Ash Beckham: The Courage to Be an Everyday Leader

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Ash Beckham is an activist and public speaker whose TEDx Talk “Coming Out of Your Closet” is one of the most viewed on the platform. With Sounds True, Ash has published Step Up: How to Live with Courage and Become an Everyday Leader. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Ash speaks with Tami Simon on how anyone can be a positive culture worker in even the smallest moments. Ash explains why she refers to herself as an “accidental activist,” tying this into the theme of her seminal TEDx Talk—that everyone keeps parts of themselves in the closet. Tami and Ash consider how to apply the lessons of Step Up to everyday social difficulties, as well as the “eight pillars of leadership” that lead to effective, heartful communication. Finally, they discuss the value of authenticity and what it truly means to live courageously.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True.
0:04.0	My name is Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True.
0:08.0	And I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation.
0:12.0	The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available. We want everyone to have access to
0:26.8	transformational tools such as mindfulness, emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.3	The Sounds True Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to providing these transformational tools to communities
0:46.8	in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:54.0	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to become a supporter,
0:58.4	please visit sounds true foundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:07.0	Today my guest is Ash Beckham.
1:12.0	Ash is an inclusion activist whose TED Talk coming out of your
1:18.1	closet became a viral sensation. Her talk shares how coming out as a lesbian helped her appreciate our common humanity and the secrets that
1:28.7	we all keep.
1:30.2	Her intrepid, relatable, and intrinsically comical style has made her an in-demand speaker, including
1:38.3	events at Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, and the keynote for the first LBGTQ conference at Harvard University.
1:47.2	With sounds true, Ash Beckham is releasing a new book called Step Up, how to live with courage and become an everyday leader.
1:57.0	Ash is clear, strong, and humble. She asks us in strong and and share a bit more about who we really are, a real heart with other people,
2:18.0	and also to get genuinely curious about who they are. Here's my conversation on how we can be in our own way
2:28.0	culture workers and evolve the culture by being who we are with Ash Beckham.
2:35.0	Thank you Ash for being with us here, live in person in the Sounds True studio.
2:40.0	I'm so excited to be here.
2:41.0	You call yourself an accidental activist. What's the accidental part?
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