Career Relaunch®

Keeping the Right Company with Tamiko Kelly

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September 11, 2019 8:00pm

34m

The company you work for and the people you work with can have a huge impact on your perspectives, outlook, and self-belief. In episode 64 of Career Relaunch, Retail merchandiser turned baby sleep expert Tamiko Kelly explains why surrounding yourself with the right people can have such a profound impact on your career. She’ll explain the steps she took to move from the corporate world to set up her own independent business. We’ll talk about the importance of starting even if you don’t have a plan fully mapped out, getting yourself out of bad environments, and letting go of things that no longer serve you.

Key Career Insights

  1. Doing 1-on-1 work that feels unscalable can actually allow you to develop deep insights that enables you to create more scalable offerings.
  2. You don’t have to have a fully ironed out marketing strategy to get your business off the ground. You just have to start somewhere.
  3. At some point, you have to let go of the things that are no longer serving you and trust that things are going to work out.
  4. Getting yourself out of a toxic environment is the first step toward getting back the confidence you need to relaunch your career in a more positive direction.

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Listener Challenge

During this episode’s Mental Fuel segment, challenges you to think carefully about the company you keep. Think about what specific impact the people you spend the most time with are having own your personal and professional well-being. Write it down. If they’re having a positive impact, great. But if they’re dragging you down all the time, ask yourself how long you’ll willing to tolerate being around those people, and if you feel the time has come to get yourself out of the situation, what small step you could take this week to lay the groundwork for moving somewhere else.

About Tamiko Kelly, baby sleep expert