Lindsey Lerner's Linkedin Analytics

You’re not getting ghosted because your pitch sucks. You’re getting ghosted because it doesn’t land. People don’t book bios. They book energy. They book clarity. They book vibe. If your pitch reads like a Wikipedia page, it’s going straight to the bin. Want to get booked on the podcast, land the panel, or get the feature? Stop leading with what you’ve done. Start showing us who you are when no one’s watching. The message is the magnet. But your presence is the pull. _______________________________ Hey, I'm Lindsey Lerner and I help people translate their energy into photos and words that get them seen, heard, and booked. Presence, positioning, and portraits that hit on every level.

No one is buying what you do. They’re buying what it does for them. You can list all your skills. You can name every certification. You can even sound like you swallowed a thesaurus. But if they don’t feel it, they won’t remember it. And if they don’t remember it, they won’t hire you. Your job isn’t to sound impressive. Your job is to make people care. Not by shrinking. Not by shouting. But by saying something so clear and specific that the right people feel like you’re already speaking to them. That’s how you build trust. That’s how you stand out. That’s how you get the yes. 💬 If you want help getting your message to land with clarity and confidence —drop a 👋 or DM me to book a time to jam.

Most ideas don’t fail......... they just never see the light of day. I’ve made money off a lot of things. Tour managing. Producing. Strategy. Events. Even built my own company — shoutout to Level Exchange. But last week, something different happened. I made $100 on Substack. My first paid subscriber. And it felt like I hit the damn lottery. And made me as happy as I am in this photo with this puppy. Not because of the money. Because it was mine. Not my strategy powering someone else’s product. Not my creativity behind someone else’s brand. This time, it was my words. My ideas. My vision. No client. No committee. No compromise. And then Friday? Another one. And just now? A third 🤯 There are so many brilliant ideas that die in people’s heads or in your notes app. Not because they’re bad — but because we talk ourselves out of them. I’ve done it. You probably have too. But this time, I followed through. I made it real. And people paid. That $100 felt better than checks I’ve cashed 100x bigger. Because it wasn’t just income. It was evidence. That the work that lives inside me? It’s not just valid. It’s valuable. If you’ve been sitting on an idea, here’s your sign: Make the thing. Post the link. Say the words. You’re not waiting for clarity. You’re waiting for courage. And when you show up? They will too. Subscribe here to Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild) (paid or not, just stoked you're here): https://lnkd.in/dFByFQT8

So many people think they need to “figure it all out” before they can talk about what they do. But the truth is, clarity doesn’t come before the conversation. It comes through it. That’s what I got to remind folks of when I spoke at The Career Course by Fuzzy. And I gotta say… y’all made me blush with these reviews: “Lindsey made career pivots feel exciting instead of daunting.” “The one-liner workshopping was a game-changer—finally, something practical I can use." “It was the first time I felt seen for the skillset I’ve been trying to explain my whole career.” “Her approach to building a platform and positioning your story? Absolutely priceless.” I don’t take these words lightly. Because helping people see their own brilliance — that’s the whole point. If you’ve ever struggled to answer “so what do you do?” If you’ve got a skill stack that doesn’t fit into a neat little box. If you’re ready to make a move — but need support to actually make it happen, The Career Course is one of the best containers I’ve seen to help you get there. Next cohort starts in May with Lucy Wark and Harry Hamilton 👏 If you use my link, you’ll skip the application and get $125 off, tell em' I referred you. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eJaSdAiE Use code: MAR25GUEST125OFF More info here: https://lnkd.in/eS8t6Q-B Feel free to DM me if you’re curious. I’m happy to talk it through. Let’s get you seen, heard, and hyped the way you deserve to be.

I don’t shoot in studios. Because I’m not interested in performance. We shoot in your space. Where your energy actually lives. The kitchen counter you keep clearing. The sunlit corner where you think. The place where you breathe before a big call. Because your story isn’t sterile. It doesn’t need a backdrop. It needs to be felt. When I bring the camera, I’m not just chasing perfect light. I’m watching for that flicker of truth that shows up when you forget I’m there. That’s the moment I capture. That’s the image that ends up on your site, in your deck, in your keynote —because it’s undeniably you. If you’ve ever said, “I’ve just never had a photo that feels like me." This is for you. DM me to book 📷

What if the thing you’ve been searching for — was never missing in the first place? What if belonging isn’t something you find — but something you allow? Ruth Penfold spent years searching. New places. New versions of herself. New ways to finally feel at home. But the real shift didn’t happen when she found the right place. It happened when she stopped running long enough to realize — she was already here. Because arriving isn’t a moment. As Ruth told me: “It’s a process, not an event.” 💡 If you’ve spent years moving, fixing, striving — try this: 1️⃣ Rewrite your definition of arrival Finish this sentence: I’ll finally feel settled when… Now cross it out. Rewrite it as: I am already here because… 2️⃣ Change the picture Look at the images in your life that represent where you think you belong. What if you replaced them with where you are now? 3️⃣ Find the work that needs you now Instead of asking Where should I go next? Ask: What’s already calling for my presence? The full story — the wake-up call that changed everything — is in today's Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild). 🔗 Read it here: https://lnkd.in/dvtdqZZD And if you try one of these, let me know what comes up. Stop fixing. Start flowing. _______________________________ Hey, I’m Lindsey 👋 I help people bring their inner clarity to the surface —through presence, positioning, and story. Follow along for honest insights, soulful strategy, and stories that make you feel seen.

Most people underestimate what’s possible — not because they lack ambition, but because they zoom in too close. They obsess over quarterly results, weekly metrics, and daily checklists. But the most meaningful work? It stacks quietly. Over years. At 15, I was photographing weddings I had no business being at. At 25, I was living in a van I built from scratch, meeting strangers who became lifelong collaborators. Now, I’m building something that blends all of it: presence, positioning, and portraits that reveal who people really are. None of it was part of a 10-year plan. But each short-term experiment taught me how to trust the long-term vision. Here's the part that’s for you 👇 If you’re experimenting — switching paths, testing ideas, building something that doesn’t quite make sense yet — you're not behind. You're building depth. Range. Capacity. You’re doing what most people are too afraid to do: Letting the work work on you. So ask yourself this: 🧪 What’s one tiny experiment you can run this week that future-you will thank you for? 🌱 What seed can you plant — without needing proof it’ll grow? Because over a long enough time horizon, everything changes. And the best way to meet your vision is to keep moving toward it — even when it’s still blurry. _______________________________ Hey, I’m Lindsey 👋 I help people bring their inner clarity to the surface —through presence, positioning, and story. Follow along for honest insights, soulful strategy, and stories that make you feel seen.

Ever feel like the version of you the world sees is miles behind the one you’ve become? She didn’t need a rebrand. She didn’t need a niche. She needed space to see clearly — through all the old versions still clinging to her edges. After years of shape-shifting — bartender, runner, academic, coach, integrator, writer..... 🔆 Andee wasn’t looking for someone to define her. She was done explaining. What she needed wasn’t a mirror. She needed to see through it — past the noise, the pivots, the pressure to perform — and into the thread that had been there all along. One long, honest conversation. One image that didn’t flinch. One sentence that felt like a homecoming. Her Field Note drops today! Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/eAkYpP7f This is what it looks like when your story finally catches up to who you’ve become. This is the work 📌 If you’re building something and you’re ready to see it clearly — send me a message.

Most people wait for clarity before they act. But leaders? They act to find clarity. Chaos doesn’t care about your 5-year plan. It doesn’t wait for your calendar to open up. It crashes in, flips the table, and stares you down. And in that moment, you’ve got two choices: Grasp tighter — or get grounded. The best leaders I’ve seen (and learned to be) don’t fight the mess. They move through it, right Ruth, Shaelina, Tawny? — They drop the performance and show up real. — They make a decision, any decision, and adjust on the fly. — They stop trying to be the solution and start being the anchor. Want to know where I learned that? Not in a boardroom. On tour. With 2,000 fans outside, a crew freaking out, and an artist falling apart backstage. No script. No safety net. No time to Google “how to lead.” Just presence. Decisiveness. Honesty. The truth? Your people don’t need you to be perfect. They need you to keep going. So next time the storm hits, try this: Stop. Breathe. Ask: “What actually needs me right now?” Then do that. Loudly, imperfectly, and fully present. Because chaos doesn’t create leaders. It reveals the ones already paying attention.

“You’re hard to explain.” Sounds like a compliment. Until it costs you the intro, the invite, or the opportunity. I’ve worked with brilliant people across industries — coaches, researchers, artists, founders—and the pattern is always the same: They can do incredible things. They just don’t know how to say it in one line. That’s where things get stuck. Not in ability. In articulation. One person told me after a session: “It gave me that extra little bit of confidence that others might see my generalist skillset as I do.” If you’re done getting passed over because people don’t “get it” fast enough —let’s fix that, so you and the people you're sharing your story with don't look like this confused pup 🤣 ➡️ Sign up for Say Less, Land More (May 5) and finally land the words that open doors: https://lu.ma/209oi8rm

"Pick a lane." "You need to focus." "You're too much." Cool. But have you ever juggled an audio mixer, a power drill, and a city-wide permit request — before lunch? Because I have. And no, it wasn’t chaos. It was choreography. The van I converted? Taught me product design. The tour I managed? Built my ops muscle. The late-night event logistics? Sharpened my strategy game faster than any MBA. This isn’t a patchwork. It’s an ecosystem. A living, breathing feedback loop of skills that feed each other when no one’s watching. And while some folks were busy niching down, I was out here building a spiderweb of competency so strong it could hold a thunderstorm. 🕷️ The world doesn’t need tighter boxes. It needs leaders who can dance between disciplines like it’s a house party in four dimensions. 📊 Data says people like us solve problems 25% faster. I say we just see connections other people miss. So yeah, I’m “too much.” Too curious. Too creative. Too unwilling to make myself smaller so someone else can feel comfortable. And I know I’m not the only one. If your path looks more like a jungle than a straight line — good. That’s where the wild stuff grows. Map your chaos. Name your patterns. Share that weird, glorious messy journey. Because the future belongs to the ones who never fit the mold — and never tried to.

How do you write a resume for someone who never needed one? You sit down at the kitchen table. You talk through every story he’s never written down. You translate four decades of grit, relationships, and problem-solving into a resume. And you craft a one-liner that makes people stop and smile: 🧰 “I’m the one people call when something breaks — but more often, I’m the reason it doesn’t.” My dad built a career by keeping buildings standing and people safe. By listening, fixing, organizing, and leading. By solving problems before they ever had a chance to grow. But turning all of that entrepreneurial instinct into a job application? That’s a whole other kind of work. This process reminded me just how invisible self-employment can be — how many entrepreneurs don’t realize they’re also project managers, operations leads, vendor negotiators, and community stewards. If you’ve ever helped someone make a career pivot later in life — or had to translate experience that doesn’t fit in a checkbox — you know: ✨ It’s not about starting over. ✨ It’s about reframing what’s already there. The best part? He got the job. All that care, charisma, and hands-on wisdom found a new home. And I got to be part of helping him step into it. If you — or someone you love — needs help putting words to the work they’ve done and the value they bring, call me. I’d be honored to help you see what’s already there. And we can probably have nearly as much fun as my Dad and I did motorcycling around Costa Rica 🌴

Still trying to lead with someone else’s blueprint? You’re not the problem. The playbook is. We keep hearing about the “leadership crisis.” But maybe the issue isn’t a lack of leaders. It’s who we think gets to be one. If your background doesn’t follow the usual script… If you’ve been told to “be more professional” or “pick a lane”… If you’ve ever felt like your story doesn’t fit— This video is for you. Because real leadership isn’t born in boardrooms. It’s forged in the wild — through lived experience, creative problem-solving, and a refusal to play small just to fit in. 👀 Watch it now if: — You’ve been made to feel too much, too messy, or too “nontraditional” — You’ve got a story that doesn’t look great on paper but solves problems in real life — You’re ready to lead on your terms, not someone else’s mold And if this hits? Share it with the person who needs to hear it most. Because the future of leadership is already here. It just doesn’t wear a suit.

Three weeks ago, I said f*ck it and asked if anyone in NYC or Westchester would be down for an experiment. That experiment has turned into a full-blown project that has me pants-on-fire excited. Charles Leyte, Andee Scarantino, and Ruth Penfold were the first to jump in — and I can’t thank them enough for letting me into their worlds. But, the takeaway: 📌 Share what you believe. The right people will find you. 📌 Stop trying to convince the ones who don’t get it. 📌 The most transformative work isn’t about becoming — it’s about arriving. For years, I thought growth meant building something. Creating. Striving. Becoming. But after sharing space with Charlie, Andee, and Ruth, I see it differently. The work that actually shapes us doesn’t come from chasing the next thing. It comes from fully inhabiting where we already are. And apparently, I’m not the only one seeing it. I’ve already been asked to do these for hire — helping teams, brands, and companies capture the work before the work is seen. If you need to see things differently, let’s talk. And if you want to follow along as this unfolds — subscribe to Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild). 📩 https://lnkd.in/dFByFQT8

Most people plan their week around what they should do. Here’s a better question: What do you want to do? Sounds simple. But it’s hard to live. Because we’ve been trained to override our wants with expectations, obligations, and invisible rules about what makes us “good.” Wanting something is reason enough. Not wanting something is reason enough. You don’t need to justify your joy. So before Monday hits 👇 ✖️ Cross one thing off your list that doesn’t feel true. ✔️ Add one thing that does. Let this be the week you live by your own damn rules. _______________________________ Hey, I’m Lindsey 👋 I help people bring their inner clarity to the surface —through presence, positioning, and story. Follow along for honest insights, soulful strategy, and stories that make you feel seen.

How do you know when you're making progress if no one can see it? I asked Andee this question while sitting in the East Village. She held up two pens: 🖊️ A free BIC from O’Lunney’s bar, where she used to be a regular. ✍️ A new Pilot Precise. "I'm writing less with this one, more with this one." That’s it. That’s the answer. Progress isn’t what you achieve. It’s what you release. Andee doesn’t collect identities. She sheds them: 🚬 Smoker ➡️ Marathon runner 🍹 Bartender ➡️ Coach 🥃 Drinker ➡️ Sober Now, she runs strategy and operations for a coaching platform while maintaining her own coaching practice. She wakes up before dawn to write — not for status, not for validation, but because the words need somewhere to go. "My greatest joy is being on the universe's time," she says. Her 150 sq. ft apartment can barely contain her energy. But that’s fine. The real space exists inside. She doesn’t show up to meetings with bloated frameworks or productivity hacks for the sake of looking busy. She builds systems that actually work. She trusts the process. She makes sure that if something’s moving, it’s moving in the right direction. Because some people keep things running, but Andee makes sure they’re running toward something. Try this tomorrow 👇 ⏳ Wake up 30 minutes earlier. ✍️ Write down every identity you're carrying. ❌ Cross each one out, saying: "This is not me." 👀 Then wait. See what shows up when you stop trying so hard to be somebody. This is just the first glimpse. Andee’s full story, told by yours truly, drops this Friday on Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild). 🔗 Get the full piece first: https://lnkd.in/edtEUUB8 Follow me for more stories like this 📩

You know that moment when someone’s work is electric — but their LinkedIn sounds like beige wallpaper? That was the gap. Wendy’s presence is unmistakable. She helps high-powered women show up with clarity, confidence, and presence— before they even say a word. But her headline read: Wardrobe Expert | Empowering Women Through Style | Creative Entrepreneur Not wrong. But not alive either. So I asked her if it'd be okay if I rewrote it — just to show what happens when your words start pulling their weight: I help high-achieving women show up like they mean it — by curating wardrobes that speak before they do. Not just a one-liner. It’s the beginning of a body of work that actually reflects what she’s building. — This is what I do: Translate people’s presence into story, language, and imagery that hits on every level. So that when they show up — online or off — it lands. If your work is powerful but your presence doesn’t match yet, I’d love to help.

I’ve spent the last two years helping generalists find the words for who they are. They didn't call me One-Liner-Lerner for nothing 😉 Now I finally have mine. I help people translate their inner clarity into outer momentum — through photography, story, and soul. It’s called Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild). A storytelling project that captures people in their element — before they’re polished, before they’re ready, before they even realize they’re becoming something new. Because the most meaningful work doesn’t start when we launch the thing. It starts in the quiet moments. The rituals no one sees. The chaos we make peace with. The clarity we almost don’t recognize until someone reflects it back. 📸 We shoot. 🎤 We talk. 🪵 And we reveal what’s always been there, just beneath the surface. This isn’t just my next project. It’s the result of everything I’ve learned — and unlearned — in the last two years. At Generalist World 🌀 World, I got to dream big, build things from scratch, co-create Unboxed, and witness thousands of people come home to themselves through their work. And I found something I didn’t know I was missing: My voice. Not the one I used on stage or in strategy decks. The one underneath. The one that remembers who I am, even when I forget. Over time, it became clear that to make GW sustainable, the business needed to operate on a leaner model. That meant re-evaluating roles — and for me, it meant stepping back. It was a hard decision, made with care and a whole lot of love. I’m endlessly grateful to Milly, Nikita, and Ece — for the laughter, the trust, the truth-telling, and the kind of collaboration that makes you feel more you. I know our work together isn’t done — it’s just evolving. So now, I’m taking everything I’ve learned and pouring it into Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild). It’s the most honest work I’ve ever done. The kind that lets me bring all of me to the table — artist, strategist, facilitator, storyteller. No more splitting. No more waiting for permission. 🪵 If you want to follow the journey, you can subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/dFByFQT8 📸 And if you want to co-create something grounded and gorgeous — my inbox is open. Let’s work the wild together.

Want to blow someone’s mind with kindness? Don’t buy them coffee. Don’t send a compliment. Ask them to teach you something they love. Then shut up and listen. Let them nerd out. Let them light up. Let them lead. Because it’s never about the topic. It’s about being trusted with someone’s joy. For 15 minutes, receive their world like it matters — because it does. That kind of presence? That’s rare. Kindness isn’t always in the giving. Sometimes the boldest move is receiving with your whole heart. Try it this week? And tell Dino and I what you learned ☺️

If LinkedIn hired me to rewrite their one-liner….. Here’s what they say now: “Do business where business is done.” Which sounds like something you'd hear at a sales conference…in 2006… during a PowerPoint with clipart. Meanwhile, what’s actually happening here? Founders are soft-launching ideas in the comments. Artists are talking about burnout with more honesty than Instagram ever allowed. Consultants are writing poetry disguised as strategy. People are building real momentum by being themselves, in public. LinkedIn is weird now. And that’s the magic. So here’s what I’d write instead: 👉 “Where saying the thing no one else will gets you paid.” Because what actually moves people isn’t “personal branding.” It’s presence. It’s story. It’s someone showing up and making you feel like you could too. 💬 Who should I do next? Drop a brand (or your own) below. And if you’re building something honest, weird, or beautifully unpolished — I’m probably already rooting for you. CC: Collin Strachan, Becca Chambers, Colin Stroud, nick power, Milly Tamati, Ece Kurtaraner, Ryan Whisner, Allison Rossi, Neda Sahebelm, Margaret and Mahmoud Owies to shout out a few fellow weirdos 😜