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- 0:16Hey,
- 0:17girl.
- 0:17Hey.
- 0:17Welcome
- 0:17back
- 0:17to
- 0:18Notes
- 0:18to
- 0:18her,
- 0:18the
- 0:19daily
- 0:19pep
- 0:19talk.
- 0:20I'm
- 0:20Yaya,
- 0:20your
- 0:21confidence
- 0:21and
- 0:21mindset
- 0:22coach,
- 0:22here
- 0:22to
- 0:23remind
- 0:23you
- 0:23that
- 0:23you
- 0:23belong
- 0:24in
- 0:24every
- 0:24room,
- 0:25every
- 0:25opportunity,
- 0:26and
- 0:27every
- 0:27space
- 0:27you've
- 0:28been
- 0:28called
- 0:28into.
- 0:29I've
- 0:29been
- 0:29thinking
- 0:30about
- 0:30something
- 0:31lately,
- 0:31and
- 0:31I
- 0:32need
- 0:32to
- 0:32talk
- 0:32to
- 0:32you
- 0:32about
- 0:33it
- 0:33because
- 0:33I
- 0:33keep
- 0:34seeing
- 0:34women
- 0:34getting
- 0:35the
- 0:35invite,
- 0:35getting
- 0:36the
- 0:36opportunity,
- 0:37getting
- 0:37the
- 0:37seat
- 0:38at
- 0:38the
- 0:38table.
- 0:39And
- 0:39instead
- 0:39of
- 0:40celebrating,
- 0:40she's
- 0:41standing
- 0:41outside
- 0:42the
- 0:42door
- 0:42asking
- 0:43herself,
- 0:44wait,
- 0:44should
- 0:44I
- 0:45actually
- 0:45be
- 0:45here?
- 0:46And
- 0:46if
- 0:47that's
- 0:47ever
- 0:47been
- 0:47you,
- 0:48stay
- 0:48with
- 0:48me.
- 0:49Because
- 0:49the
- 0:49answer
- 0:49is
- 0:50yes.
- 0:50And
- 0:51I
- 0:51want
- 0:51to
- 0:51tell
- 0:51you
- 0:51exactly
- 0:52why.
- 1:04Then
- 1:04let
- 1:05me
- 1:05tell
- 1:05you
- 1:05a
- 1:05story.
- 1:06So,
- 1:07in
- 1:07my
- 1:07corporate
- 1:07career,
- 1:08towards
- 1:08the
- 1:08end
- 1:08of
- 1:08it,
- 1:09actually,
- 1:09I
- 1:09got
- 1:10invited
- 1:10to
- 1:10a
- 1:10meeting.
- 1:11And
- 1:11not
- 1:11just
- 1:12any
- 1:12meeting.
- 1:13We're
- 1:13talking
- 1:13executives,
- 1:14directors,
- 1:15people
- 1:16with
- 1:16titles
- 1:16that
- 1:17would
- 1:17make
- 1:17you
- 1:17straighten
- 1:18up
- 1:18when
- 1:18they
- 1:18walked
- 1:18in
- 1:19the
- 1:19room.
- 1:20And
- 1:20then
- 1:20there
- 1:20was
- 1:20me.
- 1:21I
- 1:21was
- 1:21junior
- 1:22level
- 1:22compared
- 1:22to
- 1:22them.
- 1:23And
- 1:23I
- 1:24was
- 1:24in
- 1:24a
- 1:24room
- 1:24full
- 1:25of
- 1:25women
- 1:25that
- 1:26outranked
- 1:26me
- 1:27in
- 1:27every
- 1:27which
- 1:28way.
- 1:29I
- 1:29remember
- 1:30when
- 1:30the
- 1:30invite
- 1:31first
- 1:31came
- 1:31through
- 1:31my
- 1:32calendar
- 1:32and
- 1:33my
- 1:33first
- 1:33thought
- 1:34wasn't
- 1:34excitement.
- 1:35It
- 1:35wasn't,
- 1:36let's
- 1:36go.
- 1:37It
- 1:37was
- 1:37more
- 1:38like,
- 1:38why
- 1:39am
- 1:39I
- 1:39here?
- 1:40Do
- 1:40I
- 1:40even
- 1:40need
- 1:40to
- 1:41be
- 1:41there?
- 1:42Is
- 1:42this
- 1:42a
- 1:42mistake?
- 1:44I
- 1:44almost
- 1:44talk
- 1:45myself
- 1:45out
- 1:45of
- 1:46the
- 1:46room
- 1:46before
- 1:46I
- 1:47even
- 1:47walked
- 1:47in.
- 1:48But
- 1:48here's
- 1:49what
- 1:49I
- 1:49had
- 1:49to
- 1:50remind
- 1:50myself
- 1:50and
- 1:51what
- 1:51I
- 1:51need
- 1:51you
- 1:51to
- 1:52hear
- 1:52right
- 1:53now.
- 1:54I
- 1:54wasn't
- 1:55in
- 1:55that
- 1:55room
- 1:55by
- 1:56accident.
- 1:57My
- 1:57stakeholder
- 1:58needed
- 1:58my
- 1:58expertise,
- 1:59my
- 2:00knowledge
- 2:00on
- 2:00specific
- 2:01projects,
- 2:02my
- 2:02insight.
- 2:03They
- 2:03didn't
- 2:03invite
- 2:04my
- 2:04title.
- 2:04They
- 2:05invited
- 2:05me.
- 2:07And,
- 2:07sis,
- 2:07the
- 2:08same
- 2:08is
- 2:08true
- 2:09for
- 2:09you.
- 2:11Okay,
- 2:11so
- 2:12let's
- 2:12be
- 2:12honest
- 2:12about
- 2:13what
- 2:13that
- 2:13question
- 2:14do
- 2:14I
- 2:14really
- 2:15belong
- 2:15here?
- 2:16Is
- 2:17really
- 2:17doing.
- 2:18Because
- 2:18it
- 2:18sounds
- 2:19like
- 2:19a
- 2:19relatable
- 2:19question.
- 2:20It
- 2:21sounds
- 2:21like
- 2:21self
- 2:21awareness,
- 2:22like
- 2:22humility,
- 2:23like
- 2:23being
- 2:24responsible.
- 2:25But
- 2:25most
- 2:25of
- 2:25the
- 2:26time,
- 2:26it's
- 2:27not
- 2:27a
- 2:27question.
- 2:28It's
- 2:29a
- 2:29defense
- 2:29mechanism.
- 2:31It's
- 2:31your
- 2:31nervous
- 2:32system
- 2:32trying
- 2:32to
- 2:32protect
- 2:33you
- 2:33from
- 2:33potential
- 2:34embarrassment,
- 2:35from
- 2:35judgment,
- 2:36from
- 2:36being
- 2:36found
- 2:37out,
- 2:37from
- 2:38taking
- 2:38up
- 2:38space
- 2:38and
- 2:39having
- 2:39someone
- 2:39decide
- 2:40you
- 2:40don't
- 2:40deserve
- 2:41it.
- 2:41It's
- 2:42impostor
- 2:42syndrome.
- 2:43Dressed
- 2:43up
- 2:43in
- 2:44a
- 2:44blazer,
- 2:45sitting
- 2:45right
- 2:46next
- 2:46to
- 2:46you,
- 2:46whispering,
- 2:47you
- 2:47don't
- 2:47really
- 2:48belong
- 2:48here.
- 2:49And
- 2:49imposter
- 2:50syndrome
- 2:50is
- 2:51sneaky
- 2:51because
- 2:52it
- 2:52doesn't
- 2:52show
- 2:53up
- 2:53when
- 2:53things
- 2:53are
- 2:53going
- 2:54badly.
- 2:54It
- 2:55shows
- 2:55up
- 2:55when
- 2:55things
- 2:55are
- 2:56going
- 2:56well.
- 2:57When
- 2:57you
- 2:57get
- 2:57the
- 2:57promotion,
- 2:58when
- 2:58the
- 2:59opportunity
- 2:59lands
- 3:00in
- 3:00your
- 3:00lap,
- 3:00when
- 3:01you're
- 3:01chosen,
- 3:02that's
- 3:02when
- 3:02the
- 3:03voice
- 3:03gets
- 3:03louder.
- 3:04Was
- 3:04his.
- 3:05Look,
- 3:05they're
- 3:06gonna
- 3:06figure
- 3:06out
- 3:06I
- 3:06don't
- 3:06know
- 3:07as
- 3:07much
- 3:07as
- 3:07they
- 3:07think,
- 3:08what
- 3:08if
- 3:08I
- 3:08say
- 3:09the
- 3:09wrong
- 3:09thing.
- 3:10That
- 3:10voice
- 3:11is
- 3:11not
- 3:12wisdom.
- 3:12That
- 3:12voice
- 3:13is
- 3:13fear.
- 3:14Wearing
- 3:14a
- 3:14very
- 3:15convincing
- 3:16costume,
- 3:18and
- 3:18you
- 3:18don't
- 3:18have
- 3:19to
- 3:19listen
- 3:19to
- 3:19it.
- 3:20Let
- 3:21me
- 3:21tell
- 3:21you
- 3:21what
- 3:21actually
- 3:22got
- 3:22you
- 3:22here.
- 3:23Not
- 3:24luck.
- 3:25Not
- 3:25someone
- 3:25feeling
- 3:25sorry
- 3:26for
- 3:26you.
- 3:26Not
- 3:27a
- 3:27fluke
- 3:27or
- 3:27a
- 3:28favor
- 3:28or
- 3:28a
- 3:28one
- 3:29time
- 3:29exception.
- 3:30It
- 3:30was
- 3:31your
- 3:31skills.
- 3:32Your
- 3:32work
- 3:32ethic.
- 3:33The
- 3:33hours
- 3:34you've
- 3:34been
- 3:34putting
- 3:34in
- 3:34when
- 3:35nobody
- 3:35was
- 3:36watching.
- 3:36The
- 3:37preparation,
- 3:37the
- 3:38dedication,
- 3:39the
- 3:39showing
- 3:39up
- 3:40even
- 3:40when
- 3:40it
- 3:40was
- 3:41hard.
- 3:42The
- 3:42expertise
- 3:42you
- 3:43build.
- 3:43Sometimes
- 3:44even
- 3:44without
- 3:44even
- 3:45realizing
- 3:45that
- 3:45you're
- 3:46building
- 3:46it.
- 3:47Someone
- 3:47saw
- 3:47that
- 3:48and
- 3:48they
- 3:48extended
- 3:49the
- 3:49invitation.
- 3:51You
- 3:51didn't
- 3:51stumble
- 3:52into
- 3:52the
- 3:52room.
- 3:52You
- 3:53earned
- 3:53your
- 3:54way
- 3:54into
- 3:54it.
- 3:56You
- 3:56have
- 3:56worked
- 3:57hard,
- 3:58learned
- 3:58too
- 3:59much,
- 3:59and
- 3:59come
- 4:00too
- 4:00far.
- 4:00To
- 4:00stand
- 4:01outside
- 4:01a
- 4:01door
- 4:01that
- 4:01was
- 4:02open
- 4:02for
- 4:02you
- 4:03and
- 4:03question
- 4:03whether
- 4:04you
- 4:04deserve
- 4:04to
- 4:04walk
- 4:04through
- 4:05it.
- 4:06The
- 4:06woman
- 4:06who
- 4:06invited
- 4:07you
- 4:07to
- 4:07the
- 4:07table,
- 4:08she
- 4:08wasn't
- 4:09confused.
- 4:10The
- 4:10person
- 4:11who
- 4:11gave
- 4:11you
- 4:11the
- 4:11opportunity,
- 4:12they
- 4:13weren't
- 4:13making
- 4:13a
- 4:13mistake.
- 4:14They
- 4:14chose
- 4:15you
- 4:15because
- 4:15of
- 4:15who
- 4:16you
- 4:16are
- 4:16and
- 4:17what
- 4:17you
- 4:17bring.
- 4:19The
- 4:19only
- 4:19one
- 4:20second
- 4:20guessing
- 4:20it
- 4:21is
- 4:21you.
- 4:23Now,
- 4:23here's
- 4:24what
- 4:24nobody
- 4:24really
- 4:24talks
- 4:25about.
- 4:25But
- 4:25you
- 4:25know
- 4:26I
- 4:26am.
- 4:27When
- 4:27you
- 4:27shrink
- 4:27into
- 4:28rooms
- 4:28that
- 4:28you
- 4:28were
- 4:28made
- 4:29for,
- 4:29you
- 4:29don't
- 4:29just
- 4:30hold
- 4:30yourself
- 4:30back.
- 4:31You
- 4:31withhold
- 4:32something
- 4:32from
- 4:32the
- 4:33room.
- 4:34Think
- 4:34about
- 4:34that
- 4:35meeting
- 4:35I
- 4:35told
- 4:36you
- 4:36about.
- 4:37If
- 4:37I
- 4:37had
- 4:37let
- 4:38that
- 4:38voice
- 4:38win,
- 4:39if
- 4:39I
- 4:39had
- 4:39played
- 4:40small,
- 4:40stayed
- 4:41quiet,
- 4:41and
- 4:41decided
- 4:42my
- 4:42presence
- 4:42didn't
- 4:43matter,
- 4:44the
- 4:44stakeholder
- 4:44wouldn't
- 4:45have
- 4:45got
- 4:45the
- 4:45information
- 4:45that
- 4:46they
- 4:46needed.
- 4:47The
- 4:47room
- 4:47wouldn't
- 4:48have
- 4:48had
- 4:48the
- 4:48right
- 4:48perspective
- 4:49that
- 4:49I
- 4:49brought
- 4:50in,
- 4:51and
- 4:51the
- 4:51people
- 4:52who
- 4:52needed
- 4:52my
- 4:52expertise
- 4:53wouldn't
- 4:53have
- 4:54had
- 4:54access
- 4:54to
- 4:55it.
- 4:55Your
- 4:56presence
- 4:56in
- 4:56that
- 4:57room
- 4:57is
- 4:57not
- 4:57just
- 4:58about
- 4:58you.
- 4:58It's
- 4:59about
- 4:59what
- 5:00you
- 5:00contribute.
- 5:00When
- 5:01you
- 5:01show
- 5:01up
- 5:01fully,
- 5:02the
- 5:02ideas
- 5:03that
- 5:03you
- 5:03share
- 5:04will
- 5:04change.
- 5:04The
- 5:05direction
- 5:05of
- 5:05the
- 5:05conversation.
- 5:06The
- 5:07questions
- 5:07you
- 5:07ask
- 5:08that
- 5:08nobody
- 5:08else
- 5:09thought
- 5:09to
- 5:09ask.
- 5:10The
- 5:10experience
- 5:11that
- 5:11fills
- 5:12up
- 5:12a
- 5:12gap
- 5:12that
- 5:13no
- 5:13one
- 5:13even
- 5:13knew
- 5:14existed.
- 5:15When
- 5:15you
- 5:15shrink,
- 5:16the
- 5:16room
- 5:17loses.
- 5:17And
- 5:18you
- 5:18lose.
- 5:19You
- 5:19lose
- 5:19the
- 5:20opportunity
- 5:20to
- 5:20be
- 5:21seen,
- 5:21to
- 5:21grow.
- 5:22To
- 5:23prove
- 5:23to
- 5:23yourself,
- 5:24not
- 5:24anyone
- 5:25else,
- 5:25that
- 5:25you
- 5:26can
- 5:26handle
- 5:26this.
- 5:28Every
- 5:28time
- 5:28you
- 5:28walk
- 5:28into
- 5:29a
- 5:29room
- 5:29and
- 5:29show
- 5:29up
- 5:30fully,
- 5:30you
- 5:31build
- 5:31evidence.
- 5:32Evidence
- 5:32that
- 5:32you
- 5:33belong.
- 5:33Evidence
- 5:34that
- 5:34you
- 5:34can
- 5:34do
- 5:35this.
- 5:35Evidence
- 5:36that
- 5:36you
- 5:36are
- 5:37that
- 5:37woman.
- 5:38But
- 5:38you
- 5:38have
- 5:38to
- 5:39show
- 5:39up
- 5:39first.
- 5:41Now,
- 5:41because
- 5:41I
- 5:42know
- 5:42some
- 5:42of
- 5:42you
- 5:42are
- 5:42in
- 5:43a
- 5:43room
- 5:43right
- 5:44now,
- 5:44literally
- 5:44or
- 5:45figuratively,
- 5:46and
- 5:46you're
- 5:47not
- 5:47sure
- 5:47that
- 5:47you
- 5:47should
- 5:47be
- 5:48there.
- 5:49First,
- 5:49remind
- 5:50yourself
- 5:50of
- 5:51the
- 5:51receipts.
- 5:52Not
- 5:52the
- 5:53doubts,
- 5:53not
- 5:54the
- 5:54fears,
- 5:55the
- 5:55receipts.
- 5:57What
- 5:57do
- 5:57you
- 5:57know?
- 5:59What
- 5:59have
- 5:59you
- 5:59done?
- 6:01What
- 6:01have
- 6:01you
- 6:01built?
- 6:03What
- 6:03have
- 6:03you
- 6:03figured
- 6:04out
- 6:04that
- 6:04nobody
- 6:05handed
- 6:05you?
- 6:07That's
- 6:07evidence
- 6:08that
- 6:08you
- 6:08belong.
- 6:10Second,
- 6:11change
- 6:12the
- 6:12question.
- 6:13Instead
- 6:13of
- 6:14why
- 6:14am
- 6:14I
- 6:15here?
- 6:15Ask,
- 6:16what
- 6:16can
- 6:17I
- 6:17contribute?
- 6:19That
- 6:19shift
- 6:20moves
- 6:20you
- 6:21out
- 6:21of
- 6:21your
- 6:21head
- 6:21and
- 6:22into
- 6:22action.
- 6:23From
- 6:24observer
- 6:24to
- 6:24participant,
- 6:26from
- 6:26questioning
- 6:27to
- 6:27contributing.
- 6:28And
- 6:29third,
- 6:30give
- 6:30yourself
- 6:31permission
- 6:31to
- 6:32to
- 6:32not
- 6:32know
- 6:33everything.
- 6:34You
- 6:35don't
- 6:35have
- 6:35to
- 6:35have
- 6:35all
- 6:36the
- 6:36answers
- 6:36to
- 6:36deserve
- 6:37a
- 6:37seat
- 6:37at
- 6:37the
- 6:37table.
- 6:38You
- 6:38are
- 6:38invited
- 6:39for
- 6:39what
- 6:40you
- 6:40know,
- 6:41not
- 6:41for
- 6:41what
- 6:42you
- 6:42don't.
- 6:43Even
- 6:43the
- 6:44most
- 6:44senior
- 6:44person
- 6:45in
- 6:45that
- 6:45room
- 6:45doesn't
- 6:46know
- 6:46everything.
- 6:47That's
- 6:48why
- 6:48there
- 6:48are
- 6:48multiple
- 6:49people
- 6:49in
- 6:49the
- 6:49room.
- 6:50So
- 6:50let
- 6:51yourself
- 6:51be
- 6:51one
- 6:51of
- 6:52them.
- 6:52Walk
- 6:53in,
- 6:53sit
- 6:54down,
- 6:54contribute.
- 6:56Because
- 6:56you
- 6:57were
- 6:57made
- 6:57to
- 6:57be
- 6:58in
- 6:58the
- 6:58room.
- 7:00Now,
- 7:01imposter
- 7:01syndrome
- 7:02doesn't
- 7:02mean
- 7:03that
- 7:03you're
- 7:03unqualified.
- 7:04Remember
- 7:04that.
- 7:05It
- 7:05means
- 7:05that
- 7:05you
- 7:06care.
- 7:06It
- 7:06means
- 7:07that
- 7:07you're
- 7:07growing.
- 7:08It
- 7:08means
- 7:08that
- 7:08you
- 7:09have
- 7:09stepped
- 7:09into
- 7:09a
- 7:10level
- 7:10that's
- 7:10stretching
- 7:11you
- 7:11and
- 7:11that's
- 7:12exactly
- 7:12where
- 7:12you
- 7:13need
- 7:13to
- 7:13be.
- 7:14The
- 7:15room
- 7:15did
- 7:15not
- 7:15call
- 7:16for
- 7:16someone
- 7:16who
- 7:17has
- 7:17it
- 7:17all
- 7:17figured
- 7:18out.
- 7:18It
- 7:18called
- 7:19for
- 7:19you.
- 7:20So
- 7:20this
- 7:20week,
- 7:21wherever
- 7:21you're
- 7:22being
- 7:22called,
- 7:23walk
- 7:23in
- 7:23like
- 7:23you
- 7:24belong
- 7:24there.
- 7:24Because
- 7:24you
- 7:25do.
- 7:26Stop
- 7:26waiting
- 7:26to
- 7:27feel
- 7:27ready.
- 7:28Stop
- 7:28waiting
- 7:28for
- 7:29the
- 7:29doubt
- 7:29to
- 7:29disappear.
- 7:30Stop
- 7:31minimizing
- 7:31the
- 7:32work
- 7:32and
- 7:32skill
- 7:33and
- 7:33excellence
- 7:34that
- 7:34got
- 7:34you
- 7:34the
- 7:35invitation
- 7:35in
- 7:35the
- 7:35first
- 7:36place.
- 7:37You
- 7:37have
- 7:37always
- 7:37been
- 7:38that
- 7:38woman.
- 7:39You're
- 7:39just
- 7:39finally
- 7:40walking
- 7:40into
- 7:40rooms
- 7:41that
- 7:41are
- 7:41starting
- 7:41to
- 7:42match
- 7:42it.
- 7:44Share
- 7:44this
- 7:44with
- 7:44somebody
- 7:45today
- 7:45who
- 7:45needs
- 7:45to
- 7:46hear
- 7:46it.
- 7:46And
- 7:46if
- 7:46it
- 7:47hit
- 7:47you,
- 7:47I
- 7:48would
- 7:48love
- 7:48for
- 7:48you
- 7:48to
- 7:48tag
- 7:49me
- 7:49at
- 7:49Notes
- 7:50to
- 7:50Her
- 7:51Daily.
- 7:52I
- 7:52want
- 7:52to
- 7:52hear
- 7:52from
- 7:52you.
- 7:53With
- 7:54love,
- 7:54Yaya.