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The Clean Close's avatar

“Credibility isn't earned — it's manufactured.” 💥 Great read, Layla!

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Thanks Courtney!

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Komal Minhas's avatar

Have loved your content for months, and you are part of the creator base that I turn to when I feel discouraged in my own platform building. I've interviewed hundreds of founders, interviewed Michelle Obama, run my own successful consulting business, and yet I continue to have to shout the loudest to be heard. But we will keep shouting, and find our way to the stage. Let's go!

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Appreciate this so much!

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Amtul's avatar

Congratulations Layla! Day 1 follower and have learned a lot from you and when you write that book, I will be pre-ordering it!

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

You have no idea how much I appreciate you!

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Ashley La Fleur's avatar

Congrats on 10k!! And I didn’t realize until today you’re on IG - never hit follow so fast :)

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Thank you!! Glad to have you there!

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Aamna Malik's avatar

Thank you for sharing your wisdom

Decided to take that first step and fight through the embarrassment/awkwardness of recording myself and posted/started an educational Tiktok I've been meaning to do for some time now

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Love to see it and stay consistent! It’s taken me years to build all of my social platforms, it’s a brick by brick process

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Nabeela's avatar

MashAllah Layla! So proud of you! 👏 Keep up the amazing work.

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Thanks sis ❤️ we are cut from the same cloth — can’t wait to meet you irl

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Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq's avatar

What an exciting milestone Layla! Well earned!

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Thanks doc!

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Cicele van Brenk's avatar

This very much landed with me. Thank you for sharing this content.

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

Keep pushing

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Julia Jones's avatar

I relate to this maybe too much 💀 time to start building my own credibility!

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Layla Shaikley's avatar

We are all on your side

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Alyssa Reynoso-Morris's avatar

I related so much to the content. As a Queer Black Latiné person I feel invisible often. Thank you for voicing this. I'm excited to read more of your content.

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Juhi Mawla's avatar

Earlier this afternoon I was watching an interview about writing which was 10/10. The interviewee (a white man interviewed by another white man) had great tips that I put into immediate use and helped me unblock on a topic that's been rattling in my head. But when I looked at the youtube channel for other interviews that could be great to watch in the future, there was about 1 woman interview in roughly every 10 videos.

Congratulations on the milestone!

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