02 | Taking Your True Potential More Seriously
03/29/23 • 41 min
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Does this sound familiar?
You have done all the things, and now you've earned independence. You're at a point in your career where you might have a business or some other sort of organization, or department or Institute or whatever it is that you're running, where you're the big boss. You're at the top, and you get to make the rules, still –
you don't feel deserving,
you don't feel like you're supposed to be where you are,
You don't know what to do with all that power.
What's happening is that so much of what has been driving you to this point has been externally directed. And so, in lieu of knowing precisely what you want, going after and defining your own rules and setting your own terms, in lieu of that, what you'll continue to do is give yourself away to this external mandate.
You stop giving your power away by beginning to take yourself more seriously. You do this by owning that you are a star and accepting and embracing that.
I want that for us. I want us to be able to see how brightly we shine. So in this episode, I will share what has helped my clients and myself with this process of taking ourselves more seriously and really positioning ourselves to create the kind of future we truly desire and deserve.
GEMS DROPPED
“There is no recalibrating of who I believe myself to be without some healing.”
“The greatest trick of all time when it comes to career building and vision setting is that we are convinced that we don't know what we want. Because even though the possibilities are limitless, it's like I could want so many different things, I want to choose the right one...there is no one right path.”
“Just taking one big bold step, one exposing, revealing, vulnerable step, it forces you to take the next step and the next step and the next step because it's like well shoot, I'm out here now. I'm out here now. I did it. I ripped the band-aid off. So I kind of have no choice but to go on to be great”.
“If you're trying to build your unique and intrinsic vision, you have to have clarity around what it is that you really want next, and not be driven by what other people say should be next, or what the ladder dictates should be next for you. We don't want to be building on default anymore. That's the whole point”.
STAY IN TOUCH
Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
Text Monique directly! Share thoughts, feels or feedback!
Does this sound familiar?
You have done all the things, and now you've earned independence. You're at a point in your career where you might have a business or some other sort of organization, or department or Institute or whatever it is that you're running, where you're the big boss. You're at the top, and you get to make the rules, still –
you don't feel deserving,
you don't feel like you're supposed to be where you are,
You don't know what to do with all that power.
What's happening is that so much of what has been driving you to this point has been externally directed. And so, in lieu of knowing precisely what you want, going after and defining your own rules and setting your own terms, in lieu of that, what you'll continue to do is give yourself away to this external mandate.
You stop giving your power away by beginning to take yourself more seriously. You do this by owning that you are a star and accepting and embracing that.
I want that for us. I want us to be able to see how brightly we shine. So in this episode, I will share what has helped my clients and myself with this process of taking ourselves more seriously and really positioning ourselves to create the kind of future we truly desire and deserve.
GEMS DROPPED
“There is no recalibrating of who I believe myself to be without some healing.”
“The greatest trick of all time when it comes to career building and vision setting is that we are convinced that we don't know what we want. Because even though the possibilities are limitless, it's like I could want so many different things, I want to choose the right one...there is no one right path.”
“Just taking one big bold step, one exposing, revealing, vulnerable step, it forces you to take the next step and the next step and the next step because it's like well shoot, I'm out here now. I'm out here now. I did it. I ripped the band-aid off. So I kind of have no choice but to go on to be great”.
“If you're trying to build your unique and intrinsic vision, you have to have clarity around what it is that you really want next, and not be driven by what other people say should be next, or what the ladder dictates should be next for you. We don't want to be building on default anymore. That's the whole point”.
STAY IN TOUCH
Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
Previous Episode
00 | Welcome to the Ambition Without Compromise Podcast
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Hi and welcome to my corner of the podcast sphere! My name is Monique Shields. I'm an executive coach, a career strategist, a Black woman, a wife, a mom, and an entrepreneur.
I help ambitious women leaders move through fear and distraction to clarify, communicate and act on their unique definition of success without compromising what matters most.
For me, Ambition Without Compromise is based on internal rather than external metrics that we never built. And so in this space, I want us to focus on our individual visions, needs, curiosities, and how our ambitions can actually support us as we grow into the versions of ourselves that we desire to expand into.
I am so excited to share this space with you. Join me biweekly as I bring you solo and guest episodes to help you curate your path to success. No hiding. No Compromise.
I know you're going to enjoy this journey. Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields, and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected]. Let's go!
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05 | Why We MUST Stop Isolating Ourselves - How To Connect Deeply With Other Women (CEO Series)
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How are you navigating and managing your path to success? The biggest challenge high-achieving women face is isolation. You are wired to be self-sufficient and have an overwhelming feeling of responsibility and ownership. Those qualities propelled you into a powerful leadership position, but is being alone sustainable?
In this episode, I share a story from my young adult life that was a turning point for me. At that moment, I realized how disconnected I felt from other women. That is also when I made a choice to start navigating life through relationships. That decision was the greatest shift I had made professionally and personally.
Now, I have gained the gift of personal connection. Relationships are essential to our basic well-being. No matter how much we fight it or insist, we can navigate the journey alone. Connections with other people bring clarity and motivation. Your advancement, your expansion, and your growth are absolutely dependent on your ability to connect and relate to others.
I encourage you to open up and pull others into your journey. I encourage you to experience the power of what it means to learn through relationships and to be exposed to another human being. Because if you’re not able to share your problems or not able to share your questions, you are never going to get new answers.
GEMS DROPPED
I've been able to shift my beliefs about myself about what's possible for me as a human, as a business owner, as a wife, as a mom, because I now know the power of what it means to learn through relationship, to be exposed to another human being, because if you're not able to share your problems, not able to share your questions or just the things that you're sitting with, you're never gonna get new answers”.
“...a big part of what I'm trying to share on this episode today is encouragement for you to find and tap into some bravery and belief around the fact that you can shift your entire existence, you can shift your being, by just deciding...to reveal that piece of yourself that feels messy or shameful or uncertain or not good enough. That's honestly the key. That's the thing that you're waiting on to be different. You have to decide to be different with it, which means to stop trying to hold it alone, to open yourself up, and recognize that, okay, I'm not meant to do anything alone in life. We're really not”
“If you are feeling isolated, and you are feeling like I know my high achievement... it's blocking me from connecting with other people from trusting other people from letting the other people in to actually see me and embrace me and hold me and help me, you're holding yourself back”.
STAY IN TOUCH
Come and follow me on Instagram @moniquershields and I would love your feedback so send an email to [email protected].
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