Living In Your Passion Place

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Rashaan Davis, the Assistant Commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Associations, to discuss the importance of embracing who you truly are in a leadership role.How can we truly support youth in being who they are if we aren't being honest with ourselves? Leadership is often misunderstood as a performance, but the reality is, it takes more energy to pretend than to simply show up as your authentic self. Who could we be if we stopped performing and focused that energy elsewhere?Rashaan shares personal stories, like how he still remembers his social studies teacher and the cross-country coach who influenced him, highlighting the lasting impact of authentic role models. We dig into the importance of confronting our own authenticity and asking ourselves tough questions: "Why do you think you have to be this person?" and "Are you the role model you needed when you were younger?" Together, we uncover the path to being true to ourselves and how life constantly n