Ask For Much More!

Time to read: The bullets make this easy to read. 46 seconds

When people get on the phone with me for the first time, usually something's not working.

  • A wonky boss relationship
  • Burnout
  • Low motivation
  • Overwhelm
  • Lack of balance
  • Not being heard
  • Career not on track
  • Not being recognized
  • Any one of a thousand ways to get in your own way

Sound familiar?

Underneath these challenges is longing and desire, and my job is to link the challenges to the desire and help you find the path to what you want.

The thing is, most people aren't able to articulate what they want and certainly don't know how to get there. In an initial call, I always ask, "what do you hope I can help you with?" Here's a selection of answers from the past few weeks:

  • tips to communicate better with my boss
  • wrangle the chaos
  • explore career options
  • job searching advice
  • manage emotions
  • clarity to move forward in my career

These are valuable things, and my clients get these things. And I tell people if all I do is give you a few tips to have better conversations with your boss, I'm not doing my job. (btw: You can get those tips on the internet for free.)

You can ask for so.much.more. Underneath the obvious request, you are asking for something you can't yet articulate.

Let's say you want to run a better meeting. I can teach you to create an agenda and speak slowly (snooze) or we can work together to clear out the self-doubt and help you become the confident, fun person who naturally runs a better meeting. There's nothing wrong with tiny, incremental change….and….you can expect transformation. What if you got a paradigm shift that leaves you confident in your worth? or owning your leadership? or made you the priority?

If you are looking for something and just can't put your finger on it, let's talk. I'll help you find what you're actually looking for.

Schedule a time to chat. In 30 minutes, we'll talk about what's going on, develop a solution or two, and explore if the Clarity U group coaching program is the right next step.

In the words of a graduate:

"Better than 20 years of therapy. I wish I'd done it sooner!"

Intrigued? Grab your spot. The door closes for the year on October 6.

Can't wait to connect!

 

How to Stop That Devil On Your Shoulder

Time to read: 39 little seconds

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I was talking to a new client recently, and he told me that every time he goes to networking events, a voice in his head tells him he has nothing to say, no one is interested, and that everyone else is a better networker.

No wonder networking seems hard and discouraging.

Networking is a popular place for this negative talk track to appear. Perhaps, for you, the voice appears in public presentations, in conversations with your boss, during job interviews or project meetings, dating, in-laws or college reunions. Choose your favorite situation.

You can't succeed in networking, interviews or conversations when you treat yourself negatively.

To dilute the negative voice, try this:

Think about someone you love - a friend, a sibling, or one of your children. Now imagine them at the networking event with you following them around whispering in their ear that they aren't good enough and will never succeed.

Ridiculous!

You'd never do that to them, right?

And yet, you do it to yourself.

Again, imagine the person you love. If you were a bug in their ear, how would you encourage them? What would you say?

See where this is going?! At the risk of connecting obvious dots...

Say those things to yourself.

Networking (and presentations and conversations with your boss and interviews) just got a whole lot easier.

Write to me and tell me all about it!

Rebel love to you!

Christina

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