Embrace the Upgrade

There’s nothing worse than sitting at a dead-end job, or worse, a job that you hate. If you are doing something that you are not passionate about, it’s possible you won’t do your best. In this week's episode, I share 7 tips to help you find your passion which can lead to a new career, side-hustle or both!

This week's topic is upgrading your self-efficacy or self-belief. In this episode I talk about:

• Why having self-belief is important
• Traits people with high self-efficacy demonstrate
• 5 ways to increase your self-efficacy right now.

The topic of discussion for this week’s episode is creating your unicorn career. Today we have Alaina Levine on the show! Alaina, who is an award-winning professional speaker, STEM career coach, TEDx speaker, science journalist, and corporate comedian, is here to talk about how to create a career unique to you. Alaina is dropping gems this entire episode. She’s sharing what a unicorn career is, skills required to create a unicorn career and how essential networking is in the career planning process.  If you’re trying to create a career you absolutely love while using all your skills and interests, this episode is for you. 

About Alaina G. Levine
Alaina G. Levine is an award-winning professional speaker, STEM career coach, TEDx speaker, science journalist, and corporate comedian. Her book, Networking for Nerds (Wiley, 2015), beat out Einstein (really!) for the honor of being named a Top 5 Book of 2015 by Physics Today. As President of Quantum Success Solutions, LLC, she is a prolific speaker & writer on career development & professional advancement for scientists, engineers, and communicators. She has delivered over 850 keynotes and webinars for clients in the US, EU, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Asia, & South America (including over 100 gigs in 2020), & has written over 450 articles in publications like Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, & Smithsonian. She also writes “Your Unicorn Career”, a careers column for ScienceCareers about finding your professional bliss. As a career coach and consultant, she has helped 100s of clients in diverse fields, professions, industries, and regions create and land their own Unicorn Career. 

This week's episode is an interview with a friend, Latoya Gay. We discuss her journey into freelancing. You'll learn things to consider and avoid if freelancing is something you want to do in order to earn beyond the 9-5!

The topic of discussion for this week’s episode is clarity. As you seek to create multiple income streams, it's important to know what you want before going after it. I share ways to increase your clarity so you don’t experience stress, disappointment and frustration as you embark on your journey of starting your own side hustle or business.

In this week's episode, I interview Kara Reade Gomez. Kara is a second generation entrepreneur. During our discussion, she shares her amazing story of her family’s legacy of business ownership and how essential it is to have diverse income streams!