There is one person who can save you. And that person exists in the mirror.

I was recently doing an audit of some of the most important conversations I've ever had.

Mentors, friends, coaches, people that have changed my life, people that I love and am beyond

grateful for. And started kind of going one by one. What did I learn from this person? What was it that I took and I'm beyond grateful for and started kind of going one by one.

What did I learn from this person?

What was it that I took away from them?

And, you know, in one way or another, across the board, the answer was the same.

It was some variation of confidence.

It was belief that I could step into that next chapter,

that I have what it takes,

that the unknown wasn't impenetrable.

In fact, you know, the unknown is inviting.

And truthfully, I don't know how many people started

from the same starting point that I did,

where I essentially had to learn every step of the way that I was good enough.

Had to re-teach myself that I belonged where I was, that the room that I was in, there was a reason I was there.

That the circle I was in, that I earned a I was there, that the circle I was in, that

I earned a right to be in that circle. They say confidence is earned and I had to continuously

earn it. And I value that progression, truly, for a few reasons. One, because, you know, I've

been on the other side and when I see, because, you know, I've been on the other side,

and when I see other people, you know, making that assent,

I do everything I can to make them feel welcome and comfortable, right?

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