Don't Let Them Make You Small

Productive and Paid with Jamila Payne · May 1, 2025 · 28m

It starts small.

You second-guess an idea.

You downplay a win.

You hold back from launching something you know could be powerful.

Before you know it, you're playing small, and you know you're meant for more.

Have you ever caught yourself shrinking?

Not physically (although I am not against a great pair of heels) — I mean shrinking your dreams... your voice... your ambition.

Maybe someone said something that made you second-guess yourself. Maybe life threw a curveball, and you told yourself, "Maybe I'm not ready after all."

I get it.

I have been there.

And I recorded this week's episode of…