How To Create Anything – BSL Insider Radio




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Summary: BSL Insider Exclusive: Sarah Cronk from "The Sparkle Effect" joins us on the show today. "How" is a killer. It's a killer of dreams, goals, hope, abilities, talents, movements, causes, ambitions, etc. It zaps you of your unlimited ability to make ANYTHING you want to make happen. It's called creativity. Creativity shows up in many forms and has a number of names. The point always being to simply do whatever it is you feel moved to do. Asking not "how?" but "what next?" rather. Stop asking 'how' because it never serves you, it only delays you. So without further ado, please welcome the living embodiment of The Sparkle Effect herself, Sarah Cronk. Her energy is infectious and purely inspiring. Listen and feel the need to create. It's the best. It's Highest First. "Wisdom is not knowing so much what to do and the ultimate is knowing what to do next." --Herbert Hoover Our BSL Insider: Sarah Cronk, the founder of The Sparkle Effect, also serves as its President and Creative Director. Sarah, currently a student at Whitman College, helped to create and coach the nation's first high-school based inclusive cheerleading squad at Pleasant Valley High School in Bettendorf, Iowa, when she was just 15 years old. While at Pleasant Valley, Sarah served as the captain of the squad that, under her stewardship, completed its 6th season and grew to include 21 students! For Sarah's work creating socially inclusive opportunities for teens with disabilities nationwide, she has been given one honor after another. In 2012, CNN featured Sarah as a "Breakthrough Woman," Build a Bear named her a "Huggable Hero," and L'Oreal honored her as a "Woman of Worth." The Classy Awards selected The Sparkle Effect as a regional winner for the Human Rights Charity of the Year. In 2011, Sarah was one of five high school students in the country selected as a National Honoree by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. She was also honored with the "Violet Richardson Award" by the Soroptimists and the "Robert Sheppard Leadership Award" by the National Society of High School Scholars. Whitman College selected Sarah as a "Claire Sherwood Scholar" for her combination of scholarship and leadership abilities. In August, Sarah garnered the $100,000 grand prize at the 2011 Do Something Awards! In 2010, Sarah was recognized with a "Kids Who Care Award" by Kohl's and an "Amazing Athlete Award" by American Cheerleader Magazine. Sarah was lauded by Do Something as a "dedicated young social activist" on MTV's America's Best Dance Crew's Champions for Charity episode. Clay Aiken's National Inclusion Project selected Sarah as a "Champion of Change" for the second time for her work in encouraging the world to abandon perceptions of normalcy while learning to embrace and appreciate diversity. In 2009, Sarah was profiled in People Magazine as a "Hero Among Us." The International Leadership Network chose Sarah as the nation's "Young Achiever of the Year," and Sarah was one of just five students nationwide to be named to Parade Magazine's "All-American Service Team." Oprah Winfrey featured Sarah and The Sparkle Effect on her show in November of 2009 and again in November of 2010! When Sarah isn't busy generating, funding, and training new inclusive cheerleading and dance teams nationwide, she brings the beauty of yoga to people of all abilities as a certified yoga instructor. Sarah is also an active member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority at Whitman College as well as the Senior Resident Advisor in her dorm. If you listened to the show, you already know how incredible her simple story really is. It's moving for anyone who may hear it. She connected with what was possible by simply moving in the direction of a cause she saw a need for and had a vision for. If you haven't listened in yet, go down and hit play right now. In This Episode, You Will Learn: How to create your own business or non-profit with no money, no direction,