because I gotta formulate this link. I think you have to buy it for, like, a dollar, whatever I price it at, in the presale in order for you to give me a review. I am looking to be a best seller, not just because it looks cool and I love I love credentials, I love labels, you know me. However, in order to get this into the hands of everybody who needs to read this book, it needs to be a best seller. I know God will deliver. I know he sent you to listen to this episode, to get in my DMs, and to say I want a copy of that book. So I will send it to you, and I will get you the link the second you d DM me, And I would be forever grateful if you would take a look at that and share with share the the fact that I wrote a book with your friends and send them to me, and I’ll send them the link as well.

Miranda [00:08:51]:
Alright. So the book is called Own Your Awesome on LinkedIn. It’s gonna be out any second now. I’m just like, ah, like, what a way to celebrate my 1 year podcast anniversary by launching the book. Right? Like, it’s just, I just feel so tingly. I love it. Warm and fuzzy. He’s all around.

Miranda [00:09:08]:
Okay. So back to the podcast. My favorite episodes, I laid out 4 of them, but my top 3, are number 4, the season of In Between. So this one is pretty funny, and I I spotted a theme in a couple of my favorites and it has to do with the lottery. So check out number 4, the season of in between, if you haven’t already. I feel like that episode was a starting point to something big in in my world. It was before Hawaii. It was before the book.

Miranda [00:09:42]:
It was before I went to She Leads in Manhattan, so it was in 2023. I don’t remember the date, but it’s number 4. Scroll on by and check it out. It’s called the season of in between. Number 19 called new level activate it. This was 2 days maybe after I came back from Manhattan speaking at the she leads conference, and I think this is what in the in between episode, I talk about feeling like I’m on the edge of something awesome and I wasn’t sure what it was. I couldn’t properly articulate what that was, but I knew the feeling and that’s what I really talked about in that episode. Number 19 is when it happened.

Miranda [00:10:24]:
So that’s the coolest piece. Looking at my favorite episodes tells a story of transformation and up leveling that I’ve had in my own life spiritually, mentally, professionally, emotionally, energetically, like, you name it. Girl has climbed some ladder rungs in the last year. Number 4, starts us off. Number 19, kicks us off with next level. Number 24, own your awakening. This is where it got weird. This is the one I did from the shower and alright.

Miranda [00:10:55]:
So I got I just got out of the shower, but the podcast itself came to me in a shower. And it’s not even the podcast that came to me. It was the epiphany, the awakening, the spiritual awakening I had in the shower that I brought to you in my Wessie my Wessie my messy wet hair in a towel, and I just it starts off really, like, weird because I was trying to control the excitement because, I mean, you know I get excited. However, I had to control the crazy if I was going to articulate the message and have you receive it the way it needed to be received. If I was too crazy about it, you would be like, this girl is off her rocker. See you later. So that’s episode 24, own your awakening. Check it out.

Miranda [00:11:42]:
And then number 25 is own your expansion. Look at the trajectory. The season of in between, a new level activated, awakening, expansion. 4, 1920 4, 25. Like, I’m gonna go back and listen to them all because I love hearing my energy. I even transform my own current feelings by listening to my old energetic self. Like, I swear there’s a couple versions of me that I kinda channel and come through, in these episodes. And watching the growth or hearing and feeling the growth in these episodes for myself is ridiculous, and so I’ve gotten tons of DMs thanking me for a few of these episodes.

Miranda [00:12:28]:
Like, really people feeling what I was feeling in them and taking action in their own life. So those are just a few of my favorites. Of course, I love them all. I’d be so grateful if you went back and listened to them and gave me your thoughts. And if you’re binge listening to this and you’re finally hitting 33, hey. Happy anniversary. You can celebrate just as much as I can. Alright, friends.

Miranda [00:12:52]:
Onto the good stuff. We did the celebrating. We’re ready to go. Let’s dive into some awesomeness. Number 34. The topic is this phrase I’ve heard multiple times in my life, and for some odd reason, it’s coming up like crazy in the last week. And I hate it, and every time I hear it, I wanna throw punch somebody. The phrase is stay in your lane.

Miranda [00:13:18]:
Good god. I hate this phrase. Like, I hate this more than in the pandemic when we used the word unprecedented and a couple other things that we we used and became, like, words that you just heard and got, like and you felt some type of wave real quick. It had, like, a visceral reaction in your body. Yes. Stay in your lane does that to me. It’s complete bullshit. Like, I fucking hate stay in your lane.

Miranda [00:13:40]:
Sorry for the swear words. I’m trying to be good about that. I just my thought on that is screw the lane, blow it up, own it all. Period. This podcast would not be called Own Your Awesome if I wanted you to own one little bit one little area in your life. No. I want you to own it all. God wants us to have it all.

Miranda [00:14:05]:
You are worthy of it all. You desire it all. It is all for you and staying in your lane is holding back in areas that diminish your light and I’m just not here for it. So here’s my thoughts on own your lane. Here’s some context of where I think it stems from. Obviously, it’s a sports analogy. You know, you wanna stay in your lane. It became a business analogy, and I’m a sports mom and a sporty growing up myself, so I’m all about the analogies.

Miranda [00:14:36]:
This one just rubs me the wrong way. And even in track, you don’t always gotta stay in your lane. The goal is to actually get to the left, get to the inside lane so you don’t have to run as far. Right? Like, so that makes zero sense to me because the other lanes have something valuable to provide you. Every single one gets you closer to where you wanna go. It gets you closer to the finish line. So this lane this lane analogy is just shit. It makes no sense.

Miranda [00:15:04]:
But in business, it’s essentially around the concept of niching, and I’ve always had a hard time with niching. I even put out a post on LinkedIn, probably Instagram, forever ago that said, what’s your niche? And I crossed it out, and I put, God’s my niche. Because you know what? I’m not limiting myself just like I’m not limiting God. So why would I stay in the lane when I’ve got expertises and experience and passions for multiple lanes? So here’s the thing. I speak, host events, I write things, content, books, blogs, podcasts, whatever, about 3 main areas, self leadership, personal branding, and LinkedIn. Those are my 3 lanes if you will. If I didn’t blur the lanes, my book would not be here. My book Own Your Awesome on LinkedIn is essentially a book of all 3.

Miranda [00:15:59]:
It’s about personal branding. It’s about LinkedIn, and it’s a 100% about self leadership, motivation, confidence. You name it. It’s all of it. It’s all in one. And if I didn’t fully embrace every quote, unquote lane that I like to run-in, it wouldn’t be here. I would have just wrote a boring book about LinkedIn. There are tons of boring books about LinkedIn, and they’re all obsolete because let’s let’s be honest.

Miranda [00:16:24]:
The algorithm, the platform, the goals of it change every frigging 5 seconds. I mean, I change my underwear less than this platform changes. Okay. That’s not actually, is it accurate? I mean, once a day, twice a day depending algorithm changes every 5 seconds. So if we are relying on a book that’s just one thing, LinkedIn or just personal branding or just motivation, we’re gonna learn it and we’re gonna push it to the side and that’s it. But if because, and this isn’t an episode about the book, but it’s just because it’s fresh in my mind and a great example of blending the lines and blowing them up. If I thought I’m just gonna write a book about LinkedIn, this shit wouldn’t have last. It won’t last.

Miranda [00:17:12]:
It it will not stand the test of time. It would not outlast the algorithm, which is a 100% what this book does. You’ll see it when you read it. But here’s the thing. I started in masterminds. I was a 9 to fiver. I hosted masterminds. Then I became a career coach, like, full on resumes, all the things.

Miranda [00:17:30]:
Then I went into speaking, spoke about motivation, self leadership for a long time. Then I went hard on LinkedIn, all LinkedIn, speaking, like, coaching, done for you. You name it. LinkedIn, it was my jam. It was my lane. Personal branding came into play because as you realize you’re on LinkedIn, you kinda need to have a personal brand to really stand out. Like, you just kinda have to. And let’s be honest, we all have a personal brand.

Miranda [00:17:55]:
The question is, is it accurate? So I started diving into branding, learned all things branding, grew one for myself accidentally. You’ll read about it in the book. And so LinkedIn and personal branding became a 2fer. You see now a little bit more so than before. Anybody who does LinkedIn talks about personal branding on LinkedIn because it’s not just about the platform. It’s about you on the platform. The the tagline of the book is there are one 1,000,000,000 members, but only one you. There’s a reason for that.

Miranda [00:18:26]:
You are the focus. So your personal brand on LinkedIn is how how we roll, but you can’t really get to your personal brand without extreme awareness of yourself, self leadership of yourself, motivation, goals, all the things. You need to you, your brand, your expression of it, the platform you use to express it. Like, that’s it’s all one beautiful path, and if I stayed in my lane, you would only have one part of the equation. Who wants one part of the equation? I want all of it. I want the blueprint. I want the map. I wanna know where I am, where I’m going, how I’m getting there, and what it’s gonna look like.

Miranda [00:19:09]:
You got it all. You got it all. So fuck staying in your lane. It’s it’s not for me. No. Thank you. Blow that lane up. Own it all.

Miranda [00:19:18]:
So now I do all the things. LinkedIn, personal branding, self leadership, speaking, events, masterminds, resumes. Not really. Don’t come at me for a resume. However, if I’m career coaching you or doing your LinkedIn and you happen to need a resume, I’ll help you out. But I do it all live, virtual, podcasting, just wrote the book. I love me some Jesus. I swear a little bit.

Miranda [00:19:43]:
Like, I’m just I’m all the things, and I refuse to reject one piece of me. There is so we are multi hyphenated, multi passionate beings. We’re human. We’re we’re here to live this big bold experience and why would I dim the light on a part of me? Why would I? Now, of course, there’s some parts of us that need to just kinda go away. So maybe dim those lights, but the parts of you that fully honor, own, and express who you are, why would you why would you put it in one lane? Alright. So if you’re a newbie, little caveat here. If you’re a newbie to business or you’re a 9 to fiver because I know I get all types of listeners. If you’re a 9 to fiver and you’re thinking about starting a business or going hard on one of your one passions and you’re like, oh, shit.

Miranda [00:20:34]:
Now I gotta do it all. No. You don’t have to do it all. Like, take what I’m saying with a grain of salt. Apply it to your specific situation, and if you’re just not sure, DM me, we’ll talk it through. I do 30 minute free chats all the time. So this concept of starting with one thing is is actually pretty smart. Right? So say you’re, you know, an accountant.

Miranda [00:20:56]:
You’re in the corporate America. You’re doing the accounting thing, but you’ve got a passion for running. You just, like, wanna talk about running all the time, but it has nothing to do with accounting. Sure. On LinkedIn, you know I can align running an accounting. I’m really good at aligning those two things and turning it into content. However, you can talk about running, and then all of a sudden, you have a passion for, like, yoga because it helped you run better. And then all of a sudden, you went vegan because you know it made you feel better and you applied that to the yoga and then you applied that to running and all of a sudden, you’re like the best accountant ever because of these things you did in your physical body, in your life, and you can apply it to work.

Miranda [00:21:39]:
And it’s like, why would you only then talk about the yoga? Why would you then only talk about the running or the or being a vegan? Like, no. It’s all a blend. It’s a blend. And this is where people get so confused where they feel they gotta stay in their lane, but that one lane isn’t the only thing that got you there even because they say and listen, I kinda I kinda agree with this. If you’re talking to everybody, you’re talking to nobody. I agree with that, like, 38%. Because if you’re talking to everybody, someone’s listening. The they’re grabbing on what they need from you, but the the odds are you’re not looking like an expert in that one area you make money in.

Miranda [00:22:20]:
So there’s something to be said for this bullshit line of staying in your lane in the beginning if you need to make a name for yourself in one area. For me, it was masterminds, and then it was LinkedIn, and now it’s personal branding. I’m not giving up on my masterminds. I’m not giving up on LinkedIn. I’m not going to only go hard on personal branding because that’s what I’m known for and seen as these other things got me to where I am. So as you progress in your career or in your passions or your expression of them, if you wanna write a book, do a podcast, whatever, utilizing the finding the trajectory. Right? Laying it all out. Like, I’m looking at a piece of paper that shows my trajectory was self leadership, then LinkedIn, then personal branding.

Miranda [00:23:08]:
Like, self leadership and all the things that encompasses, like, 8,000,000 things from awareness to abundance by way of alignment. That’s my whole jam when it comes to self leadership. Owning your awesome. That’s my higher arching brand. It then becomes a personal brand because of how I articulate myself and the vibe and how I make people feel and the my presence on LinkedIn. So you could see how it all ties together. So when I work with people, they come to me for LinkedIn because I I’m seen as a LinkedIn I don’t wanna say the e word because it drives me bonkers, but I’m seen as somebody who’s very knowledgeable on LinkedIn. I’ve got the strategy.

Miranda [00:23:47]:
I’m quite the evangelist when it comes to LinkedIn, and I go hard about LinkedIn. But you need a personal brand because you can’t really express something you don’t know what to express. Right? And before you can even get that personal brand, you really need to dive into who you are. So coaching and working with me is a whole is a whole thing. It’s a whole thing. It’s a vibe. It’s fantastic, because you’re getting so much more than just the one lane, than just LinkedIn. You may even get a little Jesus in there, maybe a little Kabbalah, maybe little crystals.

Miranda [00:24:19]:
I love it all. I’m here for it. I told you I blow up the lanes. I do it all. I don’t give a shit. Alright. So my point is niches can be broken. Lanes can be broken.

Miranda [00:24:31]:
Rules are made to be broken. That’s why there’s a disruption in almost every single industry, which I’m speaking at Disrupt HR again. So if you’re local, I believe it’s June 20th. Let me look at my calendar. Nope. It’s June 6th. June 6, 2024. If you’re listening in the future, you missed it.

Miranda [00:24:50]:
I’m sure there’s a recording somewhere. June 6th, 5 PM. Go to disrupt capital region. Disrupt HR capital region on LinkedIn or check out any of my social sites. I’ll start talking about it soon. I’m gonna be talking about blowing up the HR industry, when it comes to personal brands. So, like, I’m telling you, I have a HR background, but all the things I do today can align with their goals and their mission. So rules, lanes, niches, they’re they’re there for a reason and it’s mostly to get you started.

Miranda [00:25:24]:
Like, remember when you roller skated for the first time and you or bowling and you had the bumper pads or whatever? That’s you keeping the ball in the lane. Right? Because you wanna keep it in the lane. However, when you got a little more expertise, you could take off those bumpers because you know how to stay in the lane, but now you know how to MacGyver it a little bit in order to go to the left or go to the right in order to achieve your goal, which was hitting whatever pin was available. I don’t bowl often, but it was a really cool analogy for lanes. So take the bumpers off, my friends. If you feel like you are typecasted, which sounds like, you know, in acting land, if you feel like you have been in your lane for far too long and you’ve got some real deep passions for a different lane, but you’re not sure how to blend the 2, please let’s have a conversation. DM me on LinkedIn or Instagram. Shoot me an email.

Miranda [00:26:21]:
Go to my website, contact page, whatever. Find me. It’s super easy. Like, let’s have a conversation because I can no longer sit by and let your light be dimmed. It’s not in my nature. It’s not why I’m here on earth. And I think staying in your lane, for some, can be toxic. It can be a bad decision.

Miranda [00:26:43]:
For others who are like, no, dude. I go hard. I am this thing all the time. Blah blah blah. Awesome. That’s perfect for you. It’s not for everyone else. And listen.

Miranda [00:26:54]:
If that’s your look. I’ve hired people who had one lane and went hard and that was it. I hired them for the thing, and I haven’t talked to them since. Maybe we’re so buds, you know, whatever. Support them or refer people to them, but I don’t need them anymore. So if you want a business or a life that is truly what you’re made for, it’s not just one thing. Please, let’s have a conversation. I’d love to also know your thoughts on this.

Miranda [00:27:17]:
Are you a, I stayed in one lane and I’m loving it, or are you I stayed in one lane for a little bit and then I dabbled in other lanes, and now I’m in 2 or 3 lanes and I feel really good about it. That’s kinda where I am. Or are you I don’t have a lane. I’m all over the place. I’m freaking crazy. Can you help me pick a lane? Which would be the opposite of this episode telling me to help you blow up the lanes. But if you are like, I don’t even know where to start, lanes can help you focus. But I want you to know you don’t have to stay there.

Miranda [00:27:49]:
You do not have to stay in your lane. You can blow that shit up, and you can have it all. Friends, thank you so much for listening to another episode of the own your awesome podcast. I’m your host Miranda Von Frickin. Please share, rate, and review, subscribe, all the things. I want your stars. I’ve got a bunch of them, which is kind of exciting to see, but I want some more. It’s time to kick this shit up a notch.

Miranda [00:28:15]:
This podcast is going into year 2, and I am not holding back. Thank you so much for joining me for another episode, and until next time, continue to own your awesome.