Lydia Fenet

That's an important part of your interview process. You want to make sure that it's great. I've been on stage nine times over the course of my career where people have either forgotten to get a microphone or the microphone just didn't work. And so I've had to learn what to do when I get on stage and that happens. And now if there's no microphone, no problem.

I know exactly what to do because it's happened to me so many times. But the first time it happened to me, I was not competent and it was a disaster. I cried for the entire evening afterwards. After I left, I sort of crawled out of there with nothing but shame. But the bottom line is I didn't die. I survived and I went back and did it again. And again and again.

I know exactly what to do because it's happened to me so many times. But the first time it happened to me, I was not competent and it was a disaster. I cried for the entire evening afterwards. After I left, I sort of crawled out of there with nothing but shame. But the bottom line is I didn't die. I survived and I went back and did it again. And again and again.

I know exactly what to do because it's happened to me so many times. But the first time it happened to me, I was not competent and it was a disaster. I cried for the entire evening afterwards. After I left, I sort of crawled out of there with nothing but shame. But the bottom line is I didn't die. I survived and I went back and did it again. And again and again.

And that's where that competency piece, as you said, is such a huge part of confidence. Because you've learned how to do something. You've spent the time learning how to do it. And it gives you the confidence to try more and to take more on.

And that's where that competency piece, as you said, is such a huge part of confidence. Because you've learned how to do something. You've spent the time learning how to do it. And it gives you the confidence to try more and to take more on.

And that's where that competency piece, as you said, is such a huge part of confidence. Because you've learned how to do something. You've spent the time learning how to do it. And it gives you the confidence to try more and to take more on.

Yes, I completely agree with that on every level. And I think that anytime you have a business, for the people out there who own their own business, I give this amazing example in my book of a friend of mine during COVID who was an artist and was so paralyzed with fear about money during COVID as many people were. She was thinking to herself, my art is not in these galleries anymore.

Yes, I completely agree with that on every level. And I think that anytime you have a business, for the people out there who own their own business, I give this amazing example in my book of a friend of mine during COVID who was an artist and was so paralyzed with fear about money during COVID as many people were. She was thinking to herself, my art is not in these galleries anymore.

Yes, I completely agree with that on every level. And I think that anytime you have a business, for the people out there who own their own business, I give this amazing example in my book of a friend of mine during COVID who was an artist and was so paralyzed with fear about money during COVID as many people were. She was thinking to herself, my art is not in these galleries anymore.

What am I going to do? She was still creating art by the hands picture after picture after picture. I think it was her outlet during COVID, but what she'd lost was that confidence in being able to sell it. And from the outside looking in, nothing had changed for her. In fact, people were at home for the first time in their lives where they were just staring at walls.

What am I going to do? She was still creating art by the hands picture after picture after picture. I think it was her outlet during COVID, but what she'd lost was that confidence in being able to sell it. And from the outside looking in, nothing had changed for her. In fact, people were at home for the first time in their lives where they were just staring at walls.

What am I going to do? She was still creating art by the hands picture after picture after picture. I think it was her outlet during COVID, but what she'd lost was that confidence in being able to sell it. And from the outside looking in, nothing had changed for her. In fact, people were at home for the first time in their lives where they were just staring at walls.

So art was something everybody wanted. It was just a question of her reminding people that she was out there. And we had a long conversation one day, and I used that same phrase, action leads to action. And I was like, Kate, you have to go out there and get those clients. It's not their responsibility to come to you. You have to remind them what you're doing.

So art was something everybody wanted. It was just a question of her reminding people that she was out there. And we had a long conversation one day, and I used that same phrase, action leads to action. And I was like, Kate, you have to go out there and get those clients. It's not their responsibility to come to you. You have to remind them what you're doing.

So art was something everybody wanted. It was just a question of her reminding people that she was out there. And we had a long conversation one day, and I used that same phrase, action leads to action. And I was like, Kate, you have to go out there and get those clients. It's not their responsibility to come to you. You have to remind them what you're doing.

You have to get your art out there in front of them. And it was amazing to watch that spark because once it started, it was like a wildfire. I mean, she was hosting sales online and she was going back to clients and all of a sudden she had all of these new clients and these new commissions. And for me, that was just such a perfect example of how action leads to action.

You have to get your art out there in front of them. And it was amazing to watch that spark because once it started, it was like a wildfire. I mean, she was hosting sales online and she was going back to clients and all of a sudden she had all of these new clients and these new commissions. And for me, that was just such a perfect example of how action leads to action.

You have to get your art out there in front of them. And it was amazing to watch that spark because once it started, it was like a wildfire. I mean, she was hosting sales online and she was going back to clients and all of a sudden she had all of these new clients and these new commissions. And for me, that was just such a perfect example of how action leads to action.

You can't, as you said, sit there and wait for something to happen to you. You make everything happen that you want to happen in your life.