“My most persistent trash talker is Little Miss Perfect Pants. She always chimes in when I’m going to do something hard or new. You don’t know how to run a business—you don’t have an MBA. You’ve never swum across a lake before.
Before I was introduced to her and named her, I accepted these thoughts as truth. I thought I wasn’t good enough. I thought I’d be embarrassed. I allowed those voices to prevent me from feeling confident or taking risks. Over time I realized that she didn’t want me to look stupid or to fail. When I saw that for what it was, I understood this was my own fear about being unprepared. So, I signed up for an open-water swim class. I hired a business coach to help me launch my business. I took the next step to get me where I wanted to be.”