Oct 19, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · 12 segments
Contra Costa Supervisor Diane Burgis Reflects on Life, Leadership and Kindness For the 100th episode of the Be Curious Contra Costa podcast, Contra Costa County Supervisor Diane Burgis joined us for…
What would be your advice to not only women but people in general to, I don't want to say push the limits because obviously doctors have advice and all that stuff, but how would you challenge people to test their limits? What's kind of the best advice you would give to get out of a comfort zone? Are you
Whether it's, you know, speaking in front of people or making a decision or stepping up to lead something that, you know, I'm not super confident about.
Yesterday, a friend of mine that's in the political world said to me that I need to let my, let's see, how was it said? I need to give my imposter syndrome imposter syndrome.
Especially on social media because you have a personality online and you have a real life.
James Comey spoke out here a couple years ago and he talked about having imposter syndrome.
I think that that is actually an indication of, you know, something that's actually positive, the more you know, the more you don't know.
know, I think the thing is, is that, um, when you come across people that are absolutely sure that they're right, that's the person that I'm, I'm always kind of, um, watching and trying to figure out what's, what's making them so confident.
And are they really, uh, advocating for that one thing or is it that they need to be right you know
so we've talked a little bit about your younger years and then i don't want to spend the whole episode on that but i i am curious like because i i think everyone has those younger years you write you always wish you could go back and with the same knowledge you have now and and relive it right what are some of those early mistakes you made that you were super grateful they happened because they've made you who you are today
It's funny because I feel like anything that has happened that I think I could have done better is basically, you know, they say hindsight is 50-50 or 44.
What would be your advice to not only women but people in general to, I don't want to say push the limits because obviously doctors have advice and all that stuff, but how would you challenge people to test their limits? What's kind of the best advice you would give to get out of a comfort zone? Are you
Whether it's, you know, speaking in front of people or making a decision or stepping up to lead something that, you know, I'm not super confident about.
Yesterday, a friend of mine that's in the political world said to me that I need to let my, let's see, how was it said? I need to give my imposter syndrome imposter syndrome.
Especially on social media because you have a personality online and you have a real life.
James Comey spoke out here a couple years ago and he talked about having imposter syndrome.
I think that that is actually an indication of, you know, something that's actually positive, the more you know, the more you don't know.
know, I think the thing is, is that, um, when you come across people that are absolutely sure that they're right, that's the person that I'm, I'm always kind of, um, watching and trying to figure out what's, what's making them so confident.
And are they really, uh, advocating for that one thing or is it that they need to be right you know
so we've talked a little bit about your younger years and then i don't want to spend the whole episode on that but i i am curious like because i i think everyone has those younger years you write you always wish you could go back and with the same knowledge you have now and and relive it right what are some of those early mistakes you made that you were super grateful they happened because they've made you who you are today
It's funny because I feel like anything that has happened that I think I could have done better is basically, you know, they say hindsight is 50-50 or 44.
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