Welcome to the Professional Troublemaker Podcast. This is the place where we help you cultivate

the courage, authenticity, and audacity you need to use your voice, take up space, and

live a life that is so bold even your wildest dreams say goals. Out of your hosts, Love

You J. Jones, New York Times bestseller and author, sought after speaker, and side-eye

source tourists bringing youth thought-provoking conversations with amazing people who have

taken action and have consistently showed up with the courage and confidence they needed

to become the fear fighters they are today. Like the late great John Lewis said, these

are the kind of people who are never ever afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble,

necessary trouble. Before we jump into today's interview,

know that this podcast is named after my second New York Times bestseller and book, Professional

Troublemaker The Fear Fighter Manual, which is available now wherever you get your books.

With this book and with everything that I do, I am on a mission to help a million people

live audaciously. To do that, they must fight their fear. So think of it. A million people

who are out there standing on the edge of something great and need that little push of encouragement

that pushed to be the domino to say the hard thing, to have the hard conversation. A million

people kicking their fears to the curb and stepping into the life that they've been

dreaming of. A million people asking for a raise. A million people starting a fierce job

that they're not sure they're ready for. A million people doing something that feels so big

that their wildest dreams say goals. My goodness. So that is what writing this book has done for me.

What is already done for those who are reading it and gives it to others. This book has empowered

people to say yes to things that they were previously saying no to. It's empowered people to have

tough conversations they weren't going to have before. People have asked for raises and promotions

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