Ep 62. 3 Career Struggles All People-Pleasers Will Face 

<p><span style= "color: var(--black-color); font-family: var(--primary-font);">For a long time, I didn’t think of myself as a people pleaser; I thought of myself as a rule-follower, a “nice” person, a “hard worker” and “initiative-taker.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Basically, I used to think of myself as synonymous with a “people pleaser” but never thought about it as having negative connotations or consequences.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I just saw myself as a hard worker and someone who really “rose through the ranks” because of it. I gave that person's pleasing side of me so much credit for my success without really evaluating the consequences.  </span></p> <p><em><strong>I never spoke back, but that also meant I never stood up for myself.</strong></em></p> <p><em><strong>I always followed the rules, but never questioned them.</strong></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And anytime that I did something wrong, or disappointed myself, I would beat myself up more than anyone around me because of my own internal standards. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This was especially prevalent when I was in my 20s and younger in my career because I didn’t really know how to manage this “people-pleasing” side of me. However, as I’ve grown in my late twenties and really evaluated what success means to me, I see that this has come with a lot of consequences that I’ve had to learn to manage.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So today I wanted to talk about the 3 career struggles all people pleasers face in their careers….let’s get started!</span></p> <p><span style= "text-decoration: underline;"><strong>SHOWNOTES: </strong></span></p> <p><a href= "https://worklifemoney.co/peoplepleasercareerstruggles/">3 Career Struggles All People-Pleasers Will Face </a></p> <p><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Looking for more help? <a href= "https:/