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Stop Letting Other People Hold the Mirror
Early in your career, it’s easy to believe other people have the answers. A manager’s praise tells you you’re doing well. A missed opportunity tells you you’re not ready. A colleague’s opinion becomes proof of who you are. Over time, you can start measuring yourself through everyone else’s reactions. The problem is that other people are giving you a perspective; theirs. They do not give you…
...discomfort is a natural part of change and does not mean one should stop moving forward. It’s essential to recognize that building confidence and embracing uncertainty are vital in the growth process.
The Power of Someone Seeing Something in You
Most people can name someone who believed in them before they fully believed in themselves. While I’ve posted about believing only in yourself, there is a balance of external and internal feedback during your career. A manager who gave them an opportunity. A mentor who encouraged them to try. A person who noticed something they couldn’t see yet. That kind of support can change the direction…
Accountability Isn’t Blame. It’s Where Change Begins.
There’s a difference between blaming yourself and taking ownership. Blame keeps you looking backward: Who caused this? Why did this happen? Why does this keep happening? Accountability asks: What can I do next? That question is not always easy to answer. In your career and your life, there will be things outside of your control. A difficult manager. A missed opportunity. A situation you…
The Monster We Bring to Work
Some of the hardest conversations you have at work are the ones no one else hears. The ones where you wonder: “Am I actually ready?”“What if I fail?”“Who am I to think I can do this?” That voice can show up before a presentation, a career change, a difficult conversation, or a new opportunity. It can sound like it’s protecting you, but sometimes it’s just keeping you stuck. A few things that…
The Person You’re Waiting For Is You
At some point, many of us have a realization: The person we’ve been waiting for to show us the way, build our confidence, or tell us what comes next might not be coming. That can be a hard thing to accept, especially early in our careers. We may expect a manager to recognize our potential. We may wait for the perfect opportunity to appear. We may hope someone else will have the…
Don’t Talk, Just Do: Moving Forward When You Feel Stuck
Most of us have goals like a career move we want to make, skill we want to build, conversation we need to have, or becoming a version of ourselves we know we’re capable of becoming. Sometimes the biggest thing standing between us and that goal isn’t a lack of talent or ambition. It’s overthinking/talking about it. The endless questions: What if I fail? What if I’m not ready? What if there’s…
Are AI Tools Boosting Creative Expression?
For most of my career, I worked in corporate environments where using tools to make work faster or better was considered a good thing. Templates, automation, benchmarking, editing software, consultants, shared decks. Nobody really questioned whether the work was still “real.” The focus was usually on whether it solved a problem or helped move something forward. Now, AI seems to bring up new…
