Episode #90 Confidence NOW

You need confidence NOW. Currently, confidence feels like a nice to have. It feels optional. You know it’s important. You know you need it and you want to build and increase it, but it doesn’t feel urgent. But building confidence IS urgent. It’s both urgent AND important. That makes building it, getting more of it, … Continued

Episode #89 Why You Need an IMPOSTER SPEECH

When you tell yourself you’re not enough When you tell yourself “I shouldn’t be here” and you’re afraid of being found out You need an IMPOSTER SPEECH Every time you strive to make your work perfect to prove that you’re enough Every time you procrastinate doing the work from the fear of being exposed You … Continued

Episode #88 “I deserve to be here”

What do you say to yourself when you’ve just been promoted or just starting a new role and your brain offers you thoughts like “I shouldn’t be here” and “I’m going to be found out”? At times like this, it’s tempting (and some people will recommend you do this) to remind yourself how hard you … Continued

Episode #87 Comparing and Despairing

Do you keep comparing yourself to others and despairing that you come up short? Do you tell yourself everyone else has it easy, but for you it’s always hard? Everyone else is naturally confident, but you’re overwhelmed with self doubt? Opportunities fall into other people’s laps but you can’t catch a break? Success comes easily … Continued

Episode #86 The Confidence Gap

The Confidence Gap is the gap between the confidence you’ve earned and the confidence you feel when it’s time to get to work. How wide is yours and what are you doing to bridge it? Here’s why this matters: 1. The Confidence Gap is the measure of your unfulfilled potential – so the bigger the … Continued

Episode #85 Redline through your work

When they constantly redline and correct your work, what do you do? What do you make it mean? The mistake I see you making is taking it to mean something about you- that you’re not good enough, that you don’t deserve to be where you are and that any minute now you’re going to be … Continued

Episode #84 The Role of Luck

You think your success is down to luck. You fear that any minute now that luck is going to run out and you’ll be exposed. This is a classic sign of Imposter Syndrome and it’s holding you back from performing to your potential. It doesn’t have to be this way. There’s a way of viewing … Continued

Episode #83 Your Decision-Making Identity

Do you umm and ahh over decisions? Do you spin in confusion about what to do? Does it take you weeks and months to decide? Do you only make decisions when things are critical or urgent? Have you ever gone to make a decision only to realise it’s too late? When you finally make decisions … Continued

Episode #82 Stop Working Twice As Hard!

The most common mistake I see black lawyers making is thinking you have to work twice as hard as your white peers to progress. This thought may have got you this far. But it won’t get you where you want to go. Working twice as hard sets you up as the workhorse and sends the … Continued