Coming up next on the Jordan Harbinger show a lot of times in life just doing something got them to a place where an opportunity or a place that they otherwise never would have even known about because they were at least like doing something right something in motion stays in motion something stagnant stay stagnant so that's why you just pick a direction right not the destination you're least on the path of motion on the path of action to get you a little closer to whatever whatever that is

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it's a bit of a different format a bit of a different topic or set of topics if you're not into the self-help stuff start with one of our other episodes

I won't be mad at you but if you're new to the show this isn't our usual be usual format so maybe start with the starter pack my friend Jen is a real go getter

she's really punched above her weight so to speak in a lot of different areas and it's all about being bold creating a really great

network of people around you a lot of the six minute networking stuff that I've developed comes from a lot of

the stuff that I've learned from her she's really really good at crafting connections but not being schmoozy about it

and essentially being bold instead of trying to be the smartest person or the most talented person in the room she is

both smart and talented but I think we can all admit I think we can all admit that smarts and talent don't always get us

where we want to go and Jen Cohen today is going to help us fill in some of the gaps all right here we go with

Jennifer Cohen you're actually the perfect person to teach boldness as a skill because it is in large part how

you've gotten a lot of the things that you've gotten in your life and I remember when I first met you you just go for

what you want but I guess you weren't always that way well it's not that I was I think maybe what the problem is that

people assume that you're either born bold or you're not and I really believe this is that it's a acquired skill that

anyone can get better at and so I may have had a little bit more boldness and let's say somebody else

but I think that what happened in my life and I'm sure it happens something gives you a kernel of confidence or a

reason that you want to be bold and it goes from there with boldness I use the analogy of fitness I'm not

going to give you a squat routine or a lunge routine I promise but what I am going to do is give you an

analogy okay so if you want to get better at fitness so you want to get stronger right you have to be

consistent and go in the gym and work at it right I think a boldness the same way I think with boldness

it's a skill or a muscle that if you want to get better at it if you're not naturally inclined to be

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