ASLU 046: 10 Curious Ways Creatives Self-Sabotage (with Alana Ruoso)
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On this week’s episode of the And She Looked Up Podcast, success coach Alana Ruoso joins Melissa to talk about 10 curious ways that we, as creative entrepreneurs, self-sabotage.
As we go through the list, we’re willing to bet that you’re mentally checking a few of these off as things you’ve done in your creative career! The thing is, so many of these self-sabotage techniques are extremely subtle and, in some cases, they’re things we’ve been doing for years.
Alana is a Toronto based certified Success Coach for Designers, Creatives and Professional who deep down know that they can do better - but keep falling short of where they want to go. She’s also a graphic designer herself and has over 20 years of corporate and creative experience. With humour and honesty, she shows her clients how to ditch struggle, own their value and move their careers from vanilla success to spectacular triumph.
In this episode not only does Alana walk us through some hard truths but she helps us come up with coping strategies and ways to turn the narrative around so we set ourselves up for success - even if we’re afraid of it (yes, that’s a real thing!). We work our way through 10 common signs of self-sabotage including:
The “Overs”: overeating, oversleeping, overworking, over-everything!
Intentionally burning bridges
Showing up late for important meetings
Putting in the bare minimum to a project you could rock
Letting a client call go to voicemail when you could answer it
Constantly telling yourself “I don’t know” (when you do know)
Not put yourself forward for an opportunity (job, freelance gig, call for artists etc) because you’ve decided you’re unqualified
Constantly remaining disorganized and frantic
Speaking negatively about yourself to others
Avoiding networking and keeping yourself isolated
If any (or many) of these resonated with you, we invite you to listen to this episode to find out why you might be doing these things and how you can turn things around with some simple, actionable tips from Alana.
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