Emma Grede

And again, I think it's a uniquely female trait when we believe beyond that transaction, there's something else that we ought to be grateful for.

And sometimes, you know, and I've seen it in, you know, I see it in my own company with my own employees and I've certainly been there myself.

You can just stay too long out of loyalty, out of thinking, you know, actually having like fear attached to the next move.

And so I always try to think about this idea of employee mentality as where is it cropping up in your life?

Where are you making someone your boss?

Where are you making excuses?

Where are you not advocating for yourself?

Where are you not being paid correctly?

These are like challenging questions to face off against.

But you have to have them because, again, nobody's coming to like tap you on the shoulder and say, hey, girl, do you want to like, you know, you want to pay rise?

You need a bonus.

You need a promotion.

Actually, you know what you need to do?

You need to leave here.

Like no boss ever said.

Actually, I've done that.

But it's like very rarely does someone say you're ready for a new opportunity and you're not going to get it here.

You have to choose those moments.

So again, it's about self-advocacy.

And I think that the very idea of starting with yourself is about going deep inside and getting close to yourself and what it is that you want and what it is that you need and really choosing those moments.