Hello friend, my name is Jasmine Star, a photographer and business strategist from Newport Beach,

California, and I am so happy you tuned into the show today. I want to tell you a story about when

I literally handed my haters an excuse to trash me like an empty bag of Doritos. Okay, sure,

I made an itsy bitty teeny winy mistake and I'm going to tell you about that in a second,

but I need to get through this cringe fest right about now.

So, it wasn't that long ago that I really struggled to show up online as my weird awkward self.

I had a hard time speaking in my authentic voice and I really wanted to share my expertise with

my tribe, but it was a real struggle. I carried so much doubt, so much doubt that I probably could

have opened my own sabotage flavored ice cream shop because let's be real Ben and Jerry's would have

nothing on me. It's true. I suffered from a triple scoop of half baked fears. I'd freeze up

like a fraud and then I would forget to say whatever was in my mind in front of the camera or

trying to teach or talk to other people and it was no smooth talking for this gummy bear.

And in case you're wondering, I'm totally going to run with this ice cream genre. This whole episode

don't get tired of it. Ice cream is my favorite dessert. We're going to deal with it. Okay, so when

I did talk, I'd spread on the peanut butter swirl too thick. I'd fumble over my words in panic

and there is a true story coming at you in a second. And to top this off with sprinkles,

I'd question myself constantly and asked, who am I to teach? I had just started being a photographer.

I was just shooting and I was still really new. So who would want to learn from me? It wasn't until

I committed to putting my followers first when I thought about other people and I said,

how can my business be in a place of service to? They finally got over my fears,

my doubts and most importantly, I got over myself. So I pointed to my fancy camera and I was like,

oh, hey, this is my 50 millimeter 1.6 lens. And guess what, buttercup? There's no such thing

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