I had like maybe 48 hours of imposter syndrome one time in my 20s and then I burned it to the ground because I was looking around and I was like

Come one I'm great all these people are equally great. We're all great. Ask for it. Ask for it and get it

written down. But ask for the thing. If you want it, ask for it again because the worst thing they'll say is ordinary no.

And then if it's a yes, you get to do the thing you want.

So I was very overconfident.

I did think that my quote-unquote you know natural intellect would save me and it's like no it won't

Something I think about now all the time is I look at every opportunity on earth as 50-50.

Regardless of the probability and my 50-50 breaks down to either it will work or it won't.

It's in your own interest I think to sort yourself out as much as you can.

Hello I'm Charlotte and I'm Lauren and this is the secret lives of Black

women it's the first episode of season two.

Yeah!

Oh my God, it feels so good to be back in the studio

in this space.

It feels, it feels good to be alive, it feels good to be back. It feels so good to see your face,

Charlotte. Thank you. Thank you. I have been doing my Korean routine.

I mean

skin she's kiss to your skin it's so gorgeous chef's kiss how have you

miss this I've missed it so much of course yes this is my favorite thing that I do I've've missed it so much. I feel like I've grown so much. I've missed the open and honesty of this space and these conversations that give me so much life. You give me life. You give me life. me life.

I, uh, guys, we're just, I wish that you could see my heart radiating how excited I am to be

back and how thrilled I am to introduce our first theme for season two.

Today we're talking confidence and you know what this is a subject that I feel like you and

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