Julie Solomon

That's a way to fake it till you make it.

So if you are around someone who's always like, oh, I'm never going to get this.

I would ask for a raise, but I feel like I'm going to get fired.

That's not great to be around if you're trying to like change your confidence level.

You want to be around people who are confident, people who boost your confidence.

And that can be very helpful too, because you can just sort of, you know, get little tips and also just kind of be in that energy, that confident energy.

It's helpful.

If you're not going to toot your own horn, who is?

It really does have to begin with you.

It has to begin with you advocating for yourself, saying what you want, saying what you want, saying what you need, meaning what you say with clarity, with confidence, with security, getting really clear about what is it that I want and being able to advocate for that.

And I think that it

From my experience, not only just being a publicist, but just through my own journey, it has to begin with you.

You know, most of most publicists that I know, it's like they can't even really do much for somebody if someone hasn't laid that foundation first for themselves.

and have really learned, especially in this day and age, Hala, how to brand themselves, how to speak for themselves, how to be clear about their messaging, how to be clear about their marketing, and how to promote themselves.

And so that's really, I think, the important piece.

And if anyone's having any trouble with that, I would just encourage you to ask yourself, why are you so afraid to be seen?

You can't hide yourself and expect to be seen.

So

You know, why are you so afraid to give yourself that gift of shining and see where that leads you?