How to Be Awesome at Your Job

805: How to Boost Your Confidence and Advocate for Yourself with Kelli Thompson

Oct 3, 2022

30:11

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Kelli Thompson

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Quick takeaways

Boosting confidence involves understanding when self-doubt can be beneficial and engaging in exercises to enhance self-assurance.

Impostor syndrome is combated by normalizing emotions, creating diverse work environments, and utilizing data in self-advocacy strategies.

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Enhancing Confidence through Self-Advocacy

Boosting confidence involves understanding that self-doubt can sometimes be beneficial. By engaging in exercises tailored to enhance confidence and avoiding certain behaviors while advocating for oneself, individuals can improve their self-assurance. It is essential to acknowledge one's unique talents and achievements when advocating for rewards or promotions.

How Do You Get More Confidence?

01:46

What Would You Do if You Had a Little More Confidence?

01:41

Imposter Syndrome

01:36

Introduction

2min

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

2min

How to Get More Confident

2min

What Would You Do if You Had a Little More Confidence?

2min

The Opposite of Confidence

2min

How Do You Get More Confidence?

2min

What Do You Do in the Moment?

3min

What's Your Ice Water Approach?

2min

How Do I Feel in My Body When I'm Standing Up?

2min

10.

Imposter Syndrome

2min

11.

Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?

2min

12.

How to Advocate for Yourself

3min

13.

Why You Shouldn't Ask - Is That Okay?

2min

14.

What's Your Favorite Quote?

2min

15.

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

2min

Kelli Thompson shares strategies for overcoming impostor syndrome and asking for what you need.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) When self-doubt can be helpful

2) The exercises to boost your confidence

3) What not do when advocating for yourself

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— ABOUT KELLI —

Kelli Thompson is a women’s leadership coach and speaker who helps women advance to the rooms where decisions are made. She has coached and trained hundreds of women to trust themselves, lead with more confidence, and create a career they love. She is the founder of the Clarity & Confidence Women's Leadership Program, and a Stevie Award winner for Women in Business—Coach of the Year. She is the author of Closing The Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential & Your Paycheck, releasing fall of 2022.

• Book: Closing the Confidence Gap: Boost Your Peace, Your Potential, and Your Paycheck

• Website: KelliRaeThompson.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brene Brown

• Past episode: 674: Nailing Your Interview, Resume, and Negotiation FAST with Steve Dalton

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