62. What is Career Confidence?

A lot of women that I meet in my line of work are plain and simply not feeling confident in their career. 

They have knocked up against a couple of roadblocks, they have had a difficult boss or more than one.  Their self-esteem and confidence has taken a hit. 

They tend to be struggling with being seen, heard and understood in their role and as a result they don't feel valued. 

Plus it can be a bit lonely. They have been so busy with their head down that they have neglected their network and are starting to wonder what it is all for? (I know that I have definitely done this!). 

I see a lot of women put their head down and just do more work - thinking that this will solve the problem but they just make themselves busier. Instead this can lead to burnout,  overwhelm and even boredom. 

Often these women don't know what they want. They have spent so many years pleasing others or working to support the family that they have lost a sense of what brings them joy. What lights them up. I have definitely found myself in this situation.  

Now, my mission is to help 100,000 women with their careers by 2030. 

Career confidence is working on your:

• Self-belief
• Self-esteem
• Competence
• Resilience
• Positive self-talk
• Goal setting
• Networking and support
• Adaptability

Here are three ways that I built my career: 

Create a Vision 

Creating a Vision really starts with:

• Understanding where you are at now.
• How you got to this point. 
• Where would you like to go. 

What is the dream? Dream life? Dream job? The thing that you would like to go after and why? Why do you want this? 

What is Blocking You

What are the things that are holding you back? What is the voice inside your head telling you? What are your friends telling you? 

How do you move past these things and take action to move forward and try? 

I have been told so many times in my life that I couldn't or shouldn't do something. If I listened I would not be where I am today. 

Find the people in your life that are going to support you and cheerlead for you - bring your best Taylor Swift (sorry I couldn't help myself) to the game of life and go for it. 

As Tay Tay would say, 'Shake it off'! 

Make a Plan 

How do you build a bridge from here to there.

From where you are now to where you would like to go. What are the things that you need to do to get there? 

My action for you this week is:

Write down 5 thing that you are good at!! 

Once you have done that - what are 5 actions that you are going to take in your career. 

Cheers Sam. xx 

If you want to go deeper then this is what I teach in the Confidence Project 

I run through each of these steps to help you build your career with confidence. Taking action.