Liz O’Riordan, Breast Surgeon with Breast Cancer and an Advocate for Cancer Awareness, shared a post on Facebook:
“I hired a videographer for my next keynote.
That sentence used to feel illegal.
For years, I told myself I wasn’t ready:
Not good enough. Not big enough.
Paying someone to film my talks felt arrogant.
Like I was pretending to be someone I wasn’t.
So I didn’t do it.
I called it humble. Responsible. Sensibly modest.
But if I’m honest, it was fear.
- Fear of being seen.
- Fear of being judged.
- Fear of looking like I thought too highly of myself.
Hiring a videographer isn’t ego.
It’s saying: this work matters.
This message matters.
And people deserve to see it clearly.
- Speakers record their talks.
- Experts invest in how they show up.
That’s not big headed. That’s normal.
So yes. There will be a camera at my next talk.
Not because I’m special.
But because I finally stopped shrinking.
What’s one thing you’ve been calling ‘too much’ that’s actually just the next step?”
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