Earning What You're Worth Isn't Greedy: How to Overcome a Harmful Limiting Belief

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Women have been conditioned to believe that wanting a salary that reflects our value is an act of</span> <strong>greed</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This is not a mindset built for</span> <strong>optimizing your success</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While there are societal constructs that hold us back, carrying around beliefs that don’t serve us is a huge barrier too. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have enough barriers to contend with already so taking our self doubt off the list makes the path to what we want a lot smoother. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How do we combat the belief that wanting a better package is selfish? In the final part of our three-part series, I talk about how to bust through a huge internal obstacle to earning your full potential, and stop feeling guilty about negotiating for a better package. </span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>How to stop letting societal constructs define us <br /></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">We can’t fix societal constructs overnight, but refusing to believe them ourselves does empower us. How do we start investing in beliefs that actually serve us? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Why personal gains and social gains don’t have to be competing forces<br /></strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">We’re taught that getting the salary we want can only happen at the expense and inconvenience of everyone else. In reality, does anyone suffer when we’re paid our worth? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The harm of showing up to a negotiation with limiting beliefs <br /></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">As soon as we think we’re being greedy, we start negotiating from a place of fear. How do we mentally equip ourselves to show up confidently?</span></p>