Intelligent people and professionals are held back because they care about what people think. I’m not sure if this was due to corporate programming or what. But the fear stems from being judged by their peers. It’s why you often see the “corporate, professional telephone voice” or demeanour which changes compared to how they are in person. What holds them back further however, is not being able to admit to themselves they care about what people think. And funnily enough they’ll be the ones with their chest out proclaiming they don’t care. Recipe for disaster. If you can’t admit to yourself you have an issue, how do you expect to fix it? I speak from experience. I used to say I don’t care what people think, when I clearly did. Once I admitted it to myself, I was then able to work on doing something about it. Honest self assessment is the first step. Inner work is needed. And then taking action to improve yourself. If you need a systematic way to do this, send me a DM. The Minotaur Video Exemplar programme will rip this out of you, and have you releasing videos to build your brand/project without being held back by what people think.