Warning: negativity shouts 🤬, positivity whispers 🤫

A few days ago I posted a reel sharing the moment my daughter was diagnosed with autism.

It was an unplanned, vulnerable moment from stage at the Kick Fear In The Face book launch.

There were tons of positive reactions. And a valuable conversation got started.

But one comment stood out… 👇

I was called an “ableist” who doesn’t love my daughter.

My entire point was that my daughter isn’t broken, that I love her exactly as she is, and diagnosis isn’t destiny. 

This person’s comment was exactly opposite the point I was making.

The problem is that one negative comment can outweigh ten positive ones… If we let it.

This is because negativity shouts while positivity whispers.

The key is redirecting your focus onto the bright spots. The people you’ve helped and the conversation you create.

Our most impactful content will often be the hardest to share. Because it risks rejection and ridicule on an intrinsic level.

Because it doesn’t feel like people are hating on a thought or a tip — it feels like they’re judging you as a person.

However, this is the work. Sharing our raw, real stories few are willing to share to help the thousands who desperately need some hope, help, and a hand up in dark places.

What you share will be wildly different than what I do. But that’s the point. It takes an army to win the war. We each have a hill to take.

So, my friend, what have you been putting off? What dark place is it time to shine some light into?

Your tests are your testimony. Your challenges are your chance to change peoples’ lives. Your story matters — trolls be damned 😉

Your friend,

Jordan