The Beliefs That Held Me Back For Decades

<p>This month&#39;s Insider Diary is just me. I&#39;m talking about the limiting beliefs that held me back in my career for decades, and what shifted for me.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The 3 limiting beliefs that held me back for at least 13 years: fear of rejection, waiting to be &quot;discovered,&quot; and not wanting to be annoying</li><li>Why people rarely actually say no to you. Most of the time they just don&#39;t get back to you, and that&#39;s not the same thing</li><li>3 quotes from past guests that changed how I think about rejection and follow-up (linked below)</li><li>The Facebook message that sat unread in someone&#39;s &quot;other&quot; folder for weeks, and how it ended up leading to a job on Neighbours</li><li>My rejection challenge: trying to get to 100 no&#39;s (I made it to 33)</li><li>Why following up isn&#39;t annoying, and how often is actually okay</li><li>What I&#39;d tell my younger self, who was doing weddings on the weekends and had no idea how to make this career work.</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Guests quoted in this episode :</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ordF3HQUMlGxcTVDlPzbr?si=3BAX3Br-QQ6fbQlwPg2DNw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ava Bell </a></li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HHAZRHoOX18ZNvp2ldMnj?si=6GYMQwBVTCGiHBc_mBJN2A" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Harriet Hatfield, Harry Makes It Up</a> </li><li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0q4q5ZTHQeHU0sGW2b2v16?si=eVGHNTQwRtyvbUtUA0OLsw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Nicole Thompson, Pinky</a> </li></ul>