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is humility holding you back? - by Molly Mielke McCarthy

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I know I’m bad at telling my own story. I kinda just make it up anew every time I’m asked and while I like the way that helps what I say feel less like a pitch, I hate coming out of many of these conversations wishing I’d presented myself better. How do I get better at telling my story? — Humble Mumble Dear Humble Mumble, Up until around 6 months ago, I was extremely resistant to doing the work to become a better teller of my own story. Despite spending a lot of time helping others develop this skill, I felt strongly that making my story easily digestible to others would diminish my authenticity in a way that felt self-serving and wrong. I’ve mostly gotten over that now, mainly because I realized I basically just wasn’t taking myself seriously. On one hand, I’d gotten decently far in my career without ever learning to pitch myself, which gave me the mistaken sense I might never need to. On the other hand, I didn’t feel very proud of the things I had to talk about and gave way too much

Dear Moth, I know I’m bad at telling my own story. I kinda just make it up anew every time I’m asked and while I like the way that helps what I say feel less like a pitch, I hate coming out of many of these conversations wishing I’d presented myself better. How do I get better at telling my story? — Humble Mumble Dear Humble Mumble, Up until around 6 months ago, I was extremely resistant to doing the work to become a better teller of my own story. Despite spending a lot of time helping others develop this skill, I felt strongly that making my story easily digestible to others would…

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