Episode #80 The Right Time to Progress

You know you want to progress your career. In fact, you’re planning to join BE THE FIRST so you can learn how to do just that, but you’re telling yourself now is not the right time –

“I’ve got too much on”

“I’ll do it after this big project”

“I’ll wait until things quieten down”

These are just some of the reasons I hear that you’re not prioritising your career progression.

If this is you, you’re not alone. A number of my clients in BE THE FIRST said exactly the same thing when they first discovered the programme. Only to tell me, within weeks of joining:

“I should’ve joined earlier!”

“I wish I’d know this before”

Don’t let this be you.

This week’s episode is a call to action to stop waiting for the right time to progress your career and instead to make now the right time to join the next cohort of BE THE FIRST Progression for Black Lawyers.

In it I explain the number 1 mistake you’re making when you decide to put off joining to a later date, the suffering you’re prolonging and the life changing results you’re delaying – and I give you a simple 3 step process for finding the motivation to get started today.

For everything you need to know about joining BE THE FIRST and making now the right time to get started, join my free webinar: Be The First – How to succeed in a white world (without working twice as hard). This webinar is free but you must register to attend. Click here to register

You’ll learn:

Why you should stop umming and ahhhing over going for that next promotion

How working twice as hard is limiting your potential

The 5 vital skills to succeeding in a white world

The powerful mindset shift that ensures your success

Why now is the right time to start

Includes a 30 minute Q&A

This Webinar gives you everything you need to succeed and tells you precisely how to implement it.

You’ll discover the exact process my clients follow inside BE THE FIRST which is transforming their way of working and accelerating their careers.

I’ll also share all the key details for the upcoming enrolment for BE THE FIRST May 2025 – who it’s for, what it does, when to join and why – if you’re a mid to senior level black lawyer who wants to progress – this is the room you want to be in.

I cover alot in this Webinar, so make sure you allow 90 minutes on your calendar and remember to bring all your questions for the Q&A.

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