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Back to Episodes78 | Am I Enough? Releasing the Habit of Counting Yourself Out In Your Career Growth
Description
In this episode, Monique explores a moment so many high-achieving women experience. That moment an opportunity appears and you quietly start building a case for why you shouldn’t take it.
Using the launch of her new YouTube channel as a real-time example, Monique shares what it looks like to move forward without waiting to feel “ready.” She unpacks the familiar fears that often surface when visibility increases, such as What if it flops? What if people judge me? What if I’m not enough? and offers a grounded reframe.
For anyone sitting on a pivot, a transition, or a new chapter, Monique encourages you to shoot the shot, stop self-disqualifying and see what happens.
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GEMS DROPPED
“Don't count yourself out before you give it a shot.”
“We have this very interesting relationship to our achievements as high achievers where it's like as soon as you achieve something, you write it off. It's just like, okay, on to the next.We have just been dismissing over and over and over again, not enoughing over and over and over again. Through every milestone, every point of new expansion, every big lesson learned, or every iInternal shift. These are huge things, but we discount so much of it.”
“I don't know what it is that you might be facing. What it is that you're hesitating to go for, to toss your hat in the ring for, to apply for, to step into, a phone call that you have been holding off on making, there's a person that you want to mentor you, someone that you want to connect with, anywhere you want to be. Shoot your shot. Shoot your shot.”
“Whatever the thing is that you are holding yourself back on, with intention, shoot your shot. Stop counting yourself out and see what happens. Know that you can cope and that you will grow. Guaranteed. In any case, you will grow. “
“We have to push ourselves into new limits. And I think especially to take emotional risks. These are the things that make us feel very vulnerable. Oftentimes we feel a lot more equipped to take professional risks, tactical risks, strategic risks. But we don't always want to take the emotional risk. And the emotional risk is where it's at. That's where you're going to see yourself transform.”
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