Last night my dear friend and mentor Giovanni Marsico shared a concept with a room full of people. When I heard it, it immediately landed in my heart. I could feel the gravity of this idea; it was BIG!

He shared his belief that each of us has a story soulmate.

Your story soulmate is someone who will be deeply impacted (and possibly forever changed) just by hearing your story.

The way Gio explained it, is that our story offers others a roadmap. We have already travelled down the path that our story soulmate is currently on. We know all the shortcuts and dead ends. By sharing our story with them, we would be giving them a major advantage.

Sharing your story could be the catalyst for someone else to find hope, inspiration, and momentum in life.

I love this concept so much. It’s a powerful framework. It can even help us get out of our own way.

On the one hand, sharing our honest stories with the world can be intimidating. It feels scary to share deep and intimate parts of ourselves publicly.

At the same time, it can be frustrating when we finally share our stories with the world and don’t receive the external validation we hoped for. Such as views, comments, and likes.

But when we let go of the bullshit social media numbers and focus on impacting one human at a time through our stories, we can focus our message and speak from a much more relatable and honest place.

The irony is that by focusing on getting through to just one person, we become much more capable of to crafting a story that resonates with many more.

So here are a few questions for you to think about:

• Can you feel the energy of your story soulmate out there?

• Can you feel their fear?

• Can you feel their stuckness?

• Can you feel their excitement?

Your story soulmate is waiting for you, with your unique voice and unique background to grab the mic and speak directly to them.

Are you willing to grab that mic?