Turn Your Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Meaning
The speakers you admire didn't live extraordinary lives. They learned to recognize the meaning inside ordinary moments. And you've already lived them. For 10 days, one prompt each morning helps you spot the moments, share them, and start seeing the theme that connects them.
Turn Your Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Meaning
For 10 days, you'll receive one simple prompt each morning to help you uncover meaningful stories from your everyday life, practice sharing them, and discover the idea you've been meaning to speak about all along.
HOW IT WORKS
NOTICE THE MOMENT
Jess will go live with a prompt at 10am ET each day for 10 days. Day 1, something ordinary. Day 2, something that annoyed you. By Day 10 you'll start noticing these on your own.
FIND THE MEANING
You'll answer two questions every day. What's the moment? Then: What's the lesson in it for someone else? Jess answers hers first. Then it's your turn.
SHARE AND SEE
You post each answer in our private LinkedIn group — a short video or a few written lines, with a fill-in-the-blank script if you want one. Ten days in, ten seperate moments become one idea, and it's unmistakably yours.
I’M JESS EKSTROM
- Top 50 Most Watched TED Talk 2025
- USA Today Best Selling Author
- Inc's Female Founders 500 List
- Creator of Mic Drop Workshop
For years, I've helped women uncover the stories they're meant to tell. Here's what I've learned:
The ones who break through aren't the ones with the most impressive lives. They're the ones who paid attention.
Their biggest ideas came from moments most people would have missed. The same is true for you. Your life already contains amazing stories from your everyday life.
I GAVE THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL. IT’S BEEN WATCHED 15 MILLION TIMES.
It wasn't about climbing Everest or some huge life-changing breakthrough.
It was about playing peek-a-boo with a baby in the grocery line, and how the little moments are the ones that actually matter. Holding a door. Pouring someone's water before your own.
That was the whole speech. My old high school, not some giant stage.
7 million views on my page, another 8 million on a repost from someone I've still never met. (Tag me next time. 😉)
It was ordinary moments and the meaning I found in them. That’s the exact thing I’m going to teach you, one prompt at a time.
A cheetah at the zoo sparked one of
GLENNON DOYLE’S
biggest ideas.
A rocket launch countdown became
MEL ROBBINS’
5 second rule.
IN 10 DAYS YOU’LL...
Turn your experience into something
...that someone else can use. That's the practice. A moment from your life, and the lesson inside it for the person listening. Ten days of reps and it becomes automatic.
Get comfortable saying your ideas out loud.
Whether you write each day or record short videos, you'll stop overthinking and start practicing.
Walk away with an idea only you could have.
By Day 10 you'll have named the thing you've been circling all along — and you'll know what it could become.
YOUR EVERDAY MOMENTS HOLD YOUR BIGGEST IDEAS.
The conversation you couldn’t stop replaying
The frustrating client interaction
Something your child said over breakfast
A habit you finally broke
The moment you almost gave up
A decision that seemed tiny at the time.
THESE AREN’T RANDOM MOMENTS.
They’re raw material that can make a difference.
Every memorable story starts with an everyday moment.
The skill is learning how to uncover the meaning inside it.
That's exactly what you'll practice over these 10 days.
THE MOMENTS WON’T STOP COMING
Around Day 4 or 5 of the challenge, something will shift.
You'll catch yourself thinking...
"Wait... that could actually become something."
You’ll finish with:
- 10 meaningful stories from your own life
- Practice sharing your ideas publicly
- A clearer message than you had when you started
- The beginning of something only you could give
All from 10 prompts.
10 minutes a day.
And moments that were already yours.
JESS EKSTROM NAMED TO INC’S FEMALE FOUNDERS 500 LIST
For launching the first AI public speaking agent and establishing a women’s public speaking meetup in 35 cities.
A FEW THINGS PEOPLE ARE ASKING
Is this free?
Yes. Free to join, free to participate, all 10 days.
Who is this for?
This is for you if you've got a feeling there's something you're meant to say — and no idea how to start saying it. Maybe it's a keynote. Maybe it's a podcast. Maybe you just want to post on LinkedIn without rewriting it eleven times. You don't need a platform. You don't need a following. You just need to be willing to notice the moments you're already living through.
Do I have to have a book or a keynote or a podcast?
Nope! Not even close. Some of the most powerful speakers I know started with zero of that — no book deal, no stage, no podcast mic. All you need is a willingness to show up for 10 days and pay attention to your own life. The rest? That comes later. This challenge is where it starts.
I'm not a speaker. Is this for me?
Most people who do this won't be speakers yet. You don't need a stage, a topic, or a plan. You need ten days and a willingness to notice what's already happening in your life.
Is this live?
Most days, yes. Every morning at 10AM EDT, Jess goes live with the day's prompt, works through her own moment and meaning, then opens the chat for yours. Two of the ten days she'll be on stage at a conference — those prompts come to you as a video instead, and the conversation still happens in the group. You'll know which days in advance.
What if I can't make it live?
The replay goes out the same day, so you can do the prompt on your own schedule. You'll still post in the group with everyone else
How much time does this take?
About 15 minutes live, and 15 minutes to post. That's it.
Do I have to post publicly on LinkedIn?
You'll post in our private group, not on your main feed. If you want to share publicly too, tag @micdropworkshop and @Jess Ekstrom — but that's optional. If you don't have Linkedin, join, it's free and easy! https://www.linkedin.com/signup
What if I don't have a LinkedIn account?
You'll want one to get the full experience, since that's where the community lives. It's free and takes a few minutes to set up. https://www.linkedin.com/signup
What happens after Day 10?
You'll have 10 stories and one idea you've been circling the whole time.
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