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Kim Bode smiles while posing for a camera inside of the 8THIRTYFOUR Learning Hub.

In 2016, Kim wrote a blog about how terrible professionals are at marketing themselves. The gist: if you want to grow, you have to stop hiding and start showing up. Blog, network, speak, post, give, say yes, and put in the time. It was right then and it’s still right now.

Kim was talking about owning your authentic self and showing up as you a decade before the rest of the world caught up. What’s changed is that she’s spent the last ten years building an entire framework around it, because the insight was always right; it just needed a system behind it. That system is Big Deal Energy™: the confidence of knowing exactly who you are, owning your QUIRKS™, and communicating your authentic self unapologetically.

Doing all the things, the LinkedIn posts, the speaking gigs, the networking events, doesn’t matter if you don’t know who you are when you show up to do them. Most people are performing a version of themselves they think other people want to see, rather than showing up as the one that actually exists. The people who are remembered aren’t the smartest ones in the room; they’re the ones who figured out how to be memorable, and memorable starts with owning the quirks, experiences, and perspective that are entirely yours.

The Big Deal Energy™ Workshop is where that shift happens. In 2.5 hours, you’ll work through the QUIRKS™ framework to question the rules keeping you small, uncover your Big Hairy Audacious Goal, identify what makes you weird and remarkable, and start showing up as yourself consistently and unapologetically. You’ll leave with a plan and a group of people cheering you on.

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Turnover is one of the most expensive challenges business owners are facing right now, and the skills crisis isn't making it easier. 

Kim was recently featured in fastcompany talking about exactly that. It's part of why we built the Skills Survival School, an integrated approach to a problem that demands one.

Read the article at the link in bio.
You learn the most from failure, but you have to make the decision first. 

Just remember: there's power in the uncomfortable.

Blog link in bio.
It's 2.5 hours where you'll get to forget what the world has told you and really be you. 

You’ll walk away with a plan, confidence and group of people cheering you on.

Plus, you know it's going to be fun. June 23 - link in bio.
Everyone knows the skills gap exists. Not enough people are asking what it's actually costing us.

Kim is partnering with mibiznetwork for a new series focused on the Hard Cost of Soft Skills - what skills are missing, what businesses are doing because of it, and most importantly... the fix. 

You can watch the first episode intro at the link in bio.
This is your Monday reminder that nobody has it all figured out at first.

Owning what makes you weird and unique takes time... and work. 

You can start that work at a Big Deal Energy workshop. First one is on June 23. Link in bio.

Big Deal Energy™ Workshops

Next Workshop: June 23, 2026

Stop following the rules meant to keep you small. Step into your Big Deal Energy™

Workshop Length: 2.5 hours, in-person | Methodology: QUIRKS™ | Price: $249 per person

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