480: Are People Feeling Your Pressure…or Your Presence?

August 19, 2025

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Stop Calling It Slow

Why choosing presence over pressure is not holding you back, it’s moving you forward faster

The Real Crisis: Fear-Led Growth Confuses Urgency With Leadership

Maybe you’ve felt it—the frenzy of company promotions, the pressure from uplines, the constant push to “do more.” Post more. Message more. Move faster.

At first, it looks like excitement. But quickly, it becomes exhaustion. And if you don’t match the speed, you’re told you’re falling behind, that you’re not coachable, that you don’t want it badly enough.

This is the trap of the fear-led achiever. It tells you that if you’re not sprinting, you’re failing. But here’s the truth: speed without presence isn’t leadership. It’s pressure. And pressure does not create trust.

What looks like “going slow” may actually be the first sign that you are finally leading.

The LOVE-LED™ Shift in This Episode

From: Fear-Led Speed → To: LOVE-LED™ Presence

Fear-led leadership glorifies activity. It equates speed with success and measures your worth by how much you produce, how many people you message, and how fast you can keep up. It rewards urgency, but quietly erodes trust.

LOVE-LED™ leadership reframes the pace. It teaches that presence—not pressure—is the true measure of leadership. When you are fully present in a conversation, when your content carries your voice and your story, you are not going slow. You are building something stronger.

This shift changes everything:

Instead of shaming yourself for not “doing enough,” you start celebrating invisible wins that matter more than numbers.
Instead of filling your calendar with noise, you fill your leadership with meaning.
Instead of chasing trust, you create it by showing up with presence.

This is not about avoiding hard work. It’s about working hard in a way that feels aligned, fulfilling, and sustainable. The pace you’ve been calling “slow” is actually proof that you are finally leading.

What You’ll Leave With

(7:15) Why invisible wins matter more than the visible ones—and how to finally recognize them in your own journey

(10:37) Why activity without alignment is just noise and how pressure-led speed destroys trust

(11:47) How to avoid burnout by working hard in a way that feels fun and fulfilling

(12:45) The difference between something being hard and something feeling hard—and how alignment shifts the experience

(15:21) Why your pace is perfect and how “slow” might be the proof that you’re finally leading

Listen + Activate

You’re not going slow.
You’re going love-led.

If you’re ready to stop proving your worth with speed and start leading with presence, this is your shift.

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Rate + Reflect

Where have you been mistaking presence for slowness?
What invisible win can you celebrate today?

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You’re not just listening. You’re becoming part of the LOVE-LED™ Shift.