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This week, I found myself on the patio with my laptop, a cup of coffee, and the doodles settled around me.
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The laptop was not cooperating. The screen was doing something I did not understand, and I was once again reminded that building Breaking Barriers has required me to become a beginner in more ways than I expected.
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I am comfortable leading through complicated situations. I know how to ask the right questions, find the real problem, and create order from chaos.
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But learning new technology, building a website, producing a podcast, and creating a newsletter from scratch? That has humbled me.
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There have been wrong buttons, wrong images, broken links, and plenty of things that looked finished until I saw them on my phone.
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I am learning not to see those moments as proof that I cannot do this. They are proof that I am doing something new.
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Friday’s Coffee on the Patio reflection is called Sometimes You Have to Build It Wrong First.
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It is about the vulnerability of being seen while you are still learning and the way perfection can become a very convincing hiding place.
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Sometimes the wrong version is not evidence that we failed to prepare. Sometimes it is the preparation.
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This week, Takara Fuller-Doby turned the microphone around and asked me why I started Breaking Barriers.
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What began as my origin story became an honest conversation about mentorship, confidence, boundaries, rest, leadership, and learning to use your voice.
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In many ways, this podcast is another first version. It is personal, imperfect, and part of what I am still building.
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Choose one thing you have been overthinking.
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Create the first version.
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Write the opening paragraph. Test the process. Make the invitation. Start the conversation.
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Do not ask the first version to be perfect. Ask it to teach you something.
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What could I learn if I gave myself permission to build the first version?
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“Do not despise these small beginnings.”
Zechariah 4:10
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Small beginnings are still beginnings. Imperfect progress is still progress.
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This week, give yourself permission to learn while you build.
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Ask Better Questions. Lead with Courage. Keep Breaking Barriers.
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