Playing Small Is Costing You More Than You Think

<p>One 30-minute conversation blew up an entire business plan this week — and it started with a ChatGPT prompt at 11 p.m.</p><p>Mandy and Mandy talk honestly about playing small: staying quiet in meetings when you have the better idea, undercharging because you&#39;re &quot;still new,&quot; waiting for someone else to tell you you&#39;re ready. Mandy Alt shares the $750 website that kicked off her marketing agency and what those years of underpricing actually cost. Mandy Holt breaks down the gut-check question nobody wants to answer: who benefits when you stay small?</p><p>This one&#39;s for anyone in corporate, running a business, or somewhere in between who&#39;s been comfortable a little too long.</p><p>In this episode: the signs you&#39;re playing small, where the habit comes from, why imposter syndrome keeps good ideas trapped in your head, the real financial cost of underselling yourself, the &quot;every idea is an ugly baby&quot; rule, keeping a written record of your wins, and the one-size-up challenge to try this week.</p><p><strong>The prompts from the episode, as promised:</strong></p><p>&quot;Based on everything I&#39;ve ever told you, tell me 5 things about me that you&#39;ve figured out yourself. And don&#39;t soften it for me. Tell me straight.&quot; And then after it give you your answer, ask it this follow up question. &quot;What pattern do you see in the way that I work now? Predict the next 5 years if nothing changes. Also predict the next 5 years if I fix this one thing.&quot;</p><p>Have a work secret you&#39;ve never told anyone? Drop it anonymously at thecorporateburnouts.com under the Secrets tab. We&#39;ll tell it and we won&#39;t tell them it&#39;s yours.</p><p>Follow the show so new episodes land in your feed every Thursday morning.</p>