BW: Change mindset, carving your path + access to resources

Hi, Reader,

Change. Most of us have a love/hate relationship with it. On the one hand, we know change is necessary—it’s an important part of growth. On the other hand, ugh, it’s soooo inconvenient. And change-y.

But as Leo Tolstoy said, “True life is lived when tiny changes occur.” And Deepak Chopra adds, “All great changes are preceded by chaos.”

The small and big changes are what move us forward. The tiny changes, I think, are the small, everyday decisions we make. The habits we form, the activities we choose, the behaviors we do or don’t do.

I see the great changes as both within and outside our control. A big change could be finally leaving the corporate job or getting a cancer diagnosis. It could be receiving that life-changing award or going through a divorce. It could be finally publishing that book or losing a parent.

In every circumstance, small or big, we have the power of choice. In our book, Growing Influence, Ron Price and I talk about the circle of control. This is the area we have direct control over—what we can directly influence. And the biggest area we can influence? Our thoughts and daily habits. What we put into our minds, how we choose to speak to ourselves and others, and what we do each day to support personal growth.

If you’re in a season of big change right now, what’s one thing within your control? How can you step into this change with a mindset of growth and impact? How can this be the best thing that’s ever happened to you, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now?

And if you’re in a season of stagnation, what small changes could you intentionally make to push your own personal growth and achieve the things you want for your life?

Change will happen. It’s how we choose to step into that change that changes us.

On the pod. Episode 190: Pioneering Your Career Change, with Lata Hamilton

This week’s episode highlights an insightful conversation I have with Lata Hamilton, a change leadership and confidence mentor based in Sydney, Australia. We talk about how she carved her own path for change—both professionally and personally—and the turning point that led her to leave a traditional career path to step into independent consulting.

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We also discuss her book, Pioneer Your Career Change, and the one thing she wished she’d known at the start of her author journey. (You know we have to talk books!)

After tripling her salary in just three years to almost $200,000, Lata’s mission is to help women carve their own paths for change in career, leadership, and life, and find the confidence and authenticity to truly earn what they’re worth. She is the creator of the Leading Successful Change program and the founder and CEO of Passion Pioneers. Lata has worked with some of Australia’s biggest companies to initiate changes that have impacted over 100,000 people: operating model changes impacting thousands, global cultural transformations, and digital transformation that is changing the way that we work.

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In the media: 5 Things You Should Do to Become a Thought Leader in Your Industry

Clarify your message. Before you can lead others with your ideas, you have to get crystal clear on what you stand for — and why it matters. This is something I guide all my book clients through because if you don’t know your message, neither will your reader.

[Read the full article here.]

Featured author: Kevin O’Connor

It’s a joy to watch the authors I work with succeed. And one of those authors, Kevin O’Connor, has given me great joy, because he is absolutely crushing it on his author journey. It’s a delight to see him tour the country, hit best seller, and rack in positive reader reviews.

Kevin O’Connor joined my author program several cohorts ago—and has gone on to fully step into his author journey. Not only has he had great success with his book, Two Floors Above Grief, but he has been a star example of leaning fully into the marketing process. He’s traveled all over the US for live author meetups and done numerous interviews on podcast and other media.

“I am grateful to you, your team, your guest speakers, classmates from the class I attended, and other alums with whom I’ve become acquainted on the Facebook space. This book would only be where it is now with our classes AND sticky notes.”

—Kevin O’Connor, author of Two Floors Above Grief

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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

— Terry Pratchett

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