1. Women Helping Other Women is Good For Business
2. Building Relationships
3. Inbox Tackling Tips
4. Getting Better at Getting to the Point
5. How to be an Ally

1. Women Helping Other Women is Good For Business. Refinery29 shares this article about the benefits of women helping women, including stressing the power of mentors and compelling stats like “…women with a tight female-dominated inner circle had a job placement level 2.5 times higher than women with a male-dominated inner circle.”

2. Building Relationships. Ms. JD shares these quick thoughts about the importance of building relationships with co-workers, clients, and in the community.

3. Inbox Tackling Tips. The Every Girl has a roundup of tips for tackling your inbox, including many we’ve discussed here at WLN, such as scheduling time to check email, building your own templates, and not using your inbox as your to-do list (please hear me on this last one, it’s a game-changer.  My Overwhelmed to Accomplished Every Day course members know what I’m talking about here!).

4. Getting Better at Getting to the Point. Fast Company shares these four reasons why you might be struggling to clearly get your point across.

5. How to be an Ally. If diversity and inclusion are important to you, but you’re not always sure how to help others, Daily Muse has these seven ways that you can be an Ally to others.

In case you missed it: In the last few weeks here in the WLN community, we talked about whether your marketing/networking efforts are a waste of time, why it’s dangerous to your career to ignore marketing and business development, and why you’re working so hard anyway.

See also: FINAL reminder – the Marketing Map I created for you is available. This guide means no more spending lots of time on marketing, networking, and business development, and instead – getting results out of the time you do spend, even if you’re newer to practice. This Marketing Map has a year-by-grid to show you exactly what to work on this year and in the future, info on where and how to get started, quick tips for marketing success, and an easy-to-fill-out marketing plan that fits you specifically, so you know exactly what you’re doing next and why, so you can build results without wasting tons of time on marketing. Grab yours here.

Do you ever think about switching jobs to make your day-to-day better?

Maybe you’re sick of the overwhelm, feeling a little trapped, or just ready for a change. It’s so tempting to think a job switch is the answer and that it will fix things. Maybe it is time for a change, or maybe not, but it scares me when people rely on a job switch to fix their days. There’s a better way to go about it.

See, I get it, I’ve been there. The problem is, unless you stop and take a look at where the trouble with your days is coming from, you can go through all the hassle of a job switch only to find that all the same issues are still there, and they may even be worse after you make a move.

There’s a better way, one that’s more likely to get you the changes you’re looking for.

Start by identifying what the problem is that you’re looking to fix. For example, let’s say you’re feeling overwhelmed, juggling too much, like there’s just not enough time in the day. You may think that a different job will be less demanding, so those issues won’t be there if you make a move. Usually, that’s not how things work out, and I wouldn’t want to see you make that mistake {{ subscriber.first_name }}. You could also end up making a move that’s not a good fit for you.

Instead, after you identify the problem, spend some time figuring out what’s causing it and how you can solve it as best you can in your current situation. (In our example, figuring out what’s causing the overwhelm and starting starting to solve that problem.) That will help you figure out what problems are tied to your current job and what problems are not (the latter might follow you to your new job).

This insight is very powerful. For example, before I made a switch from my hectic law firm life, I spent time to figure out what I was really dissatisfied with, what wasn’t a fit, what issues were coming from my current job, what pieces were just my reaction to my job, what pieces I could control, what issues would be there no matter what, etc.

When I did that work, it helped in five major ways:

1. I was better able to filter other job opportunities as they came along, because I knew which opportunities were likely to be a good fit for me and which were not.
2. It kept me from being tempted to just jump at any opportunity that came along.
3. It helped me to find the right switch.
4. It gave me much more patience and satisfaction in my current job until I found the right switch.
5. It left me feeling confident that I was ready to leave and the kind of move I needed to make.

{{ subscriber.first_name }}, making a move with that kind of clarity is a game changer. It doesn’t need to take that much longer, and it’s well worth the bit of extra time and effort.

Here’s to you, where you are right now, and to your next big move!
~Kate

PS – It’s so tempting to think a job switch will solve your problems, but it scares me when people rely on a job switch to fix their days without taking a closer look at what’s going on first. There’s a better way to go about it, and it makes a world of difference – take a look at your situation so your next step will be a much bigger success!

A few weeks ago we talked about this weird hustling, busy-badge-of-honor culture that we live in. One of the many problems with that culture is it makes it feel kind of normal and necessary that we go from day-to-day feeling overwhelmed, juggling, feeing scrambled and hectic.

Fortunately, its not normal or necessary, and it’s definitely not healthy to be at that pace all the time.

Of course, some things are worth that extra hustle. Some things really do require hard work and are worth every bit of it. The problem is that not everything falls into that category. Not everything needs to be a hectic struggle. Many things can be easy and feel lighter. We’re often just not used to that, so we can be in hectic mode much more often than we really need to be, instead of saving that energy for the areas where we really need it.

Just because living in that mode seems normal in our world doesn’t mean it’s necessary.

So today, I want to challenge you to do three things:

1. Think about how much of your time is spent in overwhelmed, juggling, running on the hectic hamster wheel mode.
2. Then, if you’re spending most or all (or just too much) of your time in that mode, think about what it’s costing you (e.g., health, important goals, time with friends/family) and whether it’s worth it.
3. Finally, just leave your radar up so you can start noticing which things are worth that extra worth and hustle, and which are not.

Just this little thought shift can help you spot ways to make changes that add up to a big difference in your day-to-day.

Talk soon,
~Kate

PS – If you’re in overwhelmed-hectic-hustle mode on a daily basis and feeling like it’s normal or necessary, try the above three steps to start prioritizing the things that are worth that extra hustle so you can dial down the overwhelm.