When I was younger I didn’t feel seen, I didn’t feel heard.
In my early career I would be the one to sit there with a great idea in a meeting but be to frightened to share it in case I was laughed at… then I’d tell someone else and they’d claim the idea as they’re own …. I know right !
I would be the one quietly working away in the background whilst someone else took the credit for my ideas and my work!
Have you been there too ?
It was my lack of self esteem, self confidence, not wanting to be too loud, too opinionated, too much … that held me back!
Lightbulb moment …
In my early twenties in one of my first marketing roles I had a very good work friend, and drinking pal, who sat me down the night before my appraisal and said to me …
“Janine, know your worth… know how brilliant you are! They (he meant my employers) know it already… but they want to see that you know it too. Go in there and tell them what you’ve achieved, and what you want - think of it as the tools for the job you need and the recognition you should have for all your hard work - this is about you”
Thar right there was (looking back) unknowingly the first lesson I had in personal branding and in charging my worth and the BOLDEST move I then ever went into make … and it worked … £££££
Until then I thought my career was about waiting to being recognised for what I did and one day eventually rewarded … waiting to be noticed and given a proverbial ‘pat on the back’ …
What I didn’t realise was the difference I could make by owning my worth and showing up with confidence, being truly me and sharing my value openly - you know actually being proud and sharing the shifts I’d made, the ideas I had, how I wanted to move things forward, the outcomes I could bring …well, my confidence soared ..
This was a time of incredible personal and professional growth for me. I started standing out and not blending in, I stepped fully into my creative brilliance in my role.. I shed the fear of asking for what I was worth ..knowing deep inside the value I provided ..
That earlier conversation (kick up the ass) entirely changed my career, someone believed in me, they showed me my brilliance and taught me how to own it and value my worth…
So now, this is why I love what I get to do everyday .. it’s why I see you, it’s why I care so much about my clients, the ones who want to make ambitious moves, to be bold and stand out in there own way in their business.. to know and charge their worth … to shines to have a great idea and make it happen,
to be seen, heard and remembered!
I see you … and I’m here for you .. it’s why I do what I do .. so if you’re ready to seize the change, make the moves and stand out from the crowd in your business .. reach out and let me know and let’s see if we can work together ..
Janine
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