How to Be Awesome at Your Job

936: The 8 Super Powers that Unlock Gravitas with Lisa Sun

Feb 15, 2024

38:46

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Lisa Sun

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Quick takeaways

Building confidence requires understanding and countering the six forces that hinder it.

Discovering and leveraging our unique superpowers can help us overcome confidence setbacks and tap into our true potential.

Deep dives

The Power of Choice and Mindset in Building Confidence

Confidence is not a state of being, but a choice and a mindset. Each day brings setbacks and insecurity, but by focusing on our talents and superpowers, we can drive the behaviors and outcomes we desire.

Superpowers: Giving and Believing

00:29

Become Mentorable to Attract the Right Mentor

00:41

Building Confidence through Self-Affirmation and Understanding Inner Feelings

01:15

Introduction

2min

Catalyzing Confidence: From Within

4min

Boosting Confidence and Receiving Superior Reviews

26min

Recognizing Your Power and Embracing Growth

2min

Extraversion vs. Charisma and the Influence of Dale Carnegie's Book

4min

Shifting Mindset and Harnessing Superpowers

3min

Lisa Sun shares her tools for building true, lasting confidence.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) What gravitas really means

2) The Six Forces ruining your confidence

3) How to discover your “confidence language”

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— ABOUT LISA —

Lisa Sun is the founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, a company on a mission to catalyze confidence. GRAVITAS offers innovative size-inclusive apparel, styling solutions, and content designed to make over women from the inside out.

Prior to founding GRAVITAS, Sun spent 11 years at McKinsey & Company, where she advised leading luxury fashion and beauty brands and retailers in the U.S., Asia, Europe, and Latin America on strategic and operational issues. Her first collection was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, People, and the Today Show in the same month.

Sun and GRAVITAS have been featured on CNN and in Forbes, Fast Company, New York Magazine, Elle, Marie Claire, InStyle, and more. GRAVITAS includes among its activities a commitment to AAPI causes and New York City’s Garment District. Often called the “dress whisperer,” Lisa is also a highly sought-after public speaker who likes to impart her hard-won knowledge on gravitas and how to best harness it to other women.

• Book: Gravitas: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence

• LinkedIn: Lisa Sun

• Quiz: MyConfidenceLanguage.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie

• Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck

• HBR Article: Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome by Ruchika Tulshyan and Jodi-Ann Burey

• Past episode: 327: Unclog Your Brain through Unfocusing with Dr. Srini Pillay

• Past episode: 852: Dale Carnegie’s Timeless Wisdom on Building Mental Resilience and Strong Relationships with Joe Hart

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