Rock Your Reinvention: Tips For High-Achieving Women Who Want to Exit Their Six-Figure Career And Start A Successful Business Is Your Self-Identity Holding You Back? (#40)
- Have you stopped to consider how your self-identity is helping or hindering your success?
- Have you struggled to change your identity, worried that others will reject the real you?
- Has societal pressure and noise impacted your ability to embrace a new identity?
If you haven’t thought about these questions before, today’s episode is just what you need to challenge your thinking and get unstuck, so you can live authentically and fully adopt the real you!
In this episode of Rock Your Reinvention, we're diving deep into the concept of identity: what it is, the elements that comprise our identity, and exploring how it can either support or hinder your journey.
As high-achieving women in the corporate or entrepreneurial world, our self-identity often becomes intertwined with our roles and achievements, which can hold us back when we want to pivot or reinvent ourselves.
Join me as I unpack the layers of identity, understand its impact on our choices, and learn how to reshape it to align with our true selves and future aspirations.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding Identity: Identity encompasses various aspects such as our qualities, beliefs, personality traits, and roles we play, which influence our choices and behaviors.
- Identity's Role in Choices: Our values heavily influence our identity, guiding decisions such as career paths and lifestyle choices. (This can be both positive and negative.)
- Dynamic Nature of Identity: Identity is not static; it evolves with life changes and experiences. Being too rigid in our identity can hold us back from exploring new opportunities.
- Critical Component to Reinventing Yourself: Embrace the flexibility to shift your identity as you transition from corporate roles to entrepreneurship or other fulfilling ventures.
- Overcoming Fear of Change: Recognize and address the fears underlying identity shifts to break free from self-imposed limitations and align with your true purpose.
Self-Reflection:
- Complete the Exercise: Take time to journal and reflect on the following questions:
- How do you currently identify yourself?
- How would you like to identify yourself in the near future?
- What changes do you need to make TODAY to align with your desired identity?
Next Steps:
If you’re ready to dive deeper into your identity transformation and need personalized guidance, let’s hop on a call. We’ll discuss your insights from the exercise, explore how coaching can help you shift your identity faster, and talk about what working together would look like.
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Future you will thank you!
To see the list of things that make up your identity from Verywell Mind click here.
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