In case you missed the shameless self-promoting I did on Twitter and Facebook, I was interviewed for an episode of the Women Killing It! podcast. I talked about balancing my day job and my writing. I also talked about the challenges of working with men, and I shared some advice from a mentor (that long time readers may recognize since I’ve written about it.) You can listen to the episode using any of these links:
My interview is episode 82.
When I was asked to the do the show I was flattered but also a bit self-conscious. After all, am I really “killing it?” I looked at some of the past guests: several CEOs, a social justice lawyer, a bestselling author, the producer of the “Bad Moms” movies. How can I put myself next to women with those types of achievements?
Ah, yes. Imposter syndrome, now in podcast form.
Luckily, host Sally Hubbard was as supportive of my achievements as I am satisfied by them. I don’t want to be a CEO (although I’ll admit that being a bestselling author doesn’t sound like a bad gig). I’ve defined success as the ability to do many different small things rather than specializing on larger accomplishments in a single area. It was nice to have that celebrated, and I hope that by sharing my story I’ve helped other women that they may indeed be killing it even if their achievements don’t align with traditional ideas of being successful.
Kim Z. Dale 