We recently connected with Sahily Picon and have shared our conversation below.
Sahily, first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
Honestly, I have not overcome it. Instead, I’ve learned to coexist with it and not let it stop me. The reality is, this feeling doesn’t just go away as you reach your goals because goals are a moving target.
In my experience, each new level of achievement brings its own set of challenges and unfamiliar territories, which naturally triggers these feelings of doubt and inadequacy. But my goals and my “why” are significantly stronger than the fear of impostor syndrome. Each day, I make a conscious decision to push through the fear, to acknowledge it but not let it control my actions.
My motto is: “Feel the fear and do it anyway.”
You don’t have to eradicate the fear, instead empower yourself to move forward despite it. It’s in these moments that we have the opportunity to grow the most. When we choose to take action despite the fear, we become more resilient; and resilience is a necessary trait for everyone, but especially for entrepreneurs.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I am a mom, lawyer, law firm owner, and legal coach.
I have been practicing law for 15 years and I took a non-traditional legal path because I quickly became burned out working at a traditional law firm.
Three years into my career, I quit the firm I was working at and I almost completely quit the law. I didn’t like the long hours, the contentious lawyers on the opposite side, the stress of the courtroom, and the pay, which was not commensurate with all the work and stress.
I started doing litigation support, which means that I started providing freelance legal research and writing for other law firms, from home. I was working less than half the time I was working before but making the same amount of money. I started getting so much work that I had to hire a team, and it eventually turned into a half-million-dollar business.
Today, I am still growing the business and the team, but I also started coaching other lawyers who want a non-traditional approach to law.
I teach lawyers how to escape firm life and make multiple six figures from home, while working only 25 hours per week. I am passionate about helping lawyers find more freedom and love for the law by doing it their way.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
1. Radical Personal Responsibility. This concept goes beyond just owning up to your actions. It’s about recognizing that you have the power and autonomy to control your response to any situation that comes your way. It’s about realizing that you are responsible for adding the meaning and emotions to the things that happen to you.
It’s easy to fall into the trap of blaming circumstances or others when things don’t go as planned. But when you do this, you relinquish your power. Radical personal responsibility is about reclaiming that power and realizing that if YOU are responsible for the outcomes in your life, then YOU can change them. It means accepting that while you can’t always control what happens to you, you have absolute power over how you react to it. This mindset has been pivotal in my success.
2. Personal Development. This isn’t just a professional necessity; it’s a lifelong commitment to becoming the best version of yourself. It’s about keeping ‘your side of the street clean,’ so to speak, and ensuring that you are constantly growing, learning, and improving. This personal growth doesn’t just make you better professionally; it makes you a better and more effective leader, friend, partner, and parent.
3. Resilience. The path to success is rarely linear or smooth. Disappointments and setbacks are not just common, they’re an integral part of the journey. We all know how to handle the good moments, but learning to handle the bad moments is crucial. It’s about understanding that failing at something is not synonymous with being a failure. Failure is when you completely give up and walk away. But if you pick yourself back up and try again, there is no failure, there is only striving. This ability to bounce back from setbacks is what differentiates those who achieve lasting success from those who don’t.
Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
I love connecting with other entrepreneurs. While we may not be in the same business, we all share similar challenges when growing our businesses, and I would love to collaborate with other business owners on general business topics such as growing pains, marketing, building a team, leadership, money mindset, business strategies, etc.
Contact Info:
- Website: eximiuswriting.com/bio
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/law.evolved/
- Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/sahily-picon/
