Issa Rae
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Podcast Appearances
I am the problem.
I think also my biggest challenges are not knowing.
I was just talking about this.
Like letting things, giving people multiple chances.
And not... You're not good at that?
I am giving... I'm too good at giving people multiple chances.
Oh, you're too good at giving... Like, I will see the best in people, and I've had to learn... Oh, you're a lovely girl.
I'm stupid, like, in that way, for sure.
And I've had to be like, no, girl, nip it in the bud.
It's not working.
Yeah.
Doesn't make sense.
I'm great with that in my personal life.
Easy.
But in business, not so much.
Without being the person seeing this and being like, that's me.
There's been, and this applies to a few people, where...
Like you try to craft a role for them because they are so talented, but that can be expensive or, you know, they may not show up in the way that you need them to.
Where deadlines are concerned, I need go-getters.
And when I'm like, one of the things that I've also learned within the business is that we have a lot of, in my company, we have people who come up with brilliant ideas who are the smartest, but I need executors.