If We Build It...(Part 5): THEY WILL COME | Jake Haber

We close out our "If We Build It…" series with a message about what happens when you take the risk to step out, answer the call on your life, and show up as your full self. When you do, people are impacted. They’re drawn into your orbit. They catch your vision. They are strengthened by your courage.

 

We explore who “they” really are: the ones who benefit when you stop shrinking, stop apologizing, and begin standing in the truth of who you are. We look at why Aldea exists, the kind of people we are uniquely positioned to serve, and why embracing our identity matters more than trying to please everyone.

 

This finale gathers all the threads of the series into three guiding statements that help anchor our purpose, our impact, and the deeper meaning of building something together. You’ll be invited to consider your own sphere of influence, the real lives your presence affects, and the future people who will one day find belonging because of what you (and we) build today.

 

Quotes:

 

1. Brené Brown: “Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It’s something to own. And when you own it, you open the door for others to do the same.”

2. Seth Godin: “When you speak to everyone, you speak to no one.”

3. Glennon Doyle: “You will be too much for some people. Those aren’t your people.”

4. Anne Lamott: “Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”

5. Fred Rogers: “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

6. Tao Te Ching (Chapter 9): “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”

7. Clarissa Pinkola Estés: “Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of reaching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.”

8. Marianne Williamson: “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”