ACL 021: Tess Vigeland

Published: Aug. 28, 2013, 2:20 p.m.

b'Tess Vigeland is a familiar voice for fans of National Public Radio; she\'s been on public radio for over twenty years, and for the last decade she was part of NPR\'s popular national Marketplace program, including serving several years as the host of Marketplace Money.\\n\\nIn this episode of A Congruent Life, Tess reflects on her experience after presenting at the World Domination Summit in Portland last month, including:\\n\\n\\tleaving her dream job without a safety net ("what the hell are you doing?")\\n\\thow the WDS audience gave her a gift she\'ll never forget,\\n\\tlessons learned from not getting the big job that she was "supposed" to get,\\n\\tdiscovering that those that she thought were "not my people" actually were,\\n\\tlearning how to move her identity from "Marketplace\'s Tess Vigeland" to "just Tess,"\\n\\tfiguring out how to shift from telling others\' stories to telling her own story,\\n\\tquestions about why authentic sharing is so unusual,\\n\\twhy she doesn\'t really see her upcoming book as "Act Four," and\\n\\ther ongoing challenging journey of "getting back to remarkable."\\n\\nLinks\\n\\n\\tVideo of Tess\' presentation at WDS on Vimeo\\n\\tTranscript of Tess\' presentation at WDS\\n\\tTess\' website\\n\\tTess Vigeland on Facebook\\n\\tTess Vigeland on Twitter\\n Reflection posts on #wds2013'