{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F136adf4f-4201-49a8-a859-c7335782441c","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"319: 800 Bold Days of Me \u2013 Michael Barber\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/136adf4f-4201-49a8-a859-c7335782441c\"></iframe>","title":"319: 800 Bold Days of Me \u2013 Michael Barber","description":"Coming Out. It\u2019s scary. Electrifying. Confusing. Life changing. It\u2019s about thriving vs. hiding. Taking a stand to live rather than die. But most of all it\u2019s about being you, 100% you, no matter what the odds, the snide remarks, the acceptance or lack thereof. Because coming out is just the act. Living your truth is the journey.\r\nFellow speaker, gay man, and quite creative guy \u2013 Michael J. Barber \u2013 suddenly started showing up on my radar about 6 months ago. It seemed he was connected to a lot of my friends from a lot of my worlds \u2013 speakers, podcasters, gay men, heterosexuals (yes we do have straight friends in our gay world), and of course the ice cream lovers circle\u2026who can forget that. Then just a few weeks ago, he dropped an article on Medium that caught my eye and I said, \u201cThis guy has got to be on the podcast.\u201d And that\u2019s how this journey started and what\u2019s bringing him to your ears today. So listen up and listen good about his story, an 800-day story that really is about him, the real him, and who he was meant to be on the planet.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* Your role is to amplify who you already are\r\n* When you show up as you there is no where else to go\r\n* Living in the closet, any closet, is censoring one\u2019s self\r\n* Coming led helped him do these two things\r\n* The more you push yourself to transparency the more you will fear failure, and that\u2019s ok\r\n\r\nAbout Michael\r\nMichael Barber is the Senior Vice President, Chief Creative Officer at Godfrey. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes. This work has been awarded numerous industry awards, but more importantly has driven successes including the most effective and cost-efficient campaign in the history of a Fortune 500 company, a 160x return on ad spend, and 50 million earned media impressions within the first month of a new product launch. Michael is one of Marketo\u2019s Fearless 50 which recognizes the top marketers around the globe driving bold, fearless, marketing and digital transformation. Additionally, he has a 100% success rate with the couples he has married as an ordained minister. Please welcome, Michael.\r\nConnect with Michael\r\n<a href=\"https://medium.com/@michaeljbarber/800-days-of-me-c165d639c2d3\">800 Days of Me Story</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://instagram.com/michaeljbarber\">Instagram</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://twitter.com/michaeljbarber\">Twitter</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://facebook.com/michaeljbarber\">Facebook</a>\r\n<a href=\"http://linkedin.com/in/michaeljbarber\">LinkedIn</a>\r\n<a href=\"https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fmichaelbarber%2F&amp;linkname=319%3A%20800%20Bold%20Days%20of%20Me%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Barber\" title=\"Facebook\"></a><a href=\"https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fmichaelbarber%2F&amp;linkname=319%3A%20800%20Bold%20Days%20of%20Me%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Barber\" title=\"Twitter\"></a><a href=\"https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Frickclemons.com%2Fmichaelbarber%2F&amp;title=319%3A%20800%20Bold%20Days%20of%20Me%20%E2%80%93%20Michael%20Barber\"></a>","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}