Simone Giertz

And I still do that.

Like I'm terrified to tell people how to do something, even if I know how.

because it kind of opens you up for being shot down.

So I think I definitely have a conflicted relationship with it.

And now, especially as I'm getting older, I am more skilled than I was before.

I mean, I'm a CEO of three businesses and I'm like, I don't need to like keep on talking myself down all the time.

So yeah, I think it's definitely something that has served me really, really well.

And that is still like a...

thing that i have in my work life and in my relationships but i'm also trying to only do it when it's beneficial to me and not when it's harmful yeah i mean but when you're as successful as you are i feel like people like it when you're self-deprecating you don't take yourself seriously you have that humility i think it's probably the hardest when you're starting out yeah because no i think it was easier than almost i don't know

You know, I just realized that I played a lot more stupid than I was.

And...

I think it's also – oh, gosh, I can't believe I'm the one bringing this up.

But like being a woman in a male-dominated field and you're like – I was just trying to make myself the least amount threatening or like really unthreatening because people are threatened by you in different ways and it's like –

You have such a thin line that you can walk where you're like, okay, I need to be just attractive enough for people to not be offended by my appearance, but just unattractive enough for people to not sexualize me.

I have to be just smart and witty enough for people to be like, oh my God, that's really cool.

But also shoot myself down enough for other people not to be able to do it or be like, oh yeah, watch this woman try to thinking that she knows how to build electronics, you know?

So it's like...

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, I just want to snapshot that quote and put it on my LinkedIn profile.