Working on Something New? Don’t Bottle Fear In, Blurt It Out w/ Naz Perez
🤖 AI Summary
Overview
This episode dives into the challenges of navigating creative autonomy, fear, and self-doubt while pursuing new ventures. Naz Perez, a TV host and interviewer, shares her journey of transitioning from traditional media to creating her own show, exploring themes of authenticity, collaboration, and overcoming societal norms. Joined by Katie Hendricks and Sophie Chiche, the conversation offers insights into embracing vulnerability, disrupting shallow cultural norms, and finding alignment in creative partnerships.
Notable Quotes
- Be deep, because that's who you are.
- Sophie Chiche, encouraging authenticity over superficiality.
- What I've noticed that really works is if I can share in a way that people can come with me.
- Katie Hendricks, on fostering collaboration through transparency.
- I am a change agent and I am very triggering because I am a big energy to some people.
- Naz Perez, reflecting on her impact and challenges in the entertainment industry.
🌟 Navigating Fear and Self-Doubt
- Naz Perez opens up about the fear of stepping into uncharted territory, questioning her ability to succeed and silencing inner doubts.
- Katie Hendricks suggests embracing transparency about anxiety, allowing others to join the journey rather than isolating oneself in fear.
- The group discusses how societal norms, particularly in Hollywood, discourage vulnerability, especially for women, and how breaking these norms can be empowering.
🎭 Authenticity vs. Superficiality in Media
- Naz Perez shares her vision of bringing depth and consciousness to entertainment, contrasting it with the industry's preference for shallow, sensational content.
- Sophie Chiche emphasizes the importance of embodying authenticity, advising Naz to avoid superficiality and lean into her natural depth as a disruptor.
- The conversation highlights the cultural gap between audiences craving substance and an industry resistant to change.
🤝 Collaboration and Creative Alignment
- Naz Perez describes the tension in her partnership with a production company, where differing visions for her show create friction.
- Katie Hendricks advises finding a both-and
approach—balancing her vision with incremental steps that make collaborators feel safe.
- Suggestions include fostering alignment through shared experiences, such as walking meetings or music, to build trust and connection.
💡 Overcoming Scarcity and Hustle Culture
- Naz Perez reflects on her upbringing in a scarcity-driven environment, which instilled a perfectionist and hustle mentality.
- Katie Hendricks encourages her to shift from scarcity to presence, focusing on daily practices that support her magnificence and authenticity.
- The group discusses how societal pressures to pay dues
can stifle creativity and how to navigate these dynamics while staying true to one's vision.
🌱 Embodying Vulnerability and Growth
- Katie Hendricks introduces the concept of blurting
—sharing unedited thoughts and feelings to foster connection and authenticity.
- Naz Perez explores how embodying her full presence, even when triggering others, can be a powerful tool for disrupting norms and creating meaningful change.
- The episode concludes with reflections on how vulnerability and transparency can transform relationships and creative endeavors.
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📋 Episode Description
Something most people underestimate about having a big vision is the process of bringing other people on board.
Whether it’s an investment partner or a strategic collaborator, we’re required to communicate what we see, open ourselves up to their opinions, and invite them to join us on a journey to an uncharted territory.
It’s a vulnerable place, so of course, old fears, old stories, and upper limits will come up.
How do we get them to trust us and see what we see? How do we silence those old stories from past experiences?
For most change-makers dealing with the fear of executing a big vision, the natural response is to keep all the anxiety to yourself. Bottle it in so people don’t think you aren’t cut out for it.
The problem is this isolates us and makes connection and collaboration impossible.
Instead of hiding your feelings, try this instead: Voice and share what you’re experiencing and let people in on what’s going on internally.
This will create a new space where people can collaborate with and contribute to you rather than having to get in line and follow you. Then, you can proceed together and create something beautiful.
How do we get underneath the old stories and figure out where they come from?
How do we open up about our fears?
In this special coaching episode, we’re joined by TV Producer, Host, and Podcaster Naz Perez. She shares her recent experience of bringing a vision to reality.
Things You’ll Learn In This Episode
-From either/or to both/and
One of the most common manifestations of the Upper Limit problem is thinking of a situation in binary terms. How do we shift to seeing more possibilities?
-Transparency creates trust
When it comes to voicing our vision, we often avoid sharing our anxieties and fears because we think it might stall the project. Can opening up move things forward faster?
-Support your magnificence
In unknown territory, it’s easy to start changing yourself to fit in. Why must we avoid this?
Guest Bio
Naz Perez is a TV Producer, Host, & Podcaster. She got her start on the hit daytime talk show Ellen in production and then went on to produce for E!’s Live from the Red Carpet and the popular E! True Hollywood Story docu-series. After E!, Naz produced 5 seasons of the number one prime-time show ON ABC: THE BACHELOR, THE BACHELORETTE, AND BACHELOR IN PARADISE. ABC’s The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise and 2 Bachelor spin-off series on Freeform called Happily Ever After. She left reality TV in 2017 to pursue a career on camera and is currently an on-camera host for Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango, The Los Angeles Dodgers, T-Mobile, and The I