My Not-So-Secret Weapon? Letting My Passion Shine Through

As I prepare this afternoon (4pm — there’s still time to register) for my first webinar with futurist Craig Rispin, https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/gamification-beacons-webinar-with-craig-rispin-theresa-lim-registration-13038274831, I’m reminding myself to just have fun, be authentic and let my natural passion for my business come through. That’s what I mentally told myself before this media interview at SydStart a few months ago (Australia’s largest startup competition).

There’s a tendancy for all of us to want to “get it right”, and not to “look bad”. There’s that voice in all of us that occasionally comes out and says something like “hopefully no one will figure out you’re really not an expert”.

I think I get more connection and respect from my team, my customers and my investors when I am straight — “I don’t know but my team and I will figure it out” and “We have a small bug and we’re fixing it” etc.

And when we do make mistakes, it’s about owning the mistakes and learning from them.

Originally published at play2lead.tumblr.com.