Change Work Life

Overcoming self-doubt and building the confidence to change career - with Sarah Burrows of Achieving Ambition


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#199: Sarah Burrows is an accredited Career and Business Coach who helps women lost in their careers discover a purpose-filled career or business.  She explains how Neuro Linguistic Programming can improve your confidence, the power of language, and how to change the way you view yourself.

What you’ll learn

  • [01:42] What Neuro Linguistic Programming is.
  • [02:49] The power of the language you use to talk to yourself.
  • [03:33] Neuro Linguistic Programming skills that can make you feel confident.
  • [04:36] How Sarah became a coach and NLP practitioner. 
  • [06:31] What’s happening in our brain when we feel anxious or trapped.
  • [07:43] How the brain has evolved to respond to danger.
  • [08:46] How lacking confidence stops people from making a career change.
  • [10:18] The danger of familiarity.
  • [11:30] The most common causes of self-doubt.
  • [14:15] Why we shouldn’t take other people's opinions at face value.
  • [17:20] Typical thought patterns of people who need to be more self-confident.
  • [21:00] How to know if it’s an excuse or a reason.
  • [24:22] How and why to challenge your assumptions about a career change.
  • [25:32] How to improve your self-confidence.
  • [27:36] How to change the way you view yourself.
  • [33:00] The self-fulfilling prophecy of self-talk.
  • [34:39] How to align your physical sensations with your mindset.
  • [37:15] How to reframe fear to excitement.
  • [37:57] How support networks can help you build confidence.

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For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/overcoming-self-doubt-and-building-the-confidence-to-change-career/

Re-assessing your career?  Know you need a change but don't really know where to start?  Check out these two exercises to start the journey of working out what career is right for you!

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