For at work, me and a few other women have been tasked with recording a max 10 second video saying 'when I gave.......I gained'

Yes it's so transactional I know 😬

I want to say something along the lines of 'when I gave myself permission to stop editing myself for the comfort of mens egos, I gained a reputation as blunt and aggressive among those who don't matter, which I don't give a shit about, but I also gained self respect and confidence to say what needs to be said'

But, I know from experience that will be deemed too negative or controversial and not used.

So mastadon hive mind, help me out please cos I'm not using chatGpt 😁

How can I word this better?

Thank you 😊