Separating Work Failures From Your Personal Self-Worth with Leah Tharin (Growth Advisor)

Receiving negative feedback is always tough. But when it’s coming from someone you really respect, It can feel brutal.

As painful as it was for Leah Tharin, Growth Advisor for scaling B2B companies, to hear that she was thinking too small, it eventually defined how she worked, reset her expectations, and strengthened her leadership style.

In this episode, Leah shares her story of evolving in her growth career and overcoming the stumbles her ego caused along the way. Listen to discover how there’s always an opportunity for growth.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1. Your biggest growth is on the other side of brutal, yet constructive feedback

2. Identifying your learning pattern allows you to better structure your self-education and retain the things you consume

3. It’s important to understand and notice your emotions and talk about them with others

Things to listen for:

[10:45] Growing in the messy middle

[13:04] The watershed moment that altered Leah’s career

[21:27] Learning to zoom out and slow down

[25:00] Continuing with a struggling business

[26:16] The superpower of a growth mindset

[28:53] Managing the spectrum of self-doubt

[37:14] Improving from poor presentations

Resources:

- Connect with Leah on LinkedIn

- Check out Leah’s PLG Course

- Listen to The Productea with Leah Podcast

- Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn or Twitter

- Learn more about Navattic

- Learn more about Appcues