Molly Graham

And I don't think most people have the confidence to say they can do that.

You know, so –

The only way you learn these things about yourself, what you're capable of, what you're really exceptional at, is by trying.

You know, someone posted this quote.

They posted a statement when my TED Talk got posted.

And part of trying is failing, right?

And the person said, you know, people think that you have to be confident to act.

Like one of my phases at Facebook on this phone project was somebody, I think the last phase, Mark asked me if I wanted to be the product manager for it.

And the truth is confidence comes because of action.

Because prior to that, I was sort of like in partnerships and hardware and operations.

You don't have to be confident in order to act.

Or if you wait for confidence, like you just might be waiting a really long time.

And he was like, do you want to be the product manager, which is sort of the person that runs...

But for me, like actually one of my greatest strengths is being kind of an idiot and asking a lot of dumb questions and being able – you can put me in literally any situation in almost any business in the world and I will be able to learn it.

the whole project.

There was something inside me that said, like, that doesn't sound like fun.

But I was so confused at the time that I was just like, sure, it's the job that everybody inside of a tech company wants.

So I'll be the product manager.

Just FYI, no one should ever hire me to be a product manager.

And I don't think most people have the confidence to say they can do that.