Day 3 at SXSW Sydney was filled with more incredible insights, words of wisdom and valuable lessons 💭
My amazing itinerary was:
1. How Unleashing 60,000+ Years of Storytelling is Igniting Indigenous Leadership: facilitated by the lovely Mayrah Sonter and joined for a fabulous discussion with Lillian Banks (Bangarra Dance Theatre), Thomas E.S Kelly (founder of Karul Projects) and Kim Walker (NAISDA CEO).
- “The most important thing is that culture, learning and art is at the centre of everything”.
- “Every child in Australia should dance”.
2. How Brands Can Rewrite the Future
- “Brands are part of the cultural conversation whether we like it or not.”
- “Great brands choose what their purpose is and they stick to it, they don’t pick and choose when to deploy the message.”
3. Finding Your Mojo: the Search for Confidence and Hapiness with none other than the brilliant and super inspiring Ben Crowe. Had a bit of a fan girl moment and took about 6 pages of notes. Some highlights:
- every morning, instead of writing a to-do list, write a “to be” list. The beauty of this, we can 100% control it.
- “Busy” is not an emotion. We need to connect back with our human being, not just our doing (separate yourself from your business card).
- Life’s not about YOU, it’s about the impact you can have on others. Focus on being interested, not just interesting.
- “If you feel like you have to do something to be someone, you’ll never feel content or like you’re enough”.
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I was lucky enough to finish the day with a film screening of “Dumb Money”, directed by Craig Gillespie (I,Tonya) which was fantastic! 🍿