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You’re the Worst Kind of Liar, Now Stop! | Kelly Ernst | TEDxSUNYGeneseo


I have good liar like a really good liar

I have good liar like a really good liar and I know that’s probably not the best

and I know that’s probably not the best

and I know that’s probably not the best way to kick off the talk with a bunch of

way to kick off the talk with a bunch of

way to kick off the talk with a bunch of you who don’t necessarily know me but I

you who don’t necessarily know me but I

you who don’t necessarily know me but I promise I’m here to be honest with you

promise I’m here to be honest with you

promise I’m here to be honest with you I’m the founder and CEO of a fashion

I’m the founder and CEO of a fashion

I’m the founder and CEO of a fashion company called me denim based out of

company called me denim based out of

company called me denim based out of Austin Texas our mission is pretty

Austin Texas our mission is pretty

Austin Texas our mission is pretty straightforward we want you to get in

straightforward we want you to get in

straightforward we want you to get in our pants and I love what I do truly but

our pants and I love what I do truly but

our pants and I love what I do truly but that wasn’t always the case in fact the

that wasn’t always the case in fact the

that wasn’t always the case in fact the entirety of my career up to this point

entirety of my career up to this point

entirety of my career up to this point was predicated on a series of lies that

was predicated on a series of lies that

was predicated on a series of lies that I told myself lies about what I was

I told myself lies about what I was

I told myself lies about what I was entitled to lies about what I thought

entitled to lies about what I thought

entitled to lies about what I thought success was supposed to look like and

success was supposed to look like and

success was supposed to look like and worst of all lies about what I thought

worst of all lies about what I thought

worst of all lies about what I thought happiness was and that’s not to say that

happiness was and that’s not to say that

happiness was and that’s not to say that I haven’t had a pretty awesome career up

I haven’t had a pretty awesome career up

I haven’t had a pretty awesome career up to this point I worked as a web

to this point I worked as a web

to this point I worked as a web developer on Wall Street i worked in

developer on Wall Street i worked in

developer on Wall Street i worked in economic development I’ve worked in

economic development I’ve worked in

economic development I’ve worked in education but it wasn’t until I really

education but it wasn’t until I really

education but it wasn’t until I really got back to the basics and was honest

got back to the basics and was honest

got back to the basics and was honest with myself that I was able to find

with myself that I was able to find

with myself that I was able to find purpose and truly be happy the first lie

purpose and truly be happy the first lie

purpose and truly be happy the first lie that I told myself occurred when i was

that I told myself occurred when i was

that I told myself occurred when i was working one of those college jobs at a

working one of those college jobs at a

working one of those college jobs at a popular clothing retailer in the mall

popular clothing retailer in the mall

popular clothing retailer in the mall and I loved that job I love everything

and I loved that job I love everything

and I loved that job I love everything about it because it combines two of my

about it because it combines two of my

about it because it combines two of my absolute favorite things working with

absolute favorite things working with

absolute favorite things working with people and fashion and I worked there my

people and fashion and I worked there my

people and fashion and I worked there my junior and senior year of college but as

junior and senior year of college but as

junior and senior year of college but as graduation started to creep up on me I

graduation started to creep up on me I

graduation started to creep up on me I started to get this feeling like I had

started to get this feeling like I had

started to get this feeling like I had to go find a grown-up career job one of

to go find a grown-up career job one of

to go find a grown-up career job one of those jobs with like a desk and like

those jobs with like a desk and like

those jobs with like a desk and like Microsoft Office pre-installed on a

Microsoft Office pre-installed on a

Microsoft Office pre-installed on a computer instead of pirated and while I

computer instead of pirated and while I

computer instead of pirated and while I didn’t necessarily know like what that

didn’t necessarily know like what that

didn’t necessarily know like what that job was going to look like I got it in

job was going to look like I got it in

job was going to look like I got it in my head that I didn’t have a choice

my head that I didn’t have a choice

my head that I didn’t have a choice because of that first lie that I told

because of that first lie that I told

because of that first lie that I told myself that my retail job that I

myself that my retail job that I

myself that my retail job that I it wasn’t good enough and yeah it might

it wasn’t good enough and yeah it might

it wasn’t good enough and yeah it might not have been the right fit for me long

not have been the right fit for me long

not have been the right fit for me long term in terms of a career there was no

term in terms of a career there was no

term in terms of a career there was no upward mobility there were no benefits

upward mobility there were no benefits

upward mobility there were no benefits you couldn’t work full-time hours but

you couldn’t work full-time hours but

you couldn’t work full-time hours but when I got it into my head that I was

when I got it into my head that I was

when I got it into my head that I was entitled to something more I effectively

entitled to something more I effectively

entitled to something more I effectively dismissed all the parts of that job that

dismissed all the parts of that job that

dismissed all the parts of that job that I loved that truly made me happy even if

I loved that truly made me happy even if

I loved that truly made me happy even if they were silly things like helping

they were silly things like helping

they were silly things like helping people pick out outfits and I’m sad to

people pick out outfits and I’m sad to

people pick out outfits and I’m sad to say that this wasn’t the first or only

say that this wasn’t the first or only

say that this wasn’t the first or only time that I dismissed a job is not being

time that I dismissed a job is not being

time that I dismissed a job is not being good enough for obscure things like it

good enough for obscure things like it

good enough for obscure things like it wasn’t related to what I’d studied where

wasn’t related to what I’d studied where

wasn’t related to what I’d studied where maybe I wasn’t making enough money and I

maybe I wasn’t making enough money and I

maybe I wasn’t making enough money and I know I sound really ungrateful for

know I sound really ungrateful for

know I sound really ungrateful for saying things like that but I thought I

saying things like that but I thought I

saying things like that but I thought I could be honest with y’all and because

could be honest with y’all and because

could be honest with y’all and because of that I initially dismissed a lot of

of that I initially dismissed a lot of

of that I initially dismissed a lot of value from these early jobs things like

value from these early jobs things like

value from these early jobs things like learning how to code learning how to

learning how to code learning how to

learning how to code learning how to navigate office politics or realizing

navigate office politics or realizing

navigate office politics or realizing that my co-workers would become some of

that my co-workers would become some of

that my co-workers would become some of the closest people in my life things

the closest people in my life things

the closest people in my life things that would go on to help me as I founded

that would go on to help me as I founded

that would go on to help me as I founded my business things that would have

my business things that would have

my business things that would have allowed me to be truly happy if I’d

allowed me to be truly happy if I’d

allowed me to be truly happy if I’d allowed them to and in looking back at

allowed them to and in looking back at

allowed them to and in looking back at these situations I started to notice

these situations I started to notice

these situations I started to notice there’s a huge huge opportunity to

there’s a huge huge opportunity to

there’s a huge huge opportunity to recognize the things that are working

recognize the things that are working

recognize the things that are working that are creating value and that are

that are creating value and that are

that are creating value and that are making you happy be honest with yourself

making you happy be honest with yourself

making you happy be honest with yourself about what they are lean into them no

about what they are lean into them no

about what they are lean into them no matter how small or random they may seem

matter how small or random they may seem

matter how small or random they may seem maybe really like happy hours with your

maybe really like happy hours with your

maybe really like happy hours with your co-workers and you realize that company

co-workers and you realize that company

co-workers and you realize that company culture is more important to you than a

culture is more important to you than a

culture is more important to you than a huge paycheck I have a friend who

huge paycheck I have a friend who

huge paycheck I have a friend who followed his passion to become a YouTube

followed his passion to become a YouTube

followed his passion to become a YouTube star because he loved video conferencing

star because he loved video conferencing

star because he loved video conferencing more than anything else in his job be

more than anything else in his job be

more than anything else in his job be honest with yourself about what’s

honest with yourself about what’s

honest with yourself about what’s working about what’s creating value

working about what’s creating value

working about what’s creating value because once you identify those things

because once you identify those things

because once you identify those things you can start to incorporate them into

you can start to incorporate them into

you can start to incorporate them into your life and your job you just have to

your life and your job you just have to

your life and your job you just have to be able to recognize them and be willing

be able to recognize them and be willing

be able to recognize them and be willing to listen

to listen

to listen the second line that I told myself

the second line that I told myself

the second line that I told myself occurred around the same sort of

occurred around the same sort of

occurred around the same sort of personal era for me two things happened

personal era for me two things happened

personal era for me two things happened at the time this was in 2008 roughly

at the time this was in 2008 roughly

at the time this was in 2008 roughly four months after I graduated the

four months after I graduated the

four months after I graduated the economy completely epically collapsed

economy completely epically collapsed

economy completely epically collapsed and this was around the same time that

and this was around the same time that

and this was around the same time that Facebook came into prevalence as a way

Facebook came into prevalence as a way

Facebook came into prevalence as a way to sort of like humblebrag your

to sort of like humblebrag your

to sort of like humblebrag your accomplishments to other people even if

accomplishments to other people even if

accomplishments to other people even if you kind of slightly inflated what they

you kind of slightly inflated what they

you kind of slightly inflated what they were and I started to notice my friends

were and I started to notice my friends

were and I started to notice my friends were getting these awesome jobs like all

were getting these awesome jobs like all

were getting these awesome jobs like all around the country where they were

around the country where they were

around the country where they were traveling to these exotic places or they

traveling to these exotic places or they

traveling to these exotic places or they were coupling up and settling down and I

were coupling up and settling down and I

were coupling up and settling down and I was doing okay you know not good not bad

was doing okay you know not good not bad

was doing okay you know not good not bad but I say that tongue in cheek because

but I say that tongue in cheek because

but I say that tongue in cheek because the reality is we were all struggling we

the reality is we were all struggling we

the reality is we were all struggling we were competing with our parents

were competing with our parents

were competing with our parents generation for jobs we weren’t traveling

generation for jobs we weren’t traveling

generation for jobs we weren’t traveling we were going from couch to couch

we were going from couch to couch

we were going from couch to couch because we couldn’t afford apartments or

because we couldn’t afford apartments or

because we couldn’t afford apartments or homes we were coupling up with the

homes we were coupling up with the

homes we were coupling up with the absolute wrong people because dual

absolute wrong people because dual

absolute wrong people because dual income was just like slightly better

income was just like slightly better

income was just like slightly better than single income all while straddling

than single income all while straddling

than single income all while straddling you know massive amounts of debt but

you know massive amounts of debt but

you know massive amounts of debt but what we were all really good at was

what we were all really good at was

what we were all really good at was making it look like we had our lives

making it look like we had our lives

making it look like we had our lives together and once again I found myself

together and once again I found myself

together and once again I found myself entangled in this lie that was rattling

entangled in this lie that was rattling

entangled in this lie that was rattling around the back of my head that my

around the back of my head that my

around the back of my head that my success had to look like everybody

success had to look like everybody

success had to look like everybody else’s success in order to be real and

else’s success in order to be real and

else’s success in order to be real and this belief led me down a lot of really

this belief led me down a lot of really

this belief led me down a lot of really really bad rabbit holes that make me

really bad rabbit holes that make me

really bad rabbit holes that make me look like I’m incredibly susceptible to

look like I’m incredibly susceptible to

look like I’m incredibly susceptible to peer influence but again I thought I

peer influence but again I thought I

peer influence but again I thought I could be honest with you guys the truth

could be honest with you guys the truth

could be honest with you guys the truth is we’re all guilty of this we all

is we’re all guilty of this we all

is we’re all guilty of this we all compare ourselves to other people we

compare ourselves to other people we

compare ourselves to other people we can’t help it so I’m not going to tell

can’t help it so I’m not going to tell

can’t help it so I’m not going to tell you to stop because you can’t but I can

you to stop because you can’t but I can

you to stop because you can’t but I can tell you how to use these feelings to

tell you how to use these feelings to

tell you how to use these feelings to better yourself because the feelings of

better yourself because the feelings of

better yourself because the feelings of jealousy and an adequacy don’t exist in

jealousy and an adequacy don’t exist in

jealousy and an adequacy don’t exist in a vacuum they tell you something very

a vacuum they tell you something very

a vacuum they tell you something very important about yourself and that is the

important about yourself and that is the

important about yourself and that is the is that your most insecure about and

is that your most insecure about and

is that your most insecure about and yeah it sucks to sit down and think

yeah it sucks to sit down and think

yeah it sucks to sit down and think about the things that make you feel

about the things that make you feel

about the things that make you feel insecure but that’s the first step and

insecure but that’s the first step and

insecure but that’s the first step and being able to actually fix them for

being able to actually fix them for

being able to actually fix them for example I surround myself with a lot of

example I surround myself with a lot of

example I surround myself with a lot of very successful entrepreneurs and

very successful entrepreneurs and

very successful entrepreneurs and whenever I feel compelled to compare

whenever I feel compelled to compare

whenever I feel compelled to compare myself or that jealousy starts to sink

myself or that jealousy starts to sink

myself or that jealousy starts to sink in my knee-jerk reaction is to be like

in my knee-jerk reaction is to be like

in my knee-jerk reaction is to be like oh I’m just jealous that they make more

oh I’m just jealous that they make more

oh I’m just jealous that they make more money than me and I could leave it at

money than me and I could leave it at

money than me and I could leave it at that and I could resent them for being

that and I could resent them for being

that and I could resent them for being rich but if I take that feeling one step

rich but if I take that feeling one step

rich but if I take that feeling one step further to where I become accountable

further to where I become accountable

further to where I become accountable for it the reality is it has nothing to

for it the reality is it has nothing to

for it the reality is it has nothing to do with money I’m insecure about the

do with money I’m insecure about the

do with money I’m insecure about the fact that maybe I don’t know if I can be

fact that maybe I don’t know if I can be

fact that maybe I don’t know if I can be successful as an entrepreneur and it’s

successful as an entrepreneur and it’s

successful as an entrepreneur and it’s really hard to admit that it’s hard to

really hard to admit that it’s hard to

really hard to admit that it’s hard to admit that in front of a room full of

admit that in front of a room full of

admit that in front of a room full of strangers but it gives me a hell of a

strangers but it gives me a hell of a

strangers but it gives me a hell of a lot more to work with and things that I

lot more to work with and things that I

lot more to work with and things that I have control over then just playing the

have control over then just playing the

have control over then just playing the victim of circumstance and placing the

victim of circumstance and placing the

victim of circumstance and placing the burden of my feelings on somebody else

burden of my feelings on somebody else

burden of my feelings on somebody else getting into the practice of taking

getting into the practice of taking

getting into the practice of taking these feelings one step further to

these feelings one step further to

these feelings one step further to figure out where you become accountable

figure out where you become accountable

figure out where you become accountable for them is hard but it’s incredibly

for them is hard but it’s incredibly

for them is hard but it’s incredibly rewarding I challenge you to stop

rewarding I challenge you to stop

rewarding I challenge you to stop thinking about and stop saying how can I

thinking about and stop saying how can I

thinking about and stop saying how can I be like other people start to think

be like other people start to think

be like other people start to think about how can I take accountability for

about how can I take accountability for

about how can I take accountability for my actions and my thoughts how can I

my actions and my thoughts how can I

my actions and my thoughts how can I influence things that I actually have

influence things that I actually have

influence things that I actually have control over and start to break down my

control over and start to break down my

control over and start to break down my insecurities the first step to this is

insecurities the first step to this is

insecurities the first step to this is being honest and acknowledging that

being honest and acknowledging that

being honest and acknowledging that they’re there one of the last lives that

they’re there one of the last lives that

they’re there one of the last lives that I told myself and probably one of the

I told myself and probably one of the

I told myself and probably one of the most profoundly damaging is one I hear

most profoundly damaging is one I hear

most profoundly damaging is one I hear people telling themselves all the time I

people telling themselves all the time I

people telling themselves all the time I look back on my career which spans you

look back on my career which spans you

look back on my career which spans you know roughly 12 years it’s not super

know roughly 12 years it’s not super

know roughly 12 years it’s not super long and I had it pretty good I had a

long and I had it pretty good I had a

long and I had it pretty good I had a lot of really awesome jobs I worked in a

lot of really awesome jobs I worked in a

lot of really awesome jobs I worked in a bunch of incredible cities but I always

bunch of incredible cities but I always

bunch of incredible cities but I always had this sort of abstract

had this sort of abstract

had this sort of abstract miserable feeling I would say it’s kind

miserable feeling I would say it’s kind

miserable feeling I would say it’s kind of like you have a really expensive nice

of like you have a really expensive nice

of like you have a really expensive nice dress but you’re super uncomfortable

dress but you’re super uncomfortable

dress but you’re super uncomfortable wearing it because it’s the wrong size I

wearing it because it’s the wrong size I

wearing it because it’s the wrong size I was wearing this life that was good but

was wearing this life that was good but

was wearing this life that was good but maybe didn’t exactly fit me correctly

maybe didn’t exactly fit me correctly

maybe didn’t exactly fit me correctly during the holidays in 2015 right before

during the holidays in 2015 right before

during the holidays in 2015 right before I founded my company I was sitting with

I founded my company I was sitting with

I founded my company I was sitting with this sort of abstract sad feeling and in

this sort of abstract sad feeling and in

this sort of abstract sad feeling and in what would have been the oscar-winning

what would have been the oscar-winning

what would have been the oscar-winning moment in the movie of my life I looked

moment in the movie of my life I looked

moment in the movie of my life I looked at myself in the mirror and I said is

at myself in the mirror and I said is

at myself in the mirror and I said is this what you want to be doing and at

this what you want to be doing and at

this what you want to be doing and at the time I was working as a web

the time I was working as a web

the time I was working as a web developer for an ed tech company in

developer for an ed tech company in

developer for an ed tech company in Austin Texas and things look good on

Austin Texas and things look good on

Austin Texas and things look good on paper I had a good paycheck I had an

paper I had a good paycheck I had an

paper I had a good paycheck I had an awesome boss amazing co-workers but

awesome boss amazing co-workers but

awesome boss amazing co-workers but again just sort of abstractly sad in the

again just sort of abstractly sad in the

again just sort of abstractly sad in the hundreds of times that the scenario had

hundreds of times that the scenario had

hundreds of times that the scenario had played out before I would fall back onto

played out before I would fall back onto

played out before I would fall back onto the same lie that you have everything

the same lie that you have everything

the same lie that you have everything you want you everything you need you

you want you everything you need you

you want you everything you need you have no right to be sad and then I would

have no right to be sad and then I would

have no right to be sad and then I would be angry or I would go sleep it off or

be angry or I would go sleep it off or

be angry or I would go sleep it off or I’d go on like a mini bender at one

I’d go on like a mini bender at one

I’d go on like a mini bender at one point I started running so much I ran

point I started running so much I ran

point I started running so much I ran marathons and then I would just sort of

marathons and then I would just sort of

marathons and then I would just sort of continue on my life without changing

continue on my life without changing

continue on my life without changing anything and these feelings would

anything and these feelings would

anything and these feelings would inevitably bubble back up to the surface

inevitably bubble back up to the surface

inevitably bubble back up to the surface but not this time for some reason this

but not this time for some reason this

but not this time for some reason this time I answered myself honestly I said

time I answered myself honestly I said

time I answered myself honestly I said no this isn’t what I want to be doing

no this isn’t what I want to be doing

no this isn’t what I want to be doing for the rest of my life I’m good at it

for the rest of my life I’m good at it

for the rest of my life I’m good at it but I’m not happy and that’s heavy stuff

but I’m not happy and that’s heavy stuff

but I’m not happy and that’s heavy stuff and then I had this feeling of

and then I had this feeling of

and then I had this feeling of overwhelming sadness and I’m like okay

overwhelming sadness and I’m like okay

overwhelming sadness and I’m like okay let’s take this one step further then

let’s take this one step further then

let’s take this one step further then it’s like well we’re at it and I asked

it’s like well we’re at it and I asked

it’s like well we’re at it and I asked myself I’m like well you know what would

myself I’m like well you know what would

myself I’m like well you know what would you do if you could do it all over again

you do if you could do it all over again

you do if you could do it all over again so fashion get into fashion love fashion

so fashion get into fashion love fashion

so fashion get into fashion love fashion I loved that silly retail job that I’d

I loved that silly retail job that I’d

I loved that silly retail job that I’d worked 12 years

worked 12 years

worked 12 years air and that was the first time I’d ever

air and that was the first time I’d ever

air and that was the first time I’d ever been honest with myself about that in

been honest with myself about that in

been honest with myself about that in over a decade and again that feeling of

over a decade and again that feeling of

over a decade and again that feeling of sadness just swept over me I felt like

sadness just swept over me I felt like

sadness just swept over me I felt like I’d wasted my education maybe my entire

I’d wasted my education maybe my entire

I’d wasted my education maybe my entire career there was no way at this point I

career there was no way at this point I

career there was no way at this point I could pivot into something else I was

could pivot into something else I was

could pivot into something else I was stuck so I understand why people don’t

stuck so I understand why people don’t

stuck so I understand why people don’t have that conversation with themselves

have that conversation with themselves

have that conversation with themselves it sucks sometimes it’s easier to just

it sucks sometimes it’s easier to just

it sucks sometimes it’s easier to just keep on lying literally 72 hours later

keep on lying literally 72 hours later

keep on lying literally 72 hours later in the most like random and oddly

in the most like random and oddly

in the most like random and oddly specific way this idea popped into my

specific way this idea popped into my

specific way this idea popped into my head for a tech enabled fashion company

head for a tech enabled fashion company

head for a tech enabled fashion company it came out of nowhere that would later

it came out of nowhere that would later

it came out of nowhere that would later become the foundation of my company read

become the foundation of my company read

become the foundation of my company read on him which actually combined a lot of

on him which actually combined a lot of

on him which actually combined a lot of things that I’ve learned with my love

things that I’ve learned with my love

things that I’ve learned with my love and passion for fashion and I’m

and passion for fashion and I’m

and passion for fashion and I’m convinced that this idea came into my

convinced that this idea came into my

convinced that this idea came into my head in this random novel way that I did

head in this random novel way that I did

head in this random novel way that I did because I had had that really hard on

because I had had that really hard on

because I had had that really hard on his conversation with myself because

his conversation with myself because

his conversation with myself because I’ve made space instead of continuing to

I’ve made space instead of continuing to

I’ve made space instead of continuing to perpetuate the lie that I had told

perpetuate the lie that I had told

perpetuate the lie that I had told myself dozens and dozens of times before

myself dozens and dozens of times before

myself dozens and dozens of times before that I had no right to be sad and again

that I had no right to be sad and again

that I had no right to be sad and again this is a lie that we most consistently

this is a lie that we most consistently

this is a lie that we most consistently tell ourselves and it’s one of the

tell ourselves and it’s one of the

tell ourselves and it’s one of the hardest ones to stop because sometimes

hardest ones to stop because sometimes

hardest ones to stop because sometimes when you’re really honest with yourself

when you’re really honest with yourself

when you’re really honest with yourself about what makes you happy it flies in

about what makes you happy it flies in

about what makes you happy it flies in the face of everything you’ve let

the face of everything you’ve let

the face of everything you’ve let yourself believe maybe it flies in the

yourself believe maybe it flies in the

yourself believe maybe it flies in the face of all the time you spent working

face of all the time you spent working

face of all the time you spent working or educating yourself maybe it lies in

or educating yourself maybe it lies in

or educating yourself maybe it lies in the face of a relationship that you

the face of a relationship that you

the face of a relationship that you think is everything we don’t want to

think is everything we don’t want to

think is everything we don’t want to feel like we’re just sort of throwing in

feel like we’re just sort of throwing in

feel like we’re just sort of throwing in the towel on one phase of our lives to

the towel on one phase of our lives to

the towel on one phase of our lives to start another but that’s hardly the case

start another but that’s hardly the case

start another but that’s hardly the case ever is it because it’s the culmination

ever is it because it’s the culmination

ever is it because it’s the culmination of music’s be

of music’s be

of music’s be mrs. up to the points that you find

mrs. up to the points that you find

mrs. up to the points that you find yourself having have these honest

yourself having have these honest

yourself having have these honest conversations that allow you to truly

conversations that allow you to truly

conversations that allow you to truly embrace them and to be successful again

embrace them and to be successful again

embrace them and to be successful again you just have to be willing to be honest

you just have to be willing to be honest

you just have to be willing to be honest with yourselves I couldn’t have started

with yourselves I couldn’t have started

with yourselves I couldn’t have started my company if it wasn’t for all the

my company if it wasn’t for all the

my company if it wasn’t for all the random little things that I took from

random little things that I took from

random little things that I took from jobs that I had determined weren’t good

jobs that I had determined weren’t good

jobs that I had determined weren’t good enough for me so I encourage you to take

enough for me so I encourage you to take

enough for me so I encourage you to take a critical look and find what is working

a critical look and find what is working

a critical look and find what is working for you in your life and figure out how

for you in your life and figure out how

for you in your life and figure out how to create happiness from that I couldn’t

to create happiness from that I couldn’t

to create happiness from that I couldn’t have started my company if I didn’t take

have started my company if I didn’t take

have started my company if I didn’t take a cold hard look at my own insecurities

a cold hard look at my own insecurities

a cold hard look at my own insecurities so that I could start to fix them and

so that I could start to fix them and

so that I could start to fix them and address them and I challenge you to do

address them and I challenge you to do

address them and I challenge you to do the same thing to look at your own

the same thing to look at your own

the same thing to look at your own insecurities to acknowledge that you’re

insecurities to acknowledge that you’re

insecurities to acknowledge that you’re there that they’re there so you can

there that they’re there so you can

there that they’re there so you can start to actually break them down and I

start to actually break them down and I

start to actually break them down and I certainly couldn’t have founded my

certainly couldn’t have founded my

certainly couldn’t have founded my company if I didn’t have that one honest

company if I didn’t have that one honest

company if I didn’t have that one honest conversation with myself about what

conversation with myself about what

conversation with myself about what truly made me happy and so whatever path

truly made me happy and so whatever path

truly made me happy and so whatever path you end up going down whether it’s into

you end up going down whether it’s into

you end up going down whether it’s into entrepreneurship or new career or hobby

entrepreneurship or new career or hobby

entrepreneurship or new career or hobby or maybe you just find a way to look at

or maybe you just find a way to look at

or maybe you just find a way to look at what you’re doing and find more value in

what you’re doing and find more value in

what you’re doing and find more value in it it all starts with a few honest

it it all starts with a few honest

it it all starts with a few honest conversations with yourself and I

conversations with yourself and I

conversations with yourself and I promised I wouldn’t lie to you and I

promised I wouldn’t lie to you and I

promised I wouldn’t lie to you and I stuck to that and I hope now that you’re

stuck to that and I hope now that you’re

stuck to that and I hope now that you’re able to find happiness truly thank

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