{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 226: Showing Up With Confidence With Tell Me A Story Founder Hillary Rea","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2533,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty-Gritty:\n\n\n\n* How Hillary Rea, founder of Tell Me A Story, discovered her love of rich and nuanced storytelling* What she does to help new storytellers find more confidence in themselves and their ability to perform* What triggered a recent crisis of confidence and how its helping her move forward with growing her company* Why she’s channeling the confidence she feels in other aspects of life to provide the support she needs\n\n\n\n\n\nI shared my own crisis of confidence a few months back on Instagram.\n\n\n\nI wrote about how I felt at a loss with how to share our product with the people who needed it most. I’d spent 2 years trying to figure it out and I didn’t feel any closer to a solution.\n\n\n\nI was feeling stuck and inadequate.\n\n\n\nMy friend Lou Blaser commented, “I had thought this was going to be a different post. Because Tara McMullin & ‘crisis of confidence’ didn’t compute in my brain!”\n\n\n\nJust last week, someone else told me that they loved my interview with Claire Pelletreau from Get Paid because it can seem like people like me have it all figured out. And I share in that interview how much I do not have figured out yet.\n\n\n\nThe truth is that any entrepreneur can suffer from a crisis of confidence.\n\n\n\nAny small business owner can find themselves riding high one minute and feeling lost the next.\n\n\n\nAny smart and ambitious founder can have all the right answers… until the next question gets asked.\n\n\n\nThis month, we’re examining confidence. Specifically, we’re looking at how small business owners find the confidence to take a big step forward.\n\n\n\nSo let me say it again: any entrepreneur can suffer from a crisis of confidence…\n\n\n\n…even an entrepreneur who is totally comfortable hopping on a stage in front of hundreds or thousands of people and sharing intimate personal stories.\n\n\n\nMy guest today is just one such entrepreneur. Her name is Hillary Rea and she’s the founder of Tell Me A Story, a company that trains entrepreneurs, start-up leaders, and those...","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}