From 'stuck' to 'unstoppable'
A recap of our last WOOW Workshop
Last week, Anna Campbell from Reclaim Your Lane joined us to help women in our community put themselves into the driving seat of their careers.
Below are my top five takeaways:
Don’t ignore ‘The Niggle’.
Who’s been there? With a persistent quiet voice in your head telling you that you’re not where you’re meant to be and it’s time for a change? I certainly have. Unfortunately, I waited until that voice became a scream and anxiety crept in before I did something about it. Don’t let that happen to you! Listen to the ‘niggle’ and work to understand what it’s telling you. This is your intuition and it’s trying to guide you towards a more aligned future.Find your North Star.
Take a moment to reflect on the life you want. Who do you want to be? Where are you now? What’s the gap and what’s holding you back? Then, decide for yourself which reasonable action you can take this week to bring you closer to where you want to go - then go for it! Don’t wait for a permission sip before you get started, because it’s not coming. Take charge of your life and the authority you have over it!Apply the process of elimination.
If you feel ‘stuck’ because you don’t know what you want next from your career, begin instead by getting clear about what you don’t want. This will already help you to rule out many options. Then, apply our community value of ‘action leads to clarity’ and just take a step forward and see what you learn from it!It’s never too late to change.
Sometimes we tell ourselves that we need to stick with something because we’ve already invested so much into it. Maybe we completed a long study, or have already been climbing a specific career ladder for many years. Don’t let this mindset hold you back. Yes you have already given several years to it, but ask yourself if you can honestly happily give that much more to it (and more, because remember, our careers are a looong journey!). If the answer is no…you know what you need to do.Reframe your FEAR.
There are two options of what fear can mean for you. Which are you going to choose?Forget Everything And Run
Face Everything and Rise
THANK YOU again to Anna for bringing the energy and guiding us towards our North Star goal! She’s left us with one more message:
“If you've taken the action you wrote down - a huge well done! Every small step adds up to big progress. Now's a great time to consider your next step to keep that momentum going.
If you've hit some roadblocks, take a moment to notice what's been in the way. Reset, refocus, and schedule time in your diary to make it happen - you've got everything you need to take this step and move closer to your North-Star Goal.”
Anna is there for support, inspiration, and a good dose of cheerleading, so be sure to connect with her both on Instagram (@reclaim_your_lane) and LinkedIn!
Next Up
To keep the momentum building, we have several other opportunities on the horizon to help you connect with yourself and find your more purposeful, values-aligned career. Join along, and meet other warm, ambitious, curious women along the way!
23 April (this Wednesday): Celebrating One Year of WOOW
Already 100 of you signed up! We CANNOT wait for this event!!
Exciting times ahead!!
Sade