"I found myself doing something I hadn’t done in nearly 5 years: I began posting on social media. I launched my Substack. I opened conversations on LinkedIn"
Speaking & Influence Mastery

"I found myself doing something I hadn’t done in nearly 5 years: I began posting on social media. I launched my Substack. I opened conversations on LinkedIn"

For years, I only spoke when it was necessary. Not out of fear, but out of precision — a belief that my voice should enter a space only when it carried something meaningful.
Then I joined the Speaking & Influence Mastery program with Eric Edmeades… and something shifted.
Somewhere between the frameworks, the storytelling, and the way Eric shows up so authentically — sharing not just his knowledge but his art — I found myself doing something I hadn’t done in nearly five years:
I started speaking again.
 Publicly. Consistently.
 With intention instead of hesitation.
I began posting on social media.
 I launched my Substack.
 I opened conversations on LinkedIn.
 I spoke about conscious and ethical AI, Global Alliance for Artificial Intelligence (GAFAI), and the systems shaping our future.
 I even gave myself permission to envision the book I’ve carried inside me for years.
What surprised me wasn’t the content — it was the momentum.
 The sense of a voice that had been waiting… patiently… now stepping forward.
This experience didn’t just help me speak better.
 It helped me remember why my voice matters.
Thank you, Eric — for showing up so authentically, for teaching through presence as much as through technique, and for sharing your art of storytelling in a way that brings others back to their own.
I’m excited to see where this path leads next — and grateful for where it has already taken me.

Shiva Dehghan

Computer Scientist

Washington, United States

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