Build Your Brave Career for Women in Tech

I returned to Yo Canny’s podcast Girl, Take the Lead to discuss the book Quit, The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, by Annie Duke.
Yo and I covered a lot of powerful topics about quitting, so our conversation is available in two parts. 

Feedback was so positive and powerful that we released these two episodes on the Build Your Brave Career podcast feed as well.

Rethinking Grit: Embracing the Quit with Nicole Trick Steinbach PART 1 of 2

Yo and I explored these themes:
  • The difference (and overlap) of Grit vs Quit
  • How intersectional identities impact Quit vs Grit
  • When women stay too long and a simple scale to identify if it is time for you too move on
  • The metaphor of ‘Whispers, Missals, & Bricks’ of being called to change 
  • The transformative power of the mindset “At the Moment Manager”

Rethinking Grit: Embracing the Quit with Nicole Trick Steinbach PART 2 of 2

Yo and I explored these themes:
  • Goals and outcomes, and how generations do it differently
  • Sunday Scaries and choosing to stress less
  • How I am a sorta “Quit Coach”
  • What kill criteria is and a story from my client
  • Yo’s amazing quote of being “In Love with my own Self-Importance”
  • Choosing the battles worth having for the growth you want
  • The infamous “Ant Story”
Yo’s top three takeaways are:
  1. In our culture we see grit as a virtue and quit as a vice. Per Annie Duke: “Success does not lie in sticking to things. It lies in picking the right thing to stick to and quitting the rest.”
  2. Any decision is made under some degree of uncertainty – we don’t have crystal balls and new information will always reveal itself.
  3. External validation increases the escalation of commitment. Fear of how others will view us if we quit is usually overblown.
My key takeaway is how important building the bravery to establish and then craft the habit of quitting -- places, relationships, habits, and jobs -- as a woman in tech is to ensuring that you never, ever quit yourself. Ever. 

Related Episodes:
  1. The book Quit has been so instrumental to me and my coaching clients, that I also created a related Build Your Brave Career podcast episode: The Brave Act of Quitting: Recognizing the Right Time to Walk Away from Goals
  2. Yo Canny was also a guest on my podcast, listen to her episode here: The Power of Personal Brands: Yo Canny’s Insights on Crafting a Compelling, Authentic Brand for Career Satisfaction E146
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What is Build Your Brave Career for Women in Tech?

Build Your Brave Career is for women in tech who are done being overworked, overlooked, and underpaid...and are ready to change it.
If you’re experienced, capable, and tired of working harder without getting what you’ve earned, this podcast shows you how to make the strategic and tactical moves to stress less, work less, and earn more.

With each episode, you’ll learn how to build the skill of bravery so you can advocate for yourself, make smarter career decisions, and create real momentum, without losing yourself or burning out.

Nicole Trick Steinbach is your host. She is a former director who built a global tech career from the ground up, working in over 25 countries, leading large-scale transformational change projects. Nicole is now at home in both the US and Germany.

To learn more about how you can build your brave, connect here:
• Website: https://tricksteinbach.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletricksteinbach