The One Thing Everyone Gets Wrong About Being a Sensitive Striver
Do you ever feel like a chameleon? Like you spend your life trying to blend in, hiding your needs, your feelings, and your true personality? By the time I finished college and grad school, I was the Queen Chameleon. Growing up it became clear that I didn’t approach the world in the same way as […]
5 Times You Should Give Up on Your Lofty Goals
Hard work is an essential ingredient to achieving greatness and advancing your career. Moreover, attributes like persistence and grit can bring you closer to your professional—and personal—goals. But there comes the point when determination becomes damaging, and clinging to your goals actually backfires. Take my coaching client, Xavier, for example. As a client experience director […]
18 Signs You’re a Sensitive Striver
James was the type of employee every manager dreamed of. Hardworking and dedicated, James was poised to become a VP of Product at a technology company. And, like a lot of people, he was a go-getter. James loved his job and took pride in being the go-to person on the team. He was always taught he […]
How You Can Stop Negative Thoughts from Ruining Your Day
As a software engineer at a major tech company in Silicon Valley, Amanda has a high-pressure, high-status job. From the outside, she looks organized and methodical in the way she approaches her work, but on the inside, negative thoughts dominated her mind. She felt as if she was barely keeping it together. “I’ll sit down […]
3 Steps to Help You Stop Second-Guessing Your Leadership Decisions
How do I stop second-guessing myself? This was a question one of my clients, Sarah, came to coaching with. Sarah was an accomplished manager and executive. During her career, she had earned two PhDs and over the course of twenty years, worked her way from the legal department to director of business development at a […]
How to Use Your Emotions as an Advantage at Work
“You’re too sensitive.” “You need a thicker skin.” “Quit taking things so personally.” “Stop overreacting.” Do these sound like things you’ve heard before? If so, it’s understandable that you may have come to view your emotionality as a liability instead of the gift that it is. After decades of being told they are thin skinned, […]
