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We spend years becoming the person we think we need to be.

Sometimes, without even noticing, the gap between who we are and who we've been performing quietly begins to grow.

This week's 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀® podcast explores what happens when that gap becomes too great to carry, why it can leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves, and why recognising yourself again may be the beginning of everything that comes next.

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𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱?
𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲?

We're encouraged to keep improving. To keep striving. To keep achieving.

Maybe, every now and then, it's worth pausing long enough to ask ourselves:

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲?

Sometimes the answer to that question changes far more than we expect.

As a new week begins, perhaps the question isn't,

"What do I need to achieve this week?"

Perhaps it's,

"𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀?"

Because success means very little if we have to lose ourselves to achieve it.

Have a good week.

A question to reflect on this Friday...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲?

Not changing your behaviour appropriately, but quietly turning parts of yourself down in order to fit, belong or succeed.

What have you noticed?

I love this!! Who have you been trying to be? ❤️

We spend years becoming the person we think we need to be.

The capable one.
The dependable one.
The one who holds everything together.

None of those versions of us are wrong. In fact, many of them helped us build the life and career we have today.

But sometimes, almost without noticing, the gap between who we are and who we've been performing begins to grow.

We start wondering whether we've lost our confidence, our motivation... or even ourselves.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻'𝘁?

What if the person we really are hasn't disappeared at all?

What if we've simply become quieter than the version of ourselves we've learned to perform?

That's what I explore in this week's episode of Proactive Empowered Careers®.

Because sometimes the most important journey isn't becoming somebody new.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻.

🎙️ 𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟵: 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴

🎧 Listen here: https://www.patriciaezechie.com/proactive-empowered-careers

Have you ever stopped to wonder how much energy it takes to fit in?

Not because fitting in is wrong.

But because sometimes we become so used to being who we think we're supposed to be that we lose sight of who we are.

This week's 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀® podcast explores the adjustments we make to keep things working, to fit in, and to carry on, and how sometimes we lose sight of who we really are in the process

🎙️ 🎧Listen now : https://www.patriciaezechie.com/proactive-empowered-careers

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲? 🤔

Here's someting to think about as we start a new week...

Most of us adapt to the environments around us.

The effort isn't always visible.

But trying to be both the person we know ourselves to be and the person we feel we need to be can be really tiring.

Have you noticed?

🎙️This is one of the ideas I've been exploring in this week's episode of 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀.

🎧 Listen here: https://www.patriciaezechie.com/proactive-empowered-careers