Hey everyone, it's me, Rebecca. I'm currently on maternity leave, and while I'm away, we picked out

some of our earlier episodes from the No Limits Vault so that you can get caught up and enjoy

while I'm off. And just so you know, I pre-recorded this, so I actually am spending time with my

baby right now. Bye.

It was the first risky thing I did in my career. Everything else I'd done according to plan,

you know, college, law school, clerkship, and then at this point, law firm, and at this point, I just just said I'm going to take a chance on something I believe in. From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis and each week we're talking

to the most bold and influential women playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify

success and what it really takes to get

there and all of the tradeoffs, whether you're looking for answers or you just want to hear a good

story, you're in the right place. On today's episode, Deborah Lee has always been an overachiever,

from her days at Harvard Law School where she

pursued a JD while at the same time pursuing a degree from the Kennedy School of Government

to rising the ranks inside of BET, spending 32 years there, 13 as the CEO. Throughout her time,

Deborah proved to be one of the most powerful women in the media

industry. Recently, she was recognized by the Grammy Organization with the Salute to Industry

Icons Award, the first and only woman ever to receive this. But like so many leaders we've had

here on No Limits, Deborah's path was not clear-cut.

In fact, when she made the choice to leave her high-powered corporate law job to go work for a then-unknown media company called BET,

most of the people around her said she was crazy.

As CEO, she had to make decisions that sometimes weren't popular with the company

and not always popular with the public either. There was a time that you're about to hear about

when protesters showed up right on her doorstep. But what's incredible about Deborah is her

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