Yara Shahidi

Yeah. I think fear of failure, feeler of, hmm.

Yeah. I think fear of failure, feeler of, hmm.

I think, yeah. I think that's what makes the creative industry something that I'm always kind of... Personally having to figure out how I want to engage and how do I move with confidence? Because part of why I liked school so much is that I got direct feedback every day that I was doing well. Like it's kind of a perfectionist dream.

I think, yeah. I think that's what makes the creative industry something that I'm always kind of... Personally having to figure out how I want to engage and how do I move with confidence? Because part of why I liked school so much is that I got direct feedback every day that I was doing well. Like it's kind of a perfectionist dream.

You know, being like in an industry where it's even above you how many no's you deal with, how imperfect it is. I get grades. I get clear feedback on what I could do better next time.

You know, being like in an industry where it's even above you how many no's you deal with, how imperfect it is. I get grades. I get clear feedback on what I could do better next time.

Cause and effect. I put the time in. I got a great grade. I put the time in for my thesis. Summa, summa. Great. Cute. And so I think creativity presents self-doubt for me because it's so informal in how I even self-assess. What does doing well look like?

Cause and effect. I put the time in. I got a great grade. I put the time in for my thesis. Summa, summa. Great. Cute. And so I think creativity presents self-doubt for me because it's so informal in how I even self-assess. What does doing well look like?

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

And so many times doing well can be attached to, again, results of being like, oh, I have a show on air. Oh, I made this happen. I'm promoting this project. And for me, prompted by, you know, even my own health journey, prompted by maybe the collision of graduating, finishing the show, all these things happening at the same time, I think I've now intentionally –

And so many times doing well can be attached to, again, results of being like, oh, I have a show on air. Oh, I made this happen. I'm promoting this project. And for me, prompted by, you know, even my own health journey, prompted by maybe the collision of graduating, finishing the show, all these things happening at the same time, I think I've now intentionally –

been prioritizing what are experiences that I know I'm not going to be great at and how do I move through it? Because it's even random stuff. I was on the American Bake Off, the American version of the British Bake Off. Was it fun? It was so fun. That's cool. I love watching the show. And even though I'm only really a sous chef in the kitchen, I was like, yeah, I'll do it.

been prioritizing what are experiences that I know I'm not going to be great at and how do I move through it? Because it's even random stuff. I was on the American Bake Off, the American version of the British Bake Off. Was it fun? It was so fun. That's cool. I love watching the show. And even though I'm only really a sous chef in the kitchen, I was like, yeah, I'll do it.

But truly my first priority was like, don't get upset at the fact that you don't bake professionally and you're not about to come off as a professional baker.

But truly my first priority was like, don't get upset at the fact that you don't bake professionally and you're not about to come off as a professional baker.

No, because I think for me, I definitely maybe it's just being public facing. I don't necessarily know where I got it from, but I definitely have a sense of like I do things that I know I'm good at. But it was limiting in the sense that if I'm not good at it, I just am like.

No, because I think for me, I definitely maybe it's just being public facing. I don't necessarily know where I got it from, but I definitely have a sense of like I do things that I know I'm good at. But it was limiting in the sense that if I'm not good at it, I just am like.

Leaning into it. Because we had even done... We had created a show. It was called Yara's Day Off. And it was on Meta. And it was where I would go with guests to do their activity, their hobby. And boy, oh, boy, was that like an immersive...

Leaning into it. Because we had even done... We had created a show. It was called Yara's Day Off. And it was on Meta. And it was where I would go with guests to do their activity, their hobby. And boy, oh, boy, was that like an immersive...