Confident At Work Anna Manning

This week we're exploring the hidden dangers of turning your analytical skills inward.

As professionals, you might pride yourself on your sharp analytical and critical thinking skills. These abilities honed through years of education and experience might make you an expert in your field, but what happens when you turn those skills on yourself?

In this episode we explore how the very skills that make us successful at work can erode our confidence when they're misapplied.

You'll meet Janet, a brilliant lawyer, who like many of us, has used her analytical prowess to excel in her career. However, she was also unknowingly using these skills to scrutinise, criticise and perfext herself, leading to self-doubt and anxiety.

Here’s a sneak peek of what we discussed:


Hypercritical Self-Analysis: Janet was adept at spotting flaws in contracts but applied the same hypercritical lens to her own value and contributions. This constant self-scrutiny left her feeling inadequate despite her undeniable success.
Endless Analysing: Janet would mentally dissect every conversation and email, a habit great for her legal work but disastrous for her personal confidence.

The good news? Janet learned to recognise when she was misapplying her skills and developed strategies to stop doing it! She discovered that she could still be highly analytical at work without turning those skills inward.

Are you doing the same? Are your critical thinking skills boosting your career but undermining your self-confidence? Listen to this episode to find out.

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Cover art by Jacob McFadden

Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic

Overwhelmed by the amount you have to do at work? We're here to help you get back on track.

We've all been there – staring at a massive to-do list, feeling paralysed by the sheer amount of work you have to do?

In this episode we cover:-


Understanding task overwhelm when it happens and what you'll notice in your work day
The impact of leaving an overwhelmed brain to it's own devices and how it will have you flapping or starting at your to-do-list!
How To Get Back on Track: I guide you through practical steps to step back, re-set, re-focus and regain control



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Cover art by Jacob McFadden

Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic

Sick of rescuing people at work, when you definitely didn't sign up for a career with the emergency services?

Tired of taking on peoples tasks, solving their problems, or just stepping in a bit too much?

In this week's podcast, we're here to help you figure out how to stop rescuing people at work.

And we get it. You already know you shouldn't be rescuing people, but that doesn't seem to have stopped you.

Tune in to understand why knowing you shouldn't rescue hasn't actually stopped you, and what you need to do, to finally kick the rescuing habit:

🛟 Meet Real-Life Rescuers: Sarah, Alex, and Valerie, three successful professionals who found themselves in the rescuing cycle– each with unique scenarios and insights which will shed light on your own rescue missions!

🛟 Understand The Urge: Get behind the scenes of your mind and discover the thoughts and beliefs driving your need to rescue.

🛟 Unpack The Impact : Learn about the unintended consequences of rescuing – on both you and those you’re trying to help.

🛟 Get Practical Tips: We’re not just pointing out the problem; we’re offering sustainable solutions! From handling the urge to jump in, to a whole new approach to management, we’ve got strategies to help you break free from the rescuing habit for good.



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⁠In this episode we are focusing on the issue of becoming more senior, but feeling less confident. We explore why it might be happening, how you could inadvertently be making it worse, and what you can do about it.

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Confidence needs the right environment to grow and be sustained. But what happens to confidence when your internal environment is so degraded from years of toxic chemicals and poor management? Join us to explore how one couples wilding experiment on their farm in England has a lot to teach us about how our internal environment and how we, just like a farm, can be transformed when we get it right.

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It's episode 100 of the Confident At Work podcast and we're celebrating that with an episode about being proud.


I share 10 things I am proud of, and giving you a practical exercise to help you feel proud of yourself too.


If you want to feel more confident at work, you need to get into a High Confidence Cycle, and being proud is part of it!


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