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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

334: How to Stop Freaking Out and Keep Moving Forward with Maxie McCoy

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

Sharpening, Self-improvement, Meaning, Winning, Development, Money, Interview, Writing, Health & Fitness, Speaking, Mental Health, Success, Wins, Fun, Skills, Business, Careers, Training, Education, Collaboration, Decisions, Career, Selfhelp, Mockaitis, Thinking

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Maxie McCoy advises dropping the grand plan of your life in favor of simpler questions to move you forward.   You'll Learn: Two exercises for discerning your direction Why you should keep a gratitude journal Five wise questions to ask your support network   About Maxie: Maxie McCoy is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. She writes weekly inspiration on maxiemccoy.com, and is the host and executive producer of the live-audience show Let Her Speak. She specializes in creating meaningful offline experiences for top brands and conferences. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Bustle, Fortune, TheSkimm, INC, Business Insider, Yahoo, Marie Claire, GlassDoor, The Huffington Post, Women's Health and many others.   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep334 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.0

Hello and thanks so much for joining us here for episode 334 with Maxi McCoy.

0:23.4

I think you'll love this chat with Maxi because she takes a direct aim at that tricky feeling,

0:30.3

desperation, panic of recurring worry

0:33.4

what the heck am I doing where am I going with my career with my job with my life

0:37.1

We go there and she's got some practical tips for

0:40.1

Destressing that and making some great progress. You'll learn one, two exercises for

0:44.7

discerning your direction. Two, why you should keep a gratitude journal and three, five

0:49.8

wise questions to ask your support network.

0:52.8

So if you'd like to take a look at the show notes

0:54.3

or the transcript or the links to items we've referenced here,

0:56.5

it's over at awesome at your job.com slash Epp 334.

1:00.5

And here's Maxie's story.

1:01.4

Maxie McCourt is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves

1:06.5

But men she'll help you out too. It's all good. She writes weekly inspiration on Maxi McCoy.com and is the host and executive producer of the live audience show,

1:14.8

let her speak.

1:15.8

She specializes in creating meaningful offline experiences for top brands and conferences and

1:20.3

her work has been featured on Good Morning America, Bustle Fortune, The Skam,

1:24.0

Inc. Business Insider, Yahoo, Marie Claire, Glassdoor, The Huffington Post, Women's Health, and many others.

1:29.2

Thanks to Maxi for sharing some time with us and thanks to our sponsors. Check them out.

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