Short monologue by Lori Harder describing her longtime dream of a magazine cover, repeated rejections in the fitness/brand space, and a turning-point realization: waiting for external validation won’t work — you must self-qualify and proactively create opportunities to be noticed.
I had wanted to get a magazine cover since I was a little girl. I had started doing fitness competitions, and I. I'd done really well. I was still not getting noticed by these magazines. I had just gotten another email that's like, you're just. You're not the right fit. Like, kind of like a stop emailing us type of thing. And I just threw myself on the bed. And I remember, like, literally throwing a tantrum because I'm like, my dream is never going to happen. I'm waiting for someone to. To call me good enough. I have waited my whole life for somebody to tell me I'm good enough. You have to become undeniable on your own. I wasn't qualified to do any of this. I had to qualify myself. I just think that that is such an important message for everyone, because we're all waiting to be anointed by someone or to be told we're good enough or to get invited on a stage. You have to create that all yourself if you want to get noticed. Like, there's not going to be someone who's just going to pluck you out of the seat. Doesn't have to be that way. It just doesn't.
