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You've likely heard people talking about scarcity vs. abundant (or growth) mindsets. The topic has shown up from boardrooms to lunchrooms to sporting events.

What was once thought of as a "soft" skill or a little "woo", is now mainstream and something people in all industries, roles, and types of organizations are looking at.

At the heart of it, your mindset is what it sounds like... a set way your mind naturally operates or thinks about things.

Research has shown that positive or growth mindsets allow us to be better able to overcome challenges, have a better sense of overall well-being, and can even prolong your life!

And yet, so many of our clients and folks we talk with are showing up from a place of scarcity, unable to even start opening the door to abundance and growth.

In this episode, Kim & Louise go straight to the heart of the matter and talk about what it's like operating from a scarcity mindset and share some ideas on how to start to shift to a growth mindset.

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-in time 0:56

Intro to main discussion The Scarcity Mindset 6:34

The Scarcity Myth 7:55

Trying to Control Our Limiting Resources 10:05

The Scarcity of Pessimism and Positivity 15:20

Your Infinite Number of Options 16:30

Where can You Make some Changes 19:24

How do You Recognize Scarcity 24:03

Celebrating the Win 29:33

What’s your Limiter 31:56

Golden Nuggets 34:17

Next Time - Right Sizing Your Risk 37:47

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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"I'm just not happy at work." "My business isn't making me happy." "Why can't I just be happy with my job?"

Do any of these sound familiar?

We've been hearing a lot of these comments from our clients recently, so we thought it was the right time to dive into a discussion about what happiness has to do with work.  Join us as we talk about where happiness and work intersect (or not).   If you would like to be a guest on an upcoming episode, please contact us at [email protected]. Thanks!

Show Notes

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-in time

Intro to the main discussion - What’s Happiness Have To Do With Work 3:25

What does it mean to be happy at work 6:13

Is Happiness your driver 7:29

Be careful you don’t give it away 9:29

What does it mean to you 15:00

Is being satisfied enough for you 17:10

How can work not contribute to your happiness 22:10

What can you do to uncover what happiness means 26:20

Golden Nuggets 28:04

How to be a guest here on the show 31:11

Next time - Scarcity and Abundance Mindset 32:01

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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When it comes to running a business or guiding your career, the relationships you make can help you find even greater success.   Partnerships occur when two or more people work together in order to accomplish common goals. It involves collaboration and is for the mutual benefit of all involved.   Learning how to form these types of relationships in business is the key to moving forward through sometimes complex and layered environments with a bit more ease and support.   In this week's episode, Kim & Louise define what it means to develop business and workplace partnerships, describe how they work, and offer steps you can take in building these relationships for your own career and business.

SHOW NOTES:

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Introduction to Topic Creating Partnerships 6:51

Divorcing Yourself 8:01

How To Utilize a Partnership 9:57

It’s a Two-Way Street 11:55

How to be Curious 14:37

Starting the Conversation 16:24

If it’s not Curiosity, Could it be Interest? 18:48

Partners are People 20:45

Tick Box Life 22:19

You’re not Going to Marry Everyone you Date 25:56

Your Human Design Helps Out 26:42

Golden nuggets time 30:43 Up Next: What Does Happy Have to Do With Work

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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VP, SVP, Owner, Founder, Emerging Talent, Retired, Coach, Consultant, Freelancer, Entrepreneur

These are all titles we see over and over again. They can give us an immediate understanding of an individual's role, responsibilities, and even potentially tenure. But... has the time of the importance of titles run its course? Louise and Kim passionately dive into this topic in this episode and come out on different ends.

SHOW NOTES:

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-in time 1:22

Why are Titles Important? 6:38

What Am I? Who Am I? 6:59

Is it Really the Title You're After 9:27

Showing up as your Business Card 10:51

Is Being an Entrepreneur a Career 13:15

When There’s no Standard 13:53

My Title Matters to Me 13:48

Do Titles bring Clarity or Confusion 18:21

Does Impact Matter 22:24

Wearing the Crown of the Monarch 23:45

Kim & Louise Disagree 25:31

Job Crafting 27:26

Business Crafting 29:09

Golden nuggets time 30:03

Up Next: Creating Partnerships

Resources

Your Kickass Career Quiz

Your Kickass Career Collective

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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Here's the icky truth. We all sabotage ourselves. Yup. We do it all the time.

We don't mean to do it. We don't mean to get in our own way and prevent ourselves from moving forward. And yet... we do.

By procrastinating, refusing to ask for help, criticizing or judging ourselves or others, avoiding, withdrawing, or blameshifting (to name a few), we are damaging ourselves and others (and our prospects, when it comes down to it).

Why we do it and how we stop... that's where the magic happens.

When we start to understand those two things, we can change the behaviors that keep tripping us up.

In this episode, Kim and Louise dive deep into the idea of self-sabotage and how to break those habits that keep us stuck in our work and life.

Hellos & Welcome 0:00 

Weekly Check-in 1:44 I

ntro to main discussion - Self-Sabotage 8:09

Unpacking the Sabotage 13:27

Solving for X 14:16

Staying on Course 19:13

Controlling Distractions 21:46

It’s Not Pushing, It’s Joining Forces 24:46

It’s All Okay 28:40

Your Kickass Career Collective 32:42

Golden Nuggets 33:13

Next week - Why do titles matter? Or do they? 34:49

Resources

Your Kickass Career Quiz  

Your Kickass Career Collective 

#sabotage #selfsabotage #saboteurs #worklife #discussion #livestream #podcast

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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You've spent days, weeks, and endless hours preparing, ensuring everything is right and ready to go. And then, the day comes... and it all falls apart.

ARGH! What do you do? How do you handle it in the moment? What are the stories you might tell yourself about why it fell apart?

Kim & Louise dive into this juicy topic following three days of live trainings... where we're sure at least one thing won't go to plan. How will we handle it? Tune in and find out!

Have any stories you'd like to share on an upcoming episode? Drop us an email at [email protected] and let us know what you'd like to share or have us talk about.

Show Notes

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-in 1:26

When plans fall apart 5:26

The F-Word 7:18

The Stories we Tell Ourselves 10:22

Grace and Love 12:47

All the Worlds a Stage 15:30

When the plan doesn’t go according to the plan 18:14

Practice is Progress 22:05

Mindfulness Practice 23:47

Golden Nuggets 27:39

Join the Kickass Career Collective 30:17

Up Next: Getting Out of Our Own Way 31:18

Resources

Your Kickass Career Quiz 

Your Kickass Career Community

Opening music: A Vital Sign by Marc Torch

#planning #bestlaidplans #failure #resilience #mindset

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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Community is central to the human experience. Being part of an engaging community gives us a sense of belonging. And yet, community isn't always how we would describe the feeling we have in our workplaces.

On this week's episode, Kim & Louise dive into the importance of community with regard to how it can help you develop and maintain your own kickass career.

Want more? Check out https://yourkickasscareer.com.

#community #yourkickasscareer #career #careerdevelopment

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-in time 4:23

Intro to main discussion - The Importance of Community for a Kickass Career - 6:23

The spheres of Community 7:10

We only know what our Network Knows 9:28

When we take the outside in 10:37

How do we hear our own voice 11:30

Community Change up 13:31

How could you leave? 16:56

The inspired and the Inspiring 19:01

Your Kickass Career Community Support 20:59

Jumpstart Your Kickass Career 20:24

What does it mean to have a Kickass Career 29:06

Up Next: When Plans Fall Apart 29:58 Golden nuggets time 31:39

Your Kickass Career Quiz

Your Kickass Career Community Waitlist

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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You are a superhero! Don't ever let anyone tell you you're not.

What we (Kim & Louise) know, without a doubt, is that you have a unique set of incredible strengths (your superpowers) that you may not even be aware of or regularly tap into.

The cool thing is... those strengths can help you design and maintain your kickass career regardless of whether you're an employee, business owner, leader, or entrepreneur!

So how do you determine your superpowers and how to harness them?

Listen now to find out!

#superpowers #superhero #career #kickasscareer #yourkickasscareer #worklife

Show notes

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly check-in 1:51

Yourkickasscareer.com launch 8:36

Intro to Main Discussion - Harnessing Your Superpowers 9:41

Kid Loves 11:22

The Place of Play 12:04

The Career Renovation 16:38

The Magical Re-Do 19:25

Your Origin Story 20:47

Nothing is Perfect 22:15

Intuition is Powerful 23:16

Getting More Clarity 25:53

What’s your Kryptonite 28:19

Up Next: The Power of Community 34:46

Golden Nuggets 35:22

Resources

Your Kickass Career Quiz  

Your Kickass Career Community Waitlist 

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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There’s been a lot of hubbub about “Quiet Quitting” lately, so it feels like a timely discussion to have.

On this week’s show, Kim & Louise talk about what quiet quitting really is, why they think there’s been so much press about it lately (thanks, TikTok!), and the pros and cons of it - from both a leadership and an employee perspective.

Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-5:05

Intro to main discussion Quiet Quitting- 11:50

The 70 Hour Work Week - 14:10

Stop Being Quiet - 15:11

The Role Work Plays in Our Lives - 16:59

Diminishing Ambition - 19:14

You Aren’t Alone - 22:39

Diminishing Resources - 24:48

Take Control Back - 28:15

Your Kickass Career Community - 31:32

Golden nuggets - 34:23

Up Next: Uncover Your Superpowers - 36:06

RESOURCES:

yourkickasscareer.com

Do Nothing: How to to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee

When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection by Gabor Maté

Healing Burnout: A Journal to Find Peace and Purpose by Charlene Rymsha

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com 

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We've all heard the old adage: “If you aim for nothing, you'll hit it every time.”  That's where goals come in. They give us something to aim for. A bit of direction and purpose.   The thing is... goals can be really scary. What if we don't meet them? What if we do? What if we set the wrong goal? What if... what if... what if?  Truth be told, one of us (tune in to find out who) really can't stand the terminology around goals and goal-setting. And yet, has learned how to work with goals for herself and her clients in meaningful ways that create momentum.

There's a lot more to goals than meets the eye. On this week's show, Kim & Louise talk about goals, how to set them, what to do with them, and what happens when you do or don't achieve them.

Show Notes: Hellos & Welcome 0:00

Weekly Check-1:36

Intro to main discussion - 3:15

Four Tendencies - 4:02

Gamification of Goals - 5:16

Attaching Goals to Outcomes - 7:37

Woop my Life Tool - 9:27

Values and Goals - 14:03

The Missing Link - 15:25

Setting Goals at Work - 17:09

How to Begin - 20:10

Being an Inner Scientist - 24:01

Your Kickass Career Website - 25:37

YKAC Community Launch - 27:08

Up Next: Quiet Quitting - 28:13

Golden nuggets time - 28:50

Resources:

Michael Bungay Stainer, How to Begin

Woop My Life

Imogen Roy, How to succeed with your goals as a Rebel

Your Kickass Career - Who is your Career Change Superhero

Gretchen Rubin - Four Tendencies Quiz

Values at Work, YKAC episode from August 5, 2022

Connect with us directly:

You can find Kim at https://www.kimromain.com, as well as on LinkedIn @kimromain and on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @thekimromain

You can find all things Louise here.

Wanna get started on crafting your own kickass career? Download Your Career Clarity Assessment here

You can also get Kim's Mindset Magic Cards here.

Don't forget to email your questions, comments, outbursts, and suggestions at [email protected].

Join a circle of changemakers committed to leading with purpose, presence and ease inside Kim's Rising Visionaries mentorship program.

Reclaim your career and confidence during midlife through Louise's Rise & Redefine program.

If you’re loving this show, come check out the Feminist Podcasters Collective, where creators like us are uplifting diverse voices and driving meaningful change. If you’re looking for new shows to fill your feed, head to https://feministpodcasterscollective.com