What Can You Say That No One Else Can? 🔪🔫
One of the most important ideas we touched on in the Community Discussion + Q&A call last night was this idea of being able to say things that no one else can say. Not because they’re clever or polarising.
But because they’re true.
And they’re yours.
Most people try to stand out by refining their messaging. Better hooks. Better frameworks. Better explanations. But the real leverage isn’t in how well you explain something. It’s in what you’ve lived that gives weight to the way you see the world.
Your story is the multiplier that everything else runs through.
When you can collect a handful of statements that are undeniably true about your life, things no one else could honestly say, you stop competing on knowledge and start operating from identity. These aren’t things you invent. They’re things you’ve survived, navigated, or earned.
That’s where confidence actually comes from.
For me, some of those statements are simple, but heavy.
  • I was stabbed and shot at 15
  • I went through nine surgical alterations.
  • I almost died on the operating table.
  • Later, with zero marketing or sales experience prior, I ended up directing marketing & sales for some of the most influential thought leaders and influencers in the health and fitness space.
Those aren’t accomplishments.
They’re context.
You can’t fake that. You can’t reverse-engineer it. And you don’t need to exaggerate it to make it meaningful. The power comes from the fact that it actually happened.
When you tie what you know now to what you’ve lived through, people feel it immediately. Curiosity increases because your perspective didn’t come from theory. It came from consequence. Interest grows because they know you didn’t arrive here the easy way.
That’s what creates gravity, and this is where authority actually gets built. Not by proving you’re smart, but by showing people the path you walked to earn the way you think. Your story becomes the context through which everything you say makes sense.
It gives your words weight because they’re grounded in reality. It gives your advice credibility because it’s been tested under pressure. It gives your presence influence because people can sense alignment between who you are and what you say.
Most people downplay their story because it feels normal to them now. Or they think it’s irrelevant. Or they assume everyone else has something similar. They don’t. And even if they did, it wouldn’t be theirs.
Your story is not a flex.
It’s an anchor.
When you start identifying and consciously using the statements only you can say, you stop trying to stand out and start becoming recognisable. And for an audience, that’s what creates trust.
They’re not just listening to what you’re saying.
They’re listening to where it came from.
That’s what makes you powerful.
What are some statements that only you can say, that make your story more powerful? 💬 ⬇️
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Joshua Whitlock
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What Can You Say That No One Else Can? 🔪🔫
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