{"id":257,"date":"2020-04-27T18:43:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T01:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/profiles.suchavoice.com\/tonyjacksonvo\/?p=257"},"modified":"2020-04-27T18:43:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T01:43:44","slug":"youve-been-building-towards-this-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profiles.suchavoice.com\/tonyjacksonvo\/2020\/04\/27\/youve-been-building-towards-this-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ve been building towards this moment…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything you\u2019ve done in your life has been building towards this moment. As a voice over artist<\/a>, a lot of my key life moments are easy to see.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never feared performing in front of people.<\/p>\n

In elementary school, I was a beet in a school play. At the end, all the kids worked together to pull me out of the ground. It was pretty adorable.<\/p>\n

I also narrated another school play. I remember this particular one, because while narrating, I sneeze and something flies out my nose, landing on my script. Then, a teacher darts out onstage and cleans my face before I continue.<\/p>\n

Was it embarrassing? I don\u2019t remember, but what I do <\/em>remember is that was my first time behind a microphone in front of a crowd.<\/p>\n

In college, I joined the radio station<\/a> and that is where I started developing my mic skills. At the same, I took up German. I suffered from the embarrassment of looking and sounding foolish in front of others while speaking horrible German.<\/p>\n

With practice<\/a>, I got over that und jetzt kann ich Deutsch viel besser sprechen. These foreign language skills strengthened my resolve to get out there, make mistakes, and keep improving.<\/p>\n

Years later, I earned an opportunity to be a play by play commentator<\/a> for power soccer.\u00a0 The people who approached me knew I had some radio experience and thought I would be good at it. So, I packed up and shipped out to Minnesota\u2026a place I had only visited before.<\/p>\n

I further built my confidence behind the microphone and traveled the world while doing it. However, living in a place outside my comfort zone was not easy. I was away from everything familiar to me and I had to make it work.\u00a0 That was critical in building my resiliency.<\/p>\n

A short time later, I took a new role<\/a> in New Hampshire\u2026a place I had never been. This was particularly difficult because although I had support from my new coworkers, I didn\u2019t have much of a local support system beyond them. This further galvanized my resiliency.<\/p>\n

While there, I learned to coach and started a business<\/a> for the first time. In addition, I faced some adverse moments that I never encountered before. (another story for another day) Although it was tough, living there was the most valuable learning experience of my life.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m back in a place that\u2019s comfortable, but I am equipped with a new set of skills. Everything I had done in my life led up to this very moment. Looking back, it\u2019s easy to see the events that laid the foundation for who I am now.<\/p>\n

You have laid your own unique path over the years.<\/p>\n

Where will it lead you?<\/p>\n

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