Kendra Scott

His confidence in me gave me confidence.

And it's those little interactions that people don't realize how powerful they are.

Because of his faith and belief in me, it gave me belief in myself.

And I wanted to show him that I was good on my word because my word is everything.

When I tell somebody I'm going to do something, I do it, right?

And I think over time, those interactions, buyers, Nordstrom ordering from you, right?

Confidence.

And I started to not be afraid.

And I remember the first time I had to say, I actually went to

an entrepreneurial master's course through Entrepreneurs EO, which is a fantastic organization.

Any young entrepreneur out there, I say, join an organization like EO because you start to meet other people who have their same insecurities and worries that you have.

And you're in this safe environment where you can talk about those things and you realize, I'm not alone in this anymore.

And once you're opening up to someone else, they open up to you.

And that's why I say there is such

power in vulnerability where you think it's the opposite, but when you can actually say to somebody, this is something that I've always bothered me, then they feel like they can share that about themselves.

And all of a sudden you're having a real conversation.

You're not having a conversation anymore of, I did this and I'm this and I'm all, my business is having, you know, and then they're just puffing back up and it's this whole, and there's nothing real happening where you go, God,

the first time I walked in this room with you all, I was so intimidated.

I felt like I didn't belong here.

You know, I've got Harvard grads in the room and I'm a college dropout.