The morning after I got the call that started the rest of my life, I did something that shocked everyone in my life.
In this episode I'm talking about the grafter mentality that has quietly shaped every decision of my career — the instinct to never be precious about the groundwork, to show up even when you don't have to, to never think you're above the room. It's something I was wired with from the beginning and it's the thing I'm most proud of.
But I'm also talking about what happened after. Because the years of rejection that followed 90210 didn't just humble me — they took something else with them. And for a long time I confused the two.
There's a difference between losing your ego and losing your sense of self worth. Ego can and should go. Making decisions without ego is healthy and necessary. But self worth is something else entirely — and I let that go, too, without even noticing.
This episode is about the years it took to get it back. And why rebuilding your confidence without re-inflating your ego is, honestly, the secret sauce to everything.
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