Battles… Even the idea of picking battles is hard for me (I
work to overcome my impulsive need to be right all the time…), but I think the
biggest battle was fighting for myself professionally. The idea of standing up
to leaders (whether they know my work or not) and defend my value as either a
current employee (deserving raise or promotion) or as an up-hire deserving of a
chance even if I don’t 100% match the qualifications. Professional risk is a
big chance for me – and as I’m married as much to my work as my husband
sometimes, it’s important to me that my career, in turn, adds value to my life.
I had an opportunity to learn from myself a tackle the
battle approach on both sides of this. It took a battered ego to go 6 weeks
without a call back from anyone except recruiters. As I accepted a position
with a very generous task scope, I also fought to get recognition I deserved –
and then I GOT IT.
The satisfaction I got by having a boss that would fight to
keep me was just an incredible feeling. I have learned a lot through these
battles (about the right and wrong way to sell oneself, without selling out)
and as I will continue to be a career-woman, these are battles that I will need
to become more versed at (Ignore the terrible sentence structure, please).
These are the fights that every woman deserves to win!
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