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After completing a merger worth $25.1 Billion, we selected Michael to be the keynote speaker for our first IT Division Leadership Summit of the new combined company. We wanted a dynamic speaker and we received just that with Michael! His story and delivery is so powerful. He gave our team a language to talk about topics we don’t typically discuss that are holding us back from being more successful as a team and organization. I highly recommend Michael and have no doubt our team will use and talk about mask-free leadership long after this summit!

Michael Brody-Waite authentically shares his wisdom in a captivating and practical way. Anyone who wants to become a better leader will benefit from reading this book.

After hearing Michael’s keynote at our first IT Division Leadership Summit, our leaders were buzzing! We feel the exponential impact this can have on our team and organization. Even our CIO took 15-minutes to discuss the masks he wears after hearing the presentation. It set the tone for kicking off our 2020 strategy! I highly recommend Michael if you are looking to inspire and engage your employees.

I live by these 3 principals in work, relationships and parenting skills for my children. It IS LIFE CHANGING and very much keeps you transparent and REAL.

I am using the 3 Principles as a foundation for a new course I am creating for the women I work within the local jail. They need to know that practicing rigorous authenticity is the only path to freedom compared to deception, dishonesty, and rebellion which is their lifestyle.

On the 8th of October 2013, I experienced my first day clean after 15 years of chronic heroin addiction. But just like you said in your TEDx talk, I used my addiction the 3 Principles as a way to thrive. I’ve since become a PhD student, a lecturer in the neuroscience of mindfulness and addiction, a speaker, and my memoir will be released in March 2020.

Eliminating the nonessential masks that hold us back is key to becoming a great leader. This is brilliantly illustrated in this new book from Michael Brody-Waite.

I love the approach Michael’s taken with this book. Just like addiction, he does not say that implementing these 3 principles work as a quick fix, rather it’s something to do every day- even on the days when we don’t feel like it.

There’s a section in the book- that would appeal to most readers on getting the work done and it starts by learning about the Masks we wear…if anyone is patient and honest enough, I believe it’s quite revealing about the struggles we face daily.

Towards the end, Michael asked something that I have never been asked directly but coming from Kenya- I’ve often asked of all the politicians and those in power who’ve stolen public funds or enriched themselves in public offices, he asks “What’s your Enough?” and just like that I am re-evaluating my purpose and goals in life.

I have a #maskfreemovement moment for the day! I just moved to LA and had a job interview today. During the interview, I explained how I overcame anxiety and OCD and am sober. The person I was interviewing with said, “I have also had anxiety and am always scared to tell people, thank you for being so refreshing!” Needless to say, I got the job! BEING AUTHENTIC ALWAYS WINS!! 🙂

I’m using Michael’s teachings and the 3 Principles to gain more confidence, as I am a newly qualified mental health nurse. I’m in the UK but just like the USA, there is an emphasis on leadership in nursing (that I wasn’t aware of!). This is something that I have to learn and something that I am aware of has been a skill that I have needed to learn a lot of my life so far. I’m trying to take inspiration from you to change myself. Self-doubt seems to affect me a lot and interferes with my work as a nurse at times. I have had therapy a few times and I’m aware of what I can control, such as mindfulness skills and CBT techniques to retrain my brain, but this is not an overnight job. So I continue. I want to change and develop as a person and I know I can develop these skills further.

I entered treatment and I am currently over 60 days clean from being a crystal meth user. As a part of my movement from an Intensive Outpatient Program to the General Outpatient Program, I was required to give a presentation and relapse prevention plan. My presentation included presenting your TEDx. I just wanted to express my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for your work in helping addicts. I have started a small movement that has inspired therapists and case managers involved at the treatment center to start considering how to practice your 3 Principles! You have no idea how much you’ve impacted my life.