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There's a Cost to Not Being Courageous Too

Brandy Wilson Edwards knew she wanted to be a lawyer in middle school. She didn't know a single attorney. She majored in criminal justice, went to law school planning to practice criminal law, and then landed at a firm that was supposed to be a stepping stone and stayed five years.

The part that makes her story worth hearing is what happened next. She wasn't overworked. She had good work-life balance, AND she burned out anyway, on unfulfillment, carrying significant law school debt and the belief that she couldn't move until it was paid off.

Today she's an attorney, a motivational speaker…

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