Who Do You Think You Are?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
What's going on, my friends? Welcome to the Ryan Lee Podcast, where we love to keep things short and sweet for you each and every week. We always wanna give you just a little nugget of inspiration that we believe is going to add value to your life. Today's episode is entitled, Who Do You Think You Are? Who do you think you are? I want to begin today's episode by unpacking a statement and a mantra that you and I can easily fall prey to. And it is this idea that you and I should fake it till we make it. Yeah, we should fake it till we make it. But I... I actually disagree with that statement. I don't think it's fake it till you make it. I think it's believe it before everyone else does.
What does 'Who Do You Think You Are?' mean in the context of personal growth?
You see, I think that the power of a personal vision is wildly underestimated. One of the biggest things that I actually see holding people back from reaching their potential is a quiet habit that we have normalized. And it's the habit of waiting. It's waiting for permission. It's waiting for agreement. It's waiting for applause before we take that next step. We're waiting for somebody else to see something in us that perhaps we could be seeing all along. My friend, if you wait for everyone else in your life to see what you see, you are going to be waiting a very, very long time. Because vision rarely makes sense to people who are comfortable with the present. I remember speaking at a conference. I don't know what it had to be.
10 years ago, and there were over 20 speakers at this conference. And at the end, I was hanging out with the host of the event, and they had just gotten some of their data back from their survey from the app or whatnot. And he said, hey, Ryan, I want to let you know good news. You were actually voted the number one speaker at the event. I'm absolutely humbled by that.
Why is the idea of 'fake it till you make it' misleading?
I thought, man, that's incredibly kind. And it was what it was, but Then I slowly but surely realized something else, and that was I was actually paid the least of all the other speakers. And in somewhat of an awkward, honest moment, I asked my friend at the time, I said, hey, man, here's the deal. If I was voted number one, why am I not paid like the number one speaker?
And here's the deal. There are reasons, fair reasons, logical reasons. You got to factor in experience and market value and ticket sales.
And are you a draw? Are people signing up and registering for this event because they see your name on the docket? It's lots of things that go into speaker selection and speaker pay. And it all made sense. But that moment forced me to wrestle with something so much deeper. Am I going to wait for them to see me the way that I see me? Or am I going to wake up tomorrow and get back to work and figure out ways to add value to the people in my life? Whether it's a client, whether it's a friend, whether it's a family member. Like, am I waiting for somebody else to value me before I value me? And I remember there was a time where I used to be a video guy. I actually had a video business. That was actually my background and what I really did a lot in college.
So I spent a great deal of my career actually behind the camera, editing, producing. I had a job where I was actually helping everyone else look good. And then I began to begin the journey of transitioning into the speaking space. And a lot of people that knew me as a videographer, well, they were genuinely confused. Like, hey, you speak English? Yeah, yeah. Actually, I really enjoy it. I know, but aren't you the video guy? Well, I am, but I'm a video guy today who actually speaks. And I almost found myself having to explain myself to other people. And I had to almost have this live rebrand. I'm not talking about colored fonts. I'm talking about... I had to actually step outside of a lane that people had grown accustomed to me being in.
You see, everyone didn't agree that I should be a speaker. It wasn't something that made sense to them.
How can waiting for permission hinder your potential?
But at some point, I had to make a decision that I was not going to let old categories define my future capacity. It's interesting.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:46
2
What does 'Who Do You Think You Are?' mean in the context of personal growth?
0:46–2:10
3
Why is the idea of 'fake it till you make it' misleading?
2:10–4:59
4
How can waiting for permission hinder your potential?
4:59–7:20
5
What personal story illustrates the struggle with self-perception?
7:20–12:57