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Women Who Went for It! is a bi-weekly podcast, hosted by Career Change Agent, Sara McArdle. The show features inspiring chats with successful industry changers who share how they found the clarity, courage and motivation to step into a deeper vocation and a life of meaning and fulfillment. We hope you'll see just how many before you have GONE for it—and they're eternally grateful that they took the risk!

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Episode 029: Commitment, Time Tracking and the Power of "No" with Sara McArdle

Jan 6, 2019

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In this Sara Solo Show, Sara delves into the first of her Seven Cs of Successful Career Change, a system that addresses the most common areas that industry changers need to develop in order to be successful in their shift. Sara points out that the first C, or Commitment, is all about shifting priorities and requires one to 1) DECIDE that the time for change is right NOW, and 2) to DECIDE to put herself at the top of her to-do list (and learn how to say "no").

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Sara discusses:
  • The story of her career change in Women Who Went for It Episode 001
  • Happy 1-year anniversary to Women Who Went for It!
  • What "Commitment" boils down to
  • The difference between wanting to do something and deciding to do something
  • The (potentially cringe-worthy) idea of "success"
  • Sara's "Do What Pleases You" video on Facebook
  • What Sara learned from helping a friend of a fix
  • The spectrum from people people-pleasing to blowing everybody off
  • The idea of "yes, if"
  • Time-tracking tools
  • An analog system for blocking out time for oneself and managing "introvert energy"
  • Sara's "Do What Pleases You" video on Facebook
  • Tips & tricks for telling others "no," or "thanks, not right now"
  • The problem with explaining our "no"
  • One, magical phrase
  • How our beliefs about spending time on ourselves shape our choices
  • The idea of being "selfish" with your time
  • Putting stock in what might be possible vs. what's known and practical
  • ...and more!
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Website: www.womenwhowentforit.com 
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Email: sara.mcardle.coaching@gmail.com 
Phone: 503.893.2043
Want to make your own career change? Download Sara's Seven Cs of Successful Career Change Chart.