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Be Confident. Say Yes

5/13/2015

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I was at a Cyrus Innovation event last night when I heard Mary Kopczynski, the founder and CEO of 8of9, talk about having had fear of speaking as an expert on various news programs. These were topics for which she was well-versed, but felt ill-equipped. It wasn't until she attended an event where they was a dearth of women on the panel that she felt ready to speak at the next opportunity that came her way. "We do need to speak up," Ms. Kopczynski asserted.

Sara Potler LaHayne, the founder & CEO of Move This World, spoke of forbidding the use of "I think x, y and z," and "I feel x, y and z," in cases where her female employees are actually stating facts. She also advises against including inflections in sentences. All three of these habits don't convey confidence.

And Kegan Schouwenburg, the CEO & co-founder of SOLS, lives boldly, pushing herself by saying "yes to everything." This reminds me of Eleanor Roosevelt's advice: "Do one thing every day that scares you." 
 
The three women were part of a panel of 10 successful female founders talking about the "Ten Things Every Female Founder Should Know."

What was evident was that it is not so easy to step into our power and go confidently in the direction of the things we desire. When we find we cannot muster the belief to propel us, it may require "acting as if." Our willingness to "act as if" allows for physical, psychological and environmental shifts to occur. 

What is one opportunity that terrifies you, but for which you are willing to "act as if" today?
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