Life Lessons in How to Build Career Confidence
I don't know about y'all, but I'm big on standing on my own two feet as a professional woman. I'm so grateful for the love and support of my partner, the love and support of my supervisor, the love and support of my friends, and the industry. But at the end of the day, I want to stand ten toes down in my embodiment and make sure that I can stand on my own when it comes to my place in my career. I know that so many other professional women feel like this.
I believe that this conversation is pertinent because, in some of the most recent conversations I've been having with some of my new mentees, they've been telling me the sentiment around really being able to provide for myself, being able to provide for my family, being able to provide for my sense of self has been coming up a lot.
And while we can leverage the vision and desires that other people have for us, we should go to them for advice, feedback, direction, and support. We must speak to our expertise and the value we bring to the organizations we work in. We need to be able to stand on that. We need to articulate that we need to honor and value that and leverage that to make more money and have more impact and do the kind of things we want to do in our career. We are so overly reliant on how other people see us, how other people value us or don't value us, or what other people expect of us, and we're not standing in our own authority.
And one of the things that I often say is that career confidence comes from winning. Career confidence comes from experiencing a win experience, seeing success, and honoring and holding onto that success. And because when you are successful, have a win, and see the value, you're more likely to repeat the behavior that got you to the first win. And then you see win after win after win. And that continues to build your career confidence.
I want to invite your desire to feel secure in who you are and how you show up in the world. That desire is real. Don't lose that. That desire is genuine. That desire is valuable. That desire to talk clearly, confidently, and concisely articulate your skill and set you right is a good thing.
I'm here to tell you that the skills, knowledge, talent, expertise, degrees, credentials, certifications, and years of experience you already have are enough.
I want to talk to you about your desire to stand on your own two feet. I want you to know that you're not alone in that, and I want to create a pathway for you to do just that.
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