Dec 25, 2019
Our 9th podcast episode, in the Legendary Leaders series,
sees us back chatting with Sarah Weiler, owner of Power of Uke,
TedX Speaker, Comedian and DJ. Sarah kicks things off sharing an
insight she’s experienced where there’s a tendency to make work
harder for ourselves because we feel the need to be ‘too busy’ and
almost overwhelmed to prove that we are working hard. Sarah
explains that when things happen that feel a bit easy, we question
what we did, and almost talk ourselves into believing we didn’t
work hard enough. She alludes to surrendering in order to allow
ourselves to find something easy and enjoyable and accept it as
just that.
Sarah continues the theme of pressure by talking about how
people often don’t quit something until they end up in crisis, and
as such quitting is seen as a negative, something associated with
burn out and drama. She reframes quitting and describes it as
deciding something no longer serves you or you’ve reached as far as
something’s going to take you.
During the podcast we are introduced to the ‘Quitting
Quadrant’ tool which involves understanding the level of interest
and level of discomfort you have with a project or challenge. Sarah
explains the four quadrants and how they can be used to understand
where we are and what we need to do next, as well as being a useful
tool to trigger conversations about what we’re doing and whether
it’s right. The key benefit, Sarah shares with us, is that the
Quitting Quadrant helps you to learn quickly if something is
working for you or not, and if not, you can move on without
shame.
Sarah finishes the podcast with some top tips, including the
importance of having time not working, a restoring phase, as well
as being kinder by allowing ourselves to not be on edge the whole
time.
She also suggests at the end of each day focusing not on what
you have done but ask yourself how have you been.
If you enjoyed this episode, check out the video show notes
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In this episode you will learn:
How you can use the Quitting Quadrant to understand what is
working for you and where something isn’t, quitting without
shame.
How to be kinder to yourself from acknowledging success and
achievement even in those times when things feel easy, to asking
yourself how have you been, rather than what have you done
today.
The importance of taking time out from work to restore and
recharge and the positive impact that will have on your work
About Cathleen:
As a trained Leadership & Mindset Coach, Facilitator and
Keynote Speaker Cathleen supports high achieving but worn-out Women
in Corporates create a more content & balanced life without
sacrificing their hard-earned success.
Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who
feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone
but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that
they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to
come.
Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from
feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to
owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and
others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle
that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's
clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about
their future.
She works with action takers who really want to make an impact
on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you
are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to
the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get
in touch!
With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media &
Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not
only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a
leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting
various leadership development projects within large, complex,
multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the
experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world
step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose,
inspiration and courage to live a life on their own
terms.
Cathleen's Links:
About Sarah Weiler:
Sarah has spent the last 12 years teaching, facilitating and
coaching all over the world and working hard to build a life full
of activities that make her feel alive. These include: Power of Uke
(using the ukulele to access Growth Mindset and Creativity in
corporate organisations like Google and PWC), Rye Laughs Comedy
night, DJing, stand-up comedy, career and life coaching, teaching
money mindset, becoming a TEDx speaker around the topic of Quitting
and most recently creating The Carousel. Her claim to fame is her
GDPR comedy song, which went viral.
Having so many things on the go at the same time can lead to
overwhelm if we're trying to do them all at the same time, and
feeling as though we not giving all the attention to all things at
all times. Enter then the concept of the Carousel, devised by Sarah
Weiler, who honours that having variety in life and career doesn't
have to mean doing all the things at the same
time, and that variety can also mean focus. Not one or the
other.
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WHERE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S ON SARAH'S
CAROUSEL:
Day of Musical Joy - December 8: Email Sarah