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You Can’t Grade Grit: Why No One Asked for My GCSEs - Trigger Warning
What if the thing that built your career wasn’t your qualifications—but your grit?In this brutally honest episode, I share how I went from a complicated, abusive childhood and academic overachievement to building a thriving creative business with zero formal training in my field.I am unpacking:Why my 14 GCSEs and top A Levels never actually opened doorsHow trauma shaped my need to excel—and how I broke freeThe myth of “proper” qualifications in creative industriesHow self-taught creatives can build powerful careers without permissionWhether you’ve felt gatekept by education, been told you’re…
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