My guest this week is the incredible Terri Broussard Williams, an executive, author, keynote speaker, lobbyist, philanthropist, and social impact strategist. She’s the best-selling author of “Find Your Fire: Stories and Strategies to Inspire the Changemaker in You.” She is also an award-winning professional speaker on social impact strategy, diversity and inclusion, women's leadership, and public policy.
2:08 – Terri 101
- By day, she is a lobbyist and has done that for the past 20 years.
- Terri started in journalism and news media.
- In the past 5 years, she has been working on her passion about helping people find their fire and start movements for social good.
3:15 – TV news
- Terri started working in TV news as a teenager and felt empowered in the job.
- She worked at three TV station before becoming a press secretary and lobbyist.
5:02 – Working for others
- I know the work I do is not for me. It’s for the people that I’ll never meet and never know.
- She learned hard work and helping others from her grandparents.
12:30 – A life of community service
- Terri believes she is doing what she was called to do.
- She sees herself as a storyteller, an activator and a doer.
- She doesn't know what’s ahead, but she knows she’s ready to serve others.
16:22 – Working too much
- Terri was working too much and being everything to everyone but nothing to herself.
- She couldn’t relax and worried her brother or someone else she loved would be in a car crash.
26:06 – Angels in heaven
- Terri says she has a lot of angels in heaven who help guide her.
- She feels the need to slow down.
30:42 – A rebirth
- Terri thinks she is having a rebirth and needs to reset her compass.
- She needs reset moments along the way so she doesn’t burn out.
33:47 – Get to know you
- Last thing that made her laugh? Being at a Taylor Swift concert
- Last thing that made her cry? Sharing a heartbreaking decision with someone.
FEATURED QUOTES
I know the work I do is not for me. It’s for the people that I’ll never meet and never know.
I’m a storyteller and an activator and a doer.
I don’t know what’s ahead, but I know that I’m ready. And I’m ready to serve.
I need reset moments along the way so I don’t get burned out or frazzled.
https://terribwilliams.com/movementmakercollective/
https://terribwilliams.com/find-your-fire/see-the-video-of-my-tedx-talk/