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How to Build a Fulfilling Career with Alessandra Wall

Episode Summary

Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, stressed, unfulfilled, and wanting more in your career? It’s time to speak up and step up to your true value. Get the tools you need to get clear on your why and learn about how Alessandra faced similar challenges in her journey.

Episode Notes

Alessandra is a speaker, psychologist, & coach. She helps women gain confidence, overcome stress, and achieve success in life, and she helps companies build better teams, better solutions, and a better bottom line.

Quotes to remember:

“Instead of what do I want, we make decisions based on what other people are going after.”

“None of us can control the circumstances that we live in, but we sure as heck can control what we do with those circumstances.”

“There are some things where you just have to be willing to be kind of mediocre because they don’t matter.”

Takeaways:

There is a myth that at 20 years old you will know what you’ll be doing at 40
Quarter- and mid-life crises occur because we made career decisions in our 20s and then made decisions reactively from there
What other people want (job advancement, career path) isn’t automatically right for us
The hardest part about change isn’t the awareness or goal-setting; it is the courage to take a risk and do it without guarantees
We often do not take the time to be still and introspect
Many of us get stuck when we cannot realize our ideal vision
Look at your why rather than your what when you feel stuck
Perfectionism is a coping mechanism to manage a fear of rejection or abandonment
Take baby steps to assert yourself and speak up

What you’ll learn:

How Alessandra fell out of love with a job that she loved to the point of coming to work singing
The steps she took to find what actually fulfilled her
Questions to ask yourself if you feel stuck, confused, lost, or wanting more
How Alessandra learned how to meditate (hint: not with a teacher)
What her mission is--her why
Three strategies to face your perfectionism
Why women struggle with speaking up

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