Advice To My Younger Me

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Episode 69: Using StrengthsFinder to discover your strengths with Anne Elkin Nov 21, 2018

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Anne Elkin, Vice President of Human Resources at Qualcomm, discusses how the StrengthsFinder assessment tool can help you identify your strengths, better understand your co-workers and be happier and more productive at work.

You'll hear:

Why it is important to focus on your strengths rather than to try to overcome your weaknesses
How to figure out what your natural strengths are
Why it is important to understand your co-workers' strengths

StrengthsFinder 2.0 https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/home/en-us/strengthsfinder

Books mentioned:

Now Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald Clifton

StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

Twitter: @anne_elkin,

LinkedIn: Anne Elkin

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Episode 68: Discovering Your Strengths with Sara Holtz Nov 07, 2018

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Host Sara Holtz discusses how paying attention to your activities at work can help you discover your natural strengths.

You'll hear:

Why it's important to know what your natural strengths are
Why it is difficult to know what your strengths are
Questions to ask yourself to help you discover your strengths

Website: tomyyounger.me

For Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn: @tomyyoungerme

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Episode 67: Overcoming Behaviors that are Holding You Back with Sally Helgesen Oct 24, 2018

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Sally Helgesen, co-author of How Women Rise: Break 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job, discusses how some of the behaviors which you think are serving you in your career may actually be holding your career back.

You'll hear:

How you may not be making the most of your network
Why you need to say "oh well" more often
Why you should stop doing some of the things that have made you successful

Book: How Women Rise: Break 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job

Website: sallyhelgesen.com

Twitter and LinkedIn: @sallyhelgesen

12 habits you need to break:

Reluctance to claim your achievements
Expecting others to spontaneously notice and reward your contributions
Overvaluing expertise
Building rather than leveraging relationships
Failing to enlist allies from day one
Putting your job before your career
The perfection trap
The disease to please
Minimizing
Too Much
Ruminating
Letting your radar distract you

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn and holtz@tomyyounger.me

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Episode 66: Marriage, Money and Careers with Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace Oct 10, 2018

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Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace, authors of The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know about Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life, discuss important decisions to consider when crafting a career

You'll hear:

The role money should play in career decisions
How intertwined your career is with that of your spouse or partner
Why "finding your passion" may put an unrealistic burden on choosing a career

Book: The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know about Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life

Social media: @hanaschank @lizardwallace

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Episode 65: Which Career Path Will You Choose with Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace Sep 26, 2018

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Hana Schank and Elizabeth Wallace, authors of The Ambition Decision: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life, discuss the three predictable career paths that women experience and the consequences that follow as a result of each choice.

You'll hear:

What the three career paths are that ambitious women choose
Which path resulted in the highest level of satisfaction
What the consequences are of a career break

Book: The Ambition Decision: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life

Their social media: @hanaschank @lizardwallace

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Episode 64: What's Next After the #MeToo Movement Sep 12, 2018

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Joanne Lipman, author of That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together, discusses what's not working in the workplace today and what's needed to fix it.

You'll hear:

Why it's important to enlist men in the quest for gender equality
Why women "leaning in" is only part of the solution
Why it's important to have mixed gender working groups

Book: That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together.

Website: joannelipman.com,

For Twitter, Instagram and Linked In: @joannelipman

Additional resources:

Implicit bias test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

Sara can be reached on Twitter Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Episode 63: How to Ask for a Raise with Lauren McGoodwin Aug 29, 2018

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Lauren McGoodwin, CEO of Career Contessa, shares practical tips on how to negotiate for a raise.

You'll hear:

The mindset you should have when negotiating your salary
How to get information about what others are earning in comparable jobs
How to prepare for asking for a raise
Why you need to follow up after your "raise conversation"

Website: www.careercontessa.com

LinkedIn: @careercontessa

Facebook: @careercontessa

Instagram: @careercontessa

Articles:

A step by step guide to negotiating your salary

https://www.careercontessa.com/advice/negotiate-salary-step-by-step/

How to ask for a raise https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/magazine/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html

How to Be an Ace Salary Negotiator (Even if You Hate Conflict)

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/smarter-living/how-to-negotiate-salary.html

Episode 62: Mistakes Were Made Aug 15, 2018

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Host Sara Holtz and 5 guests share a big mistake they made early in their careers, how they recovered from it, and what they learned as a result.

You'll hear:

The important lessons we learn from mistakes
How even major mistakes are not career-limiting
Why you shouldn't beat yourself up about mistakes you make

Let's keep the conversation going! What mistakes have you made and what did you learn from them?

Sara can be reached on Twitter and Facebook and on LinkedIn.

Episode 61: The Gift of Failure with Jessica Lahey Aug 01, 2018

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Jessica Lahey, author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed, talks about the importance of owning and sharing your mistakes and how to bounce back from failure.

You'll hear:

Why you need to own your mistakes
How to think about the mistakes you've made
Why it's important to share your mistakes

Book: The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed,

Website: http://www.jessicalahey.com/

FB: jessicapottslahey

Twitter: @jesslahey

Instagram: @teacherlahey

Additional resources:

Podcast: #AmWriting with Jess & KJ

Let's keep the conversation going! Sara can be reached on Twitter and Facebook @tomyyoungerme, and on LinkedIn.

Episode 60: Surviving Being Unemployed with Stephanie Brown Jul 18, 2018

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Stephanie Brown, author of Fired: Why Losing Your Job is the Best Thing that Can Happen to You, shares how to make the most of the experience of finding yourself out of work.

You'll hear:

what to do right after you lose your job
the importance of maintaining a schedule while out of work
how to make the most of your time between jobs
why you should have a side hustle, even if you love your job

Book: http://amzn.to/2pXfeMj

Website: http://lifeafterfired.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-brown-7ba86025/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lifeafterfired/

Additional resources:

First chapter of book available for free: http://bit.ly/2luYLg7

Article - The key phrase I used that unlocked interviews with Google, and Facebook, amongst others: http://read.bi/2DlaIcQ

Let's keep the conversation going!

Sara can be reached on Twitter and Facebook @tomyyoungerme, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomyyoungerme and on the Advice to My Younger Me website – www.tomyyounger.me

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