Simone Knego

Thank you so much.

Yeah, I think very often we do.

I mean, if we just go back to the statistics about applying for a job, right?

So we're waiting.

We're waiting for things to happen.

We're not going to put in our application because we don't feel like we're ready.

We're not going to put our name in the hat for a promotion because we don't feel like we're ready.

Whereas I think for a lot of men, they just step forward and do it.

I'm not saying they don't have self-doubt.

I mean, men do too.

I know my husband.

There are definitely things he struggles with.

But for women, we wait to be asked to do something.

I can even tell you when I send out emails, if I don't get a response to certain things, I'm like, oh my gosh, I guess I did something wrong.

And my husband's like, they're not thinking about you, right?

Like, stop, get off of that high horse.

They're not thinking about you right now.

It has nothing to do with you.

But I think as women, we internalize that and we think, well, okay, yeah, I shouldn't apply for that job.

I shouldn't call the person and ask them out to lunch because what if they say no, which is exactly the opposite of what we should be doing.