{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 229: Leveling Up Your Confidence With Lawyer Victoria R. Clark","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2124,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* Why attorney Victoria R. Clark decided to leap into her own solo law practice just 5 years out from law school* How she’s focused on working through her weaknesses and supporting her business with each new challenge* What happened when she realized that her prices were keeping her stuck and overworking* Why she believes increased confidence is the key to overcoming every obstacle she’s faced with her business\n\n\n\n\n\nStarting a business takes a real leap of faith.\n\n\n\nI don’t think anyone starts a business expecting to feel fully confident in what they’re doing. So we end up being fairly prepared to feel unsure and a bit anxious at the beginning.\n\n\n\nAs the saying goes, you feel the fear and you do it anyway.\n\n\n\nThroughout this series on confidence, I’ve wanted to look beyond getting started and look at what happens when our confidence falters long after that predictable startup period.\n\n\n\nWhat happens when a new opportunity, a new goal, or a new idea causes our insecurity to come flooding back?\n\n\n\nHow do we deal with it, find new confidence, and move forward?\n\n\n\nMy guest today is Victoria R. Clark, the founder and managing attorney of Clark Law in Washington, DC.\n\n\n\nWhen Victoria got in touch with me, she told me that it wasn’t just getting started that required a new level of confidence. She had to find a new level of confidence every time she wanted to show up and level up.\n\n\n\nShe told me that anything from introducing herself at a networking event to pricing her services to adding new areas of her practice required her to dig deep.\n\n\n\nAnd here’s the thing, talking to Victoria, you’d never know her confidence wavers.\n\n\n\nShe’s self-assured. She’s present. She’s willing to put herself out there and show up for herself in intimidating spaces.\n\n\n\nLike Katie Linder and I talked about, though, there’s always that tricky balance between the confident public persona and lingering, hidden self-doubt.\n\n\n\nSo I wanted to hear how Victoria has dealt...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}