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[Podcast] How to turn challenges into opportunities and go for your dreams!
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Reader, What's your first reaction when you don't get what you want, when you want it? Self-doubt? Frustration? Disappointment? It's easy to make up a story about why you're not where you want to be. And our brains love defaulting to the negative version. What if you could turn any 'difficult' or 'challenging' situation into an opportunity? Imagine how much more empowering that'd be. In this week's episode, I share how I see disappointments and frustrations as opportunities and how I use them to get where I want to go. Click the button to listen on your favourite podcast player to hear more:
How do you handle challenges? I'd love to hear more about it. Hit reply and let me know! And if you need help doing this, CLICK HERE to book a call to explore how I can support you. Sharon |
Sharon Singh Sidhu
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Most people are taught to build their lives around one source of income. Go to school. Get a good job. Work hard. Stay loyal. And everything will work out. I believed that too. Then life taught me otherwise. My husband and I shut down a business and were left with a six-figure debt. I returned to corporate life to recover. Shortly after, I was laid off while I was the sole provider for my family. That experience changed how I think about work forever. Not because jobs are bad. I've spent...
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Hello Reader, Prefer to listen instead? 🎧 Listen to the episode here (This is the audio version of this week’s Career Design Notes.) There are many ways to build a career. You can: climb the corporate ladder stay and deepen in your role start a business build something on the side Most people don’t choose. They default. I didn’t. I chose to build a business while keeping my job. Not because it’s easy. But because the alternatives were unacceptable. I didn’t want: to depend on a single income...