As a former lawyer, business expert, and founder of Mpowered Families, Ann Sheu has gone through her own journey of achieving society's definition of success only to realize it wasn't her own. She uses her unique background to help high-achieving leaders move past the "hustle culture" and design a career and a life that is deeply rooted in personal alignment.

In this episode of Career Unicorns - Spark Your Joy, we tackle the pressure to prioritize prestige and money over happiness.

Key Career Strategies You'll Learn:

• How to Pivot: The steps to take when you realize the hustle culture you've been chasing is leading you to live someone else's definition of success.
• The Value Test: A practical framework for defining your "no matter what values" to instantly guide your biggest career and life decisions.
• Silence the Critics: Strategies for managing the pressure from professional networks who don't understand why you would leave a "prestigious" career for happiness.
• Build Your Aligned Life: How to move past external expectations and successfully design a life and career that "feels good" and honors who you truly are.
• Conflict Resolution: How to navigate friction when your professional and personal values clash, and gain the clarity needed for intentional decision-making.
• The Power of No: How to gain the confidence and strategies needed to say "no" to opportunities and responsibilities that don't align with your values.
• Two-Parent Balance: Essential insights into addressing parental responsibilities and career goals in two-parent working households, focusing on equitable solutions.

Connect with us:

• Learn more about our guest, Ann Sheu at https://www.mpoweredjourney.com/ and on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anncsheu/.
• Follow our host, Samorn Selim, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim/.
• Get a copy of Samorn's book, Career Unicorns™ 90-Day 5-Minute Gratitude Journal: An Easy & Proven Way To Cultivate Mindfulness, Beat Burnout & Find Career Joy, at https://tinyurl.com/49xdxrz8.
• Ready for a career change? Schedule a free 30-minute build your dream career consult by sending a message at www.careerunicorns.com.