#IMOS21 Shooting Your Shot! Don't Let Acrophobia Keep You from Aiming for Stars

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Moderator: Eleanor Dallaway, Alyssa Miller

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It's an all too familiar story, especially in cybersecurity. A driven professional sets lofty goals for herself and someone comes along to tell her why she’s not being realistic, why she’s pushing too far too fast, why she’s simply not qualified. For many, it’s the internal voices that are our biggest opponents to success. Acrophobia, more commonly known as a fear of heights, is something that holds many of us back in our career journeys. We're told not to aim too high for fear we may fall. Yet those voices that tell us to be afraid, to be conservative in our goals, do us more harm than good. In her keynote address, Alyssa Miller talks about the mistakes that professionals often fall into when we believe the voices that tell us if we’re too ambitious we will get hurt. She’ll discuss where these voices come from, how they threaten to limit not only our careers but our ability to contribute to the cybersecurity community. She’ll draw from examples in her own career progression to illustrate both the mistakes she made and successes she achieved along the way. Listen as she gives you tangible tools to silence those voices, discover your value, and aim for heights that allow you to play among the stars. Remember, you'll never make it to the moon if you insist on keeping one foot on the ground.
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