Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

Does Confidence In Your Your Work Life Come With Time?

21 Jul 2022 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, Speaker A asks Speaker B about formative or serendipitous experiences that shaped their business life. Speaker B reflects on an early career belief that professionalism required a formal, guarded demeanor. Over time, they developed confidence and comfort to be authentic, realizing that a solid track record allows one to be accepted as oneself. They express a wish for more role models who openly embraced their personal identity, indicating that the lack of such examples made them feel the need to hide personal aspects in favor of a strictly professional presentation.

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I'm curious, like, what other experiences for you have been very fundamental in your business life that you didn't think about at the time or just seemed very like synchronous, or not synchronous, but like serendipitous?
Mm-hmm. So many things. Well, the first thing I would say is that I think earlier in my career, I thought that there is this image of being professional and being formal and all of that that came with. Whereas over time, I think I not only developed the confidence but also comfort level to just be myself more naturally. And I think that's something that comes with time and track record, that you actually have the confidence to just be yourself and know that you are going to be accepted as you are. But I wish I had more role models to look up to who were proud of just being who they were, so I didn't feel like I had to hide the more personal parts of me and then focus on the more professional parts.