Whether you think you can or you can't - you're right.

Last year, I worked with a client who said: "I don't know if I deserve a seat at the table..."

As I prepare to give a talk next week on transforming your inner voice, I'm reminded of a challenge many high-achieving, influential, capable leaders face. Despite their overwhelming success, they begin to listen to their inner critic more often. Nobody else notices, but they do.

In this client’s case, we reframed their self-talk into something TRUE and HELPFUL: "𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦."

Once they saw themselves differently, they realized the only barrier to the table was themselves. The seat had always been there. Once that barrier was gone, a new confidence was unleashed.

𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐢𝐭.


💭We don't behave like who we are. We behave like who we BELIEVE we are. So, what do you believe about yourself?