EP2: Why I Never Get Imposter Syndrome: A Masterclass in Confidence With Isra Chaker

Isra Chaker got asked one question by the Gates Foundation: how do you get people to care about something they've never been taught to care about? She had no health degree, wasn't a doctor, and had built her career running campaigns. She answered with a movement that has mobilised over $135 million for mothers and babies in more than 20 countries.I'm Yasar Ahmad, a former global VP of HR, and this is the kind of career conversation I wish I'd had at 25. Isra is the founder and CEO of Every Pregnancy, and her path is a masterclass in visibility, confidence, and how to build something from nothing. We cover the practical career advice underneath the story: how she handled 423 job rejections and zero interviews before her first internship, how she went from employee to CEO, why she never suffers from imposter syndrome, and how she pitches funders (warm them up, one slide, leave time for questions) to raise millions. She also breaks down public speaking, reset time after rejection, and how to answer patronising "you should be doing this" feedback without folding.We get into the honest stuff too: chasing purpose over money, why your work should connect to your purpose, the misconceptions she faces walking into a room as a young Muslim woman, and the most toxic thing a boss ever said to her (she sued them). If you want real talk on leadership, entrepreneurship, and backing yourself, this one's for you.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━CONNECT WITH ISRAInstagram: @IsraSpeaksWebsite: https://www.isachaker.comEvery Pregnancy: search Every Pregnancy on all platforms━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Subscribe for the stuff nobody tells you about how work really works.Chapters:0:00 The question that started a $135M movement1:11 From bullied kid to "social architect"3:30 Moving to DC and 423 job rejections5:03 Jumping into Syria advocacy on Capitol Hill5:58 What Every Pregnancy actually does7:47 Designing a campaign: the landscape analysis9:58 The Gates Foundation call11:19 Why she never gets imposter syndrome12:57 Going from employee to CEO14:58 How she raises money: the pooled fund model20:52 Being a CEO and a present mother22:42 Rejection and the power of fast reset time25:58 Her pitch technique (and never calling it a pitch)29:31 The misconceptions she faces in the room32:51 Public speaking and recovering when you waffle34:33 The community she's building next37:52 Toxic bosses and best career advice39:46 Purpose over money: the real debate44:36 One message for you━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Newsletter: https://newsletter.yasarahmad.com/Website: https://www.yasarahmad.comCoaching: https://www.ovdlab.com/forBlog: https://ovdlab.com/blogSocials: https://ovdlab.com/bioBooks: https://ovdlab.com/shop/bundleContact: Hello@yasarahmad.com━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#IsraChaker #EveryPregnancy #CareerAdvice #Entrepreneurship #WinAtWork