Picture this: you’ve just completed a big project. All the work (and stress) is over, and you can breathe a sigh of relief. Right?
So, how quickly do you start itching to know how others think it went?
Perhaps you’re a student constantly refreshing your email for your professor’s thoughts. Or maybe you’re in the workplace, compulsively checking Slack for comments from your boss. Do you ever find yourself anticipating criticism, trying to get ahead by guessing what flaws others will pick out?
This begs the question, did you ever stop to ask yourself how you thought it went?
How we assess our performance on things that matter to us can strongly impact our mental health and self-esteem, not to mention the progress of our work.
Today, I want to pull back the power from the process of self-evaluations and building self-trust. Even if you’re not in an environment where you get formal feedback or have to complete self-evaluations, the method I will share has something for you, too. This method helps you create space for self-reflection that serves the impact you want to make in the world without losing yourself in self-doubt and other people’s opinions.
Listen to the full episode to hear:
- Why developing the ability to discern your own performance is a critical skill set
- How self-assessment became so embedded in our work lives, and how the process has lost its meaning
- Two simple tools to help you center your own voice when considering your performance
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What is Becoming Power?
What is power? Well, that's complicated. We've learned to associate power with money, influence, position, fame, politics, and even certain bodies. Becoming Power is a podcast about a different perspective on power. Host Valerie Black highlights how true power emerges from the practices that help us transform and evolve as humans and serve as a foundation for our work in the world. She talks with leaders, executives, athletes, and activists about how they nurture their own inner power. Valerie analyzes their insights and turns them into meditations, visualizations, and bite-sized experiments for you to integrate into your own life. Whether you're looking for a greater sense of power at work, a deeper relationship with yourself, or ideas for developing your own powerful practices, Becoming Power is for you.