Heather Monahan

And when you move through those moments of fear and self-doubt, you build confidence in yourself.

And the more you do that, the easier it gets, right?

So in 2020, when the pandemic hit, that same professor reached out to me and said, hey, I'm teaching a class, professional selling and sales leadership at Harvard.

Would you be willing to be my teacher's assistant?

I just got funded to have an assistant on this year because the class is so big.

I said, yes.

Of course, I was nervous again, right?

It was one thing for me to teach one class, but now for me to teach a whole semester, I didn't know what I was getting into.

But anytime I feel fear, I know that is the green light that I need to go and go faster and step into it to create confidence within myself and go to that next level.

That's my chance to grow.

And I'm so glad I did.

I had a great experience.

It was way too much work, way more than I thought.

And the money wasn't too small, right?

The professors get paid well, but not a first time teacher's assistant, which is fine.

I did it for the life experience.

I made great contacts.

I learned a lot about myself, but I became incredibly comfortable about Harvard, right?

Because now every Monday I was teaching a class at Harvard.

So it wasn't as scary as it had been before.