.fidjissimo on career goals, setbacks, and overcoming challenges
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photo:Christie Hemm Klok for Instacart My Biggest Setback is a micro-series that asks powerful women to look back at their career’s biggest setback and how they moved on from it to find professional and personal growth.
That was the first time I’d put all of my energy into a project that I had advocated for and it wasn’t working. The stress got to me, and I wasn’t shielding my team from the pressure. I wasn’t showing up as the leader I wanted to be. One day, one of the incredible women who worked for me took me aside after a particularly bad meeting. She said, “Hey, I’ve seen you at your best, and this is not your best. For us to make this work, we need the best of you.