Invest In Yourself with Samantha Skey

This episode of the Success Fundamentals Podcast features Samantha Skey, CEO of SHE Media. Being CEO presents complex challenges, from ensuring profitability to dealing with imposter syndrome.

With the pandemic, these challenges were amplified as Samantha's company thrives on live events. She shares how being CEO makes you responsible for people other than yourself and how this is a driving force to keep pitching and driving forward. 

She shares that the energy of the community is infectious, from finding confidence in founders to receiving counsel from others during critical decision moments. Samantha finds that being in a position to support the vision of the founder is a reward in itself.  

HIGHLIGHTS

06:02 (there was a role that we all could play) Credit to those who support the vision of founders

12:33 (i think the CEO role) The CEO role: The face of the company and its challenges

17:19 (there are times definitely) Needing to survive COVID and pitching yourself

20:51 (i actually love how authentic you are) Investing in others is an investment in yourself

23:53 (but now i'm finding that you can't take on everything) Consulting others during critical decisions

27:37 (Money I'm terrible at) Money: A means to continue serving 

29:40 (power would be akin to that) Power influences and it is a means to an end 

31:11 (what is your definition) Success: Creating an impact and achieving it consistently 

QUOTES

12:07 "Whether you should've engaged the person who was actually there on the receiving end, or you should've hired someone into a gap, that feels very much like that’s on me. And then I see our successes as very much, a function of an amazing team."

16:26 "You are responsible for other people's confidence and mood and all those things that I said about how much I love following visionaries. It's kind of like it comes back on you when you're in charge of setting a morale and tone."

17:58 "I'm staring down the barrel of COVID and thinking my people aren't going to be together, we have about 15% of our business, our profit is coming from live events. Advertising stalled across many categories."

19:22 "Again, really pitching myself and then sort of run through it again and again, my bullshit detector, and do research to figure out if my theories make sense. To deepen the rabbit holes."

32:41 "I think an impact that is good for me is success, good to me. Like it feels like something that's bigger than a good meal."

You can connect with Samantha and ask her about hiring through the links below.

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthaskey/
• Website - https://www.shemedia.com/
• Email - sskey@shemedia.com

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