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📖 Episode 7 Summary

In this episode of Game Changer by Empowerhouse Coaching, Amanda Escobedo celebrates her birthday and explores the power of perspective, creativity, and problem-solving — from personal milestones to system-wide breakdowns. 🎉

Amanda reflects on how moments of joy and moments of frustration can both spark transformation when met with intention. Through a coaching lens, she unpacks how shifting perspective — from micro to macro, from reaction to creativity — can open up new possibilities for how we live, lead, and create impact.

This week’s episode explores influence, innovation, and leadership through three stories:

🎂 Birthday Reflections — Designing a Life You Love
Amanda shares her birthday celebrations and the joy of creating intentional circles, meaningful goals, and environments that inspire growth. Life becomes more beautiful when you design it consciously — surrounding yourself with people and energy that expand you.

💻 When AWS Goes Dark — Creativity in the Face of Disruption
A 15-hour AWS outage disrupted businesses across the country, revealing how dependent our systems are on technology. Amanda unpacks this through two contrasting stories — one viewing the outage from a macro perspective that identifies systemic challenges, and another from a micro perspective centered on empowerment and ownership. Through a coaching lens, she highlights how creativity emerges when we integrate both — seeing the whole system and our place within it. True leadership requires the ability to zoom out, zoom in, and stay adaptable when things fall apart.

🗞️ From Frustration to Impact — The Story of Ground News
Born out of frustration with media that pushes less news and more narratives, Ground News became a platform designed to uncover bias and broaden awareness. Amanda explores how this story models the coaching principle of transformation: when we hit a wall of frustration, many people complain, point blame, or stay stuck — but creators channel that energy into curiosity, creativity, and impact.

Together, these stories remind us that creativity isn’t limited to art or innovation — it’s a mindset. Whether you’re facing a birthday reflection, a business outage, or a cultural blind spot, there’s always an opportunity to see differently — and to lead from that expanded perspective.

💭 Reflection Prompts

👉 What current challenge or frustration might be inviting you to think differently or take inspired action?
👉 As you think about a challenge you’re facing today, is there an opportunity to expand your perspective — to see both the macro (systemic) and micro (personal) layers of the problem?
👉 In what area of your life — health, finances, career, or relationships — could more intention bring greater focus, clarity, or purpose to your actions and habits?

🔗 References

• Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say
• One Tech Tip: How to prepare for outages that impact our online lives, from banking to chatting apps
• Ground News: A Platform Helping Readers Compare Media Bias