Episode description

In today’s episode, Sarah shares a mindset coaching call that the CSL Coaching Team hosted for people interested in CSL to give them a taste of the kind of calls we host on a weekly basis.

Each week (and on this call) our coaches discuss a myriad of topics including; your relationship with your past work, confidence in yourself and your materials, and many other challenges you may face while developing your career strategy.

Tune in and let us know what you think!

02:00 Introduction

05:42 Sarah speaks about developing your career  as the product of you.

09:48 Let’s talk about staying motivated during the job search.

16:48 Layoffs are absolutely happening and we're also seeing a lot of people get hired.

20:54 Consistency is not the same as perfection.

23:26 Jobs are one of those things where there's beginnings and endings and there's often grief.

27:59 The period between finishing an education and building up a portfolio slash publishing that portfolio, what framing recommendations do you have around thinking about this and not getting bogged down?

29:12 How do I work on my confidence in the workplace? I feel scared to contribute to conversations because I'm scared that my ideas aren't good enough.

30:42 Let’s talk about where confidence comes from.

36:04 What happens when we build self-trust? Your confidence goes up because you trust yourself to do your best in this situation.

40:18 “Enoughness” and ageism.

44:06 Rejection and the job search.

49:41 Rejection is excellent data, and it can be hard on our feelings.

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