Quiet Confidence With Dr Tess Crawley

What being a finalist means to me and why I’m so excited for the awards ceremony tomorrow night, regardless of the outcome.  Firstly let me just say that I was always the kind of kid that had a rather Pollyanna-ish approach to things like awards,  “Someone has to win, it could be me, right?” ... but have never really been invested in the outcomes to things like this.  When I think back on this, I think I learned as a kid not to expect to win awards (because I never did).   School talent contests... sure I’d go in them, but never won National acting schools ... yep, auditioned aplenty, but never got in Photography prizes ... gotta be in it to win it, right? But never did.   It’s only since making the decision at 25 years of age to go to university to study psychology that I’ve found “success”, however you wish to interpret that word. And it wasn’t because “someone’s gotta win”, it was because of two simple things:  a) It was the right calling for me, a perfect fit. b) I worked blo