WHAT IS THE COMFORT ZONE? - success blocker no1 for women - part 1
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WHAT IS THE COMFORT ZONE? - success blocker no1 for women - part 1

We gravitate naturally towards being comfortable. Even dream jobs are best if they aren’t too demanding but offer just enough intellectual stimulation. You feel adequately challenged and well-satisfied at the end of each day.

Comfort is all about staying safe.

In this blog series I will take you into the world of possibility. You’ll find out about comfort zones, why everyone loves them and how they hold you back. I’ll talk about discomfort and the science behind making yourself uncomfortable, and how discomfort can be used to propel yourself toward your goals.

Finally, you’re going to learn a six-step system for making yourself comfortable with discomfort and even using it to springboard yourself into the life you’ve always dreamed of having.

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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 4 – PROCRASTINATION, NOT WORKING SMART and COMFORT ZONE FOCUS
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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 4 – PROCRASTINATION, NOT WORKING SMART and COMFORT ZONE FOCUS

We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.

In part 1 I did define what I mean by success and what the first success blocker is: seeking approval. In part 2 I was looking into two other success blockers: too perfect and lack of focus. In part 3 I was talking about Spending your time with the wrong people and Fearing Failure. In the final part, part 4, I focus on Procrastination, Not Working Smart And Comfort Zone Focus.

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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 3 – YOUR INNER CIRCLE AND FEARING FAILURE
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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 3 – YOUR INNER CIRCLE AND FEARING FAILURE

We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.

In part one I did define what I mean by success and what the first success blocker is: seeking approval. In part two I was looking into two other success blockers: too perfect and lack of focus. Let´s now continue to look into other behaviours that hold women back. Spending Your Time With The Wrong People and Fearing

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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 2 – too perfect and not enough focus
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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 2 – too perfect and not enough focus

We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.

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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 1 – seeking approval
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KEY BEHAVIORS THAT HOLD WOMEN BACK FROM CAREER SUCCESS – part 1 – seeking approval

We all want to be more successful - in one way or another. There is a problem, though. There is often a lot working against us and our success. We might have had a chance at a big promotion, but there were too many other good candidates. Sure, we could switch careers, but there is never the right time. Sometimes it feels like everyone and everything is conspiring to steal your success! To top it off, we haven’t even mentioned everyone’s biggest impediment to success:
themselves. It’s true. We are often the authors of our own demise. We engage in behaviors and habits that hold us back from true success. That is why I wrote this blog series I will examine eight key behaviors that typically hold people back from success and offer some ideas on how to address the challenges.

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My career and life secret: Manage attention
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My career and life secret: Manage attention

With this blog I continue sharing my personal secrets to owning your career and how to strive for career contentment. This blog is about attention management. We live in a world where our attention is challenged on multiple layers. Before I dive into the topic on how to manage your attention let´s define what attention management is. After this, I establish a practice of behaviors that will allow you to accomplish this goal. The first topic is how to boost your focus. Secondly increasing your ability to concentrate is another skill necessary when it comes to managing your attention, let´s look at ways to do this. The third pillar is being more mindful. Being more mindful helps you focus on the areas where you spend most of your time and energy and make changes if needed. Last but not least by creating ways to increase your productivity, you can get into the flow of what you need to do daily. Getting in the flow requires you to be focused and mindful of the task at hand. In conclusion, in today's busy world full of distractions, it is easy to lose yourself and the ability to pay attention to what is important to you. As a career and leadership coach, I can support you on your way to increasing self-leadership to managing your attention.

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My career and life secret: Never stop learning
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My career and life secret: Never stop learning

With this blog I start sharing my personal secrets to own your career. The first secret is: Never stop learning! I call this series GLOW UP! Throughout my career I have been learning new skills and exploring new areas, some of them I could directly use in my d2d work and other skills helped me to become the person I am now. Let me share with you why I think Lifelong Learning Leads to Success, and why some of us stop learning, I´ll share with you 3 ways to become a lifelong learner and at the end I’ll share with you some of the major learnings I had.

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Effective Leadership Begins with You – 4 areas to focus on
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Effective Leadership Begins with You – 4 areas to focus on

To be an effective leader, you must first be a leader of yourself. Belief in yourself is a tremendous asset to leadership. Your words and your actions can lead others to great heights – but only if you believe that you, too, have powers that are strong and which you strive to develop. To be an example for effective leadership and to make others want to follow, you must develop the following qualities of leadership within yourself: Stand for something – Be an example for others – Be a mentor – Always be on a path of self-discovery.

All leaders must take a journey within and discover their values and why those are their values. You can’t become a leader from a place of weakness. Internal guidance is necessary to navigate through the obstacles in life and bring you to ultimate success.

If you need support to identify your inner compass (your values), Setting up a fruitful mentoring relationship or want to deep dive into your self further as part of your leadership role my coaching will support you to achieve your targets faster.

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MAINTAIN FOCUS UNDER PRESSURE
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MAINTAIN FOCUS UNDER PRESSURE

I am deeply convinced that, especially when the world is in shock and fear, it is enormously important to start good practice with ourselves. Because peace always begins with ourselves. With the attitude with which we start each day.
We all face pressure at different points of life. It may manifest as tight deadlines, creating a sales presentation for a new client, or a demanding boss at work. Homelife also brings pressure in different forms, such as meeting your family’s needs, handling a special needs child, or caring for a sick loved one. This blog includes nine powerful tips and three actionable steps you can take right away.

If you need support go re-find your focus my 1:1 coaching might be the first step to get started.

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FIND A NEW ROLE OR JOB! The 11R's for women making a career change
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FIND A NEW ROLE OR JOB! The 11R's for women making a career change

In my recent blog - Find a new job - The 11R's for women making a career change I share my recommendations from my work after more than 25 years in the industry and my experience as a career coach that you may find helpful if you are considering a career change.

It starts from reflecting till you are ready, starting the new role. The good thing about career planning/transition is that as difficult as it may seem, we are prepared for it.

A career coach can help you through this process and support you with everything from finding your dream job to brushing up on your interview skills. If you would like to have help with your career transition, please contact me.

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Didn't get the job? 9 Ways to deal with Rejection
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Didn't get the job? 9 Ways to deal with Rejection

Thank you for your application for role xyz. Unfortunately…..

Job search rejection happens to everyone. It´s what you do next that counts. Let’s break it down to 3 phases and 9 simple steps that will help you get over the fact you got rejected from a job and move on to the next great opportunity. STOP - Getting over the rejection then START - Analyzing your candidacy and: KEEP - Moving forward with your job search. If you need support on your journey reach out and we see if my coaching and mentoring can support you.

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The 25 most inspiring books for female careers and women in leadership
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The 25 most inspiring books for female careers and women in leadership

Career inspiration comes in different forms. Here I am sharing my selection of the best reads for first-time managers, seasoned leaders, or even management hopefuls. Learn from the best leaders and advance in your career. The links are leading to one big source, however, please visit your local bookshop.

The books are my personal recommendation only, this is not paid advertisement and no affiliate links.

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Career Plans – are they still making sense?
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Career Plans – are they still making sense?

Personally, I think it makes a lot of sense to create a career plan. The career plan helps you to define and visualize your professional goals. It gives you an overview of the goals and intermediate goals and can ensure that you don't lose sight of them.

From this plan you can then crystallize the next 90-day plan quite well. In this way, you can check in with the big goal every quarter to see whether it is still up to date and, if necessary, change the tactics.

I am offering a 5 week online course to explore the important areas and to set up a 90 day plan. During black week I am offering an additional 1:1 coaching call so that you start to take action on your 90 day plan.

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5 Reasons to Create Your Vision Board
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5 Reasons to Create Your Vision Board

Vision boards have gained popularity over the years. The idea behind vision boards is that you find visual representation of your goals.
What works for you doesn´t work for all so take control over your life and start envisioning your future as you need to trust your gut.

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Self Care—the Key to Living a Balanced and Satisfying Life
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Self Care—the Key to Living a Balanced and Satisfying Life

From finding the perfect job, affordable place to live and someone to love, life is filled with rushing from place to place, stress-filled workplaces, concerns about finances and wondering if you're getting enough exercise.

Self-care is one area that is often overlooked in the hustle of daily life. With all of that going on, how can you possibly think about self-care? The real question is, what is it costing you when you don't take care of yourself?

Other ways to practice self-care include letting go of perfectionism, reassessing your priorities, purging toxic people, creating and enforcing boundaries, defining your values and living by them and communicating your emotional needs to the people in your life. Once you’ve done these simple self-care activities, you’ll likely find that your days are happier and your stresses are fewer. And that’s the point of self-care.

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Tips to making work from home work
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Tips to making work from home work

Working from home sounds like a dream to many people. I mean, you can't beat the commute, right? Well, once people start working from home, this illusion begins to fade. They find it hard to stay productive and miss the social interaction with their colleagues. If you struggle to work from home, then follow these tips to stay productive.
This text includes powerful tips related to Working From Home. It also contains three actionable steps you can take right away and a list of suggested reading for those looking for even more information.

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