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Michelle 'Mace' Curran

👤 Speaker
771 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

I was on the team long enough at that point where people had started to circle back and update me on things that they had gone after. And I would tear up when I would tell my husband about these messages I would get on Instagram where some girl had reached out to me two years prior And I had had a really short conversation with her as she went into whatever new thing it was.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And then she's like, hey, I don't know if you remember me, but I got that promotion or I got that dream job or I went to that college or whatever it was. And it was just so fulfilling. And so I started to think about how I could still impact people at that level and

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

And I had a couple of mentors at this point who I met while I was on the Thunderbirds that were in the media space and did some speaking. And they were like, hey, there would be a market for you to get into speaking. And I think you could really impact people positively. And at first, I kind of was like, oh, yeah, sure, whatever.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But then that little seed that had been planted started to grow into something bigger. And I started to explore it. And I think it was the combination of that, that self-reflection, but then also that that mindset that I trained myself to have where I know that I can make it happen. That's what allows me to take a leap of faith from...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But then that little seed that had been planted started to grow into something bigger. And I started to explore it. And I think it was the combination of that, that self-reflection, but then also that that mindset that I trained myself to have where I know that I can make it happen. That's what allows me to take a leap of faith from...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But then that little seed that had been planted started to grow into something bigger. And I started to explore it. And I think it was the combination of that, that self-reflection, but then also that that mindset that I trained myself to have where I know that I can make it happen. That's what allows me to take a leap of faith from...

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

You know, working for the government, active duty military, you do have a security blanket. You have job security. You know how much you're going to get paid. You know you're going to get paid. You have health insurance, all the things. And going to be an entrepreneur, a solo entrepreneur is just so on the opposite end of that spectrum.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

You know, working for the government, active duty military, you do have a security blanket. You have job security. You know how much you're going to get paid. You know you're going to get paid. You have health insurance, all the things. And going to be an entrepreneur, a solo entrepreneur is just so on the opposite end of that spectrum.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

You know, working for the government, active duty military, you do have a security blanket. You have job security. You know how much you're going to get paid. You know you're going to get paid. You have health insurance, all the things. And going to be an entrepreneur, a solo entrepreneur is just so on the opposite end of that spectrum.

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But kind of just that realizing that I had the power, I hold the cards, I control my success. I took that leap without a lot of fear, which was hard for a lot of people to understand, right? But I am, what, seven months into it and I have not regretted it for a second. Even the days where I've been trying to fall asleep and I'm suddenly like, how am I going to pay my bills next month?

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But kind of just that realizing that I had the power, I hold the cards, I control my success. I took that leap without a lot of fear, which was hard for a lot of people to understand, right? But I am, what, seven months into it and I have not regretted it for a second. Even the days where I've been trying to fall asleep and I'm suddenly like, how am I going to pay my bills next month?

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

But kind of just that realizing that I had the power, I hold the cards, I control my success. I took that leap without a lot of fear, which was hard for a lot of people to understand, right? But I am, what, seven months into it and I have not regretted it for a second. Even the days where I've been trying to fall asleep and I'm suddenly like, how am I going to pay my bills next month?

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

because you have that especially when the struggle is real yes this is real but I believe in my own ability to save myself so much that I can deal with those small moments of doubt and push through them and I'm I'm so motivated and so excited right now and it's so rewarding I'm loving every second of it

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
Confidence Classic: NEVER Let Imposter Syndrome Hold You Back with Michelle “Mace” Curran Former Fighter Pilot & Founder of Upside Down Dreams

because you have that especially when the struggle is real yes this is real but I believe in my own ability to save myself so much that I can deal with those small moments of doubt and push through them and I'm I'm so motivated and so excited right now and it's so rewarding I'm loving every second of it