Lynn Smith

The business deal doesn't exist.

It's all communication.

It's so key.

Yeah.

Yes, and what you are referring to is that typically news anchors, they have a lot of their identity in that role, that being on TV is their purpose.

It gives them all of the eyeballs on them and the validation that they've been looking for.

And that wasn't the case for me.

I really was loving the storytelling piece of it, being able to serve the audience.

And so when I left, I didn't necessarily feel like I missed being on television.

But I missed that safety and security of knowing that because I had a contract, I knew a check would arrive at a certain day and I knew it would always cash.

And the fear was, I still have a family and I contribute financially to the family.

So there's an immense fear.

of how am I going to do this?

I was a news anchor.

I read Glass for a living.

I didn't know how to start a business, open up an LLC, do a spreadsheet.

Heck, I didn't even know how to work Excel.

This was very simple things that I had no idea how to do.

And I explain that because it's proof

That it's not necessarily the knowledge that gets you where you want to go.