Don't let that keep you from making a big, risky career decision, says ex-BET Networks CEO Debra Lee. Success and self-doubt aren't mutually exclusive," Lee, 69, recently told LinkedIn video series The Path. She worked to attend Ivy League universities and get a law degree because her father told her to, she said. Their hesitancy further fueled her sense of self-doubt, which had grown with each previous career decision, Lee added. Her self-doubt became an asset at BET, pushing her to work harder and think outside the box in her new role, she said.

---

Persons: Debra Lee, Lee, I've, Mary Jane ", —, Steptoe, Johnson, that's Organizations: BET, Black Entertainment Television, Brown University, Harvard Law School, Washington , D.C, Ivy League, Securities and Exchange, Steptoe Locations: Washington ,