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I can't believe it but this Sunday is our last Sunday Session (unless I can find someone to sponsor it 😉), where I share lessons on how to make this your best year, yet.

So far, we've covered:

• ​How to Set Better Goals​
• ​How to Get Out of Your Way​
• ​How to Protect Your Energy​

And now we're closing with How to Transform Obstacles Into Opportunities. Maybe my favorite subject out of all of them :)

I'm going to walk you through the exact process I went through to weather my storms and then leverage them - or as I like to say, make money out of lemons. Because every single amazing thing in my life has come from every single challenge in my life.

(Seriously, I was sued and then got a book deal because of it!)

Here's my conundrum though: I couldn't have had my breakthroughs without my breakdowns, which made me wonder if suffering is an inevitable part of our self-growth...

I don't think it has to be, and I want to show you how.

Simply put: You don't have the luxury of wallowing. We got to feel our feels and then figure out a plan for how to make it work for us.

Because that's the question to continually come back to: How can I make this work for me? And how can I make that easy?

Find out how on January 26th at 5p ET; it's free to attend so click that button 👇

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In this week's newsletter:

🛠️ Tools for a Better Work-Life: Get unstuck and unstressed.

✍️ Ask Claire: I address a subscriber who struggles with what (not) to prioritize.

🎧 Podcast: A live recording of our Sunday Session on How to Protect Your Energy, a framework for preventing burnout.
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🔦 Job Seeker Spotlight: Elisa Camahort Page, who built a mission-based start-up from $0 through venture funding onto exit by acquisition.

🗣️ Steal this Script: They ask for your salary expectations - here's how to respond.

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"Every day, my to-do list gets longer and longer - and everything seems like it's urgent. How do I decide what to prioritize?!" -To-Do List Terrors   Ask Claire

Dear To-Do List Terrors,

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Learning what to prioritize - and what NOT to prioritize - is critical to success and most importantly, your sanity. Feeling like you can't control your time, translates into not feeling in command of your life - and we don't want that.

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Because you're feeling (rightly) overwhelmed by your to-do list, the goal is to not have to look at it more than a few times a week.

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As someone with ADHD, I was constantly drowning in what I could or should be doing, so I created a system to identify a hierarchy of priorities that was realistic for my time and energy in a given week. (It's called the To Done Tracker and it will change your life.)

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You can see my entire system here, but here's a sneak peek of the exact steps I take every Sunday when I prepare for the week:​
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1. Review your calendar to identify blocks of uninterrupted focus each day. No amount of time is too short but don’t exceed 90 minutes in one sitting without taking a break. Protect those times with your life (seriously, put 'em on your calendar, and don't let anyone schedule meetings!)
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2. Review all the initiatives that you’re currently working on and identify seven action steps to put into four columns:
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   • "PRIMARY": Select ONE action step (and correlating micro-steps) to focus on as your Primary Priority - you’ll do this during the designated focus block. Don’t move on to any other steps until you’ve completed this. Unsure which action step should be your Primary priority? Ask yourself these two questions:
     • Is it time-urgent? (Due this week or next)
     • Will it impact my ability to do other things on my list?
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   • "SECONDARY": Put TWO action steps under this column - these are important (maybe even urgent), but in the chronology of priorities, rank under the Primary. Usually, these are time-sensitive but not time-urgent. (Due in approx. two weeks.)
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   • "IF I GET TO IT": Put THREE action steps under this column - these are your “nice-to-haves”, maybe something that has a long deadline and just needs consistent work.
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   • "FOR ME": Put ONE action you can take that increases your well-being (emotional, physical, spiritual, etc.) Put this on your calendar and protect that time, otherwise it won’t happen! Remember, it’s a short-term investment that’ll pay long-term rewards.

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It might take you a minute to get comfortable selecting your seven actions for the day, but trust me, once you do, it's SUCH a relief not to look at the all-encompassing, all-consuming to-list.
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To make it easy, take a screenshot of this framework 👇 and refer back to it every morning as you organize your day (or even better, do it the night before you can hit the ground running!)

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Just remember YOU are in command of your time, even when it doesn't always feel like it.

In a situation? Get guidance ➡️

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In this recording of one of our Sunday Sessions, you will learn actionable steps to cultivate and sustain good energy, making ambition easier and ensuring success without self-sacrifice.
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Key takeaways include:

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• How to maintain and safeguard your energy throughout a typical day
• 19 common energy leeches such as judgment, lack of presence, and over-commitment (and what to do!)
• How to build a force field around your energy
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Listen to the episode ➡️

🔦 Job Seeker Spotlight 🔦

Elisa Camahort Page

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​MY WHY: I want to do fractional advisory work, helping mission-based, and hopefully under-served, founders and leaders change the equation and change the culture of what we're seeing in both the non-profit and entrepreneurial industrial complex.
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​DREAM OPPS INCLUDE: I am looking to be a trusted and ongoing advisor to mission-based leaders in: Tech, Media, and Justice work.

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A CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Building a mission-based start-up from $0 through venture funding on to exit by acquisition, all while modeling civil discourse in a diverse community and how one could actually do business and do good. All while being my authentic self in public and private spaces.

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SOMETHING HARD I'VE DONE: A few years back I was brought on to help a good colleague spin off a techology her team had developed into its own scalable entity. Instead, once I got in there and looked under the hood, I helped identify that the technology was not in a place where it could serve that purpose and that in fact, the potential business model would be cannibalistic to her primary business, not symbiotic. Instead of a 2-3 endeavor to spin it out and, fundraise, and exit, it becomes a six-month exercise in due diligence and ultimately rolling it back into what the main business was doing. It was a fast fail, but we saved a tremendous amount of money and human resources in so doing.

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HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT ME: Connecting me to leaders, especially those who care about social impact, who could use a trusted advisor in their corner, in their ear, and in their business!

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Scenario #1: You don't have the offer yet: “I’m hesitant to lose the opportunity on the off chance I quote something too high. The research I did was around [HIGH #], is that close to what the company budgeted?"

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Why this is smart:

• Demonstrates your value
• Establishes empathy for their potential constraints
• ‘Blames’ the research
• Depersonalizes by saying “company” instead of “you”
• Opens the conversation

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Scenario #2: You received an offer: "I found in my research that a top performer makes approx. [HIGH #], and since I hope I've proven myself to be one, I'd expect something close. Especially since I know this is a company that values pay equity and invests in their employees."

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Why this is smart:

• Anchoring high is proven to increase your salary
• Positions the convo to learn about their comp philosophy
• Holds them to a higher standard while making them feel good

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What do you think? Join the conversation ➡️

Really Good Work Advice,
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After a decade+ of leading trainings at places such as NASA, Harvard Business School, The New York Times, and Facebook, I'm confident I can teach you the skills critical for professional momentum.
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I've also learned (through epic burnout 🤦🏻‍♀️), that the best way to sustain that momentum is through weekly micro-steps.
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I'm excited to support you even more in the journey to easier ambition. After all, you are the best investment you can make :)
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