Don’t try to be who you are not
There is an incredibly high price to pay on a platform like national TV when you are asked to change who you are to be a different person in the same arena. The audience has come to know you one way and now you are trying to become someone else in the same space. In a situation like this, it’s best to start over by creating another platform altogether. As entrepreneurs it’s okay to add an ancillary product but it’s not okay to completely change the entire business when your audience has come to know you in one way. Either Don Lemon is insecure or he’s very arrogant and it’s evident. In addition there is a thin line between insecurity and arrogance. It’s okay to be afraid, but only when you can the admit it, a sense of humor also helps. When you fake it, it comes off as arrogant. People are more sympathetic to those who admit shortcomings an/or can laugh at themselves.
