When I was in middle school like I just used to ask boys out all the time and they would say no and I be like okay that's cool. I'm gonna ask someone else out.

Like it didn't it didn't crush me it didn't I don't know what what that was but I I laugh thinking about it there was

this one boy asked him up three times and he said no each time and I don't think I

was overwhelmingly sad about it I was like okay just going to move on to my next victim.

So I was just really unafraid and but certainly you have so many doubts when you're writing a book, you you know,

oscillate between you know what I'm doing is absolute trash and this is

actually really great so having to temper some of that especially when you're

writing a book on bragging at some point I imagine yeah that's going to be a weird medic experience.

I also, you know, a lot of writers want to like hold on to their books and just like pet it and

like just stay with it forever and I was like get this the fuck out of there.

This is the best I can do on my own, like get it out of there.

And I think all of that stems from 10 years of running my own business and like understanding that perfect is like the enemy of done.

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Meredith, welcome to the Unmistakable Creative. Thanks so much for taking the time to join us.

Thanks for having me. I'm really excited to be here.

Yeah, it is my pleasure to have you here.

So I actually found out about your book by way of two people, one from one of our former guests who recommended you as somebody I should talk to you, which to me that is always the ultimate litmus test. But then I actually got an email from your

publicist about this book, Bragg Better, Mastering the Art of Fearless Self- Promotion,

and when I saw that I was like, yeah, I think that that is something that is such an

issue for so many people. before we get into all that

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