#494 Be yourself more with skill

Squiggly Careers

AmazingIf

Business, Management, Careers

4.9 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

This is the fourth and final episode in the Squiggly Careers Quote Series, and today Sarah shares the quote that has shaped her approach to leadership: “Be yourself more with skill.” Inspired by the book and article Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?, this episode explores how true leadership comes from leaning into your strengths and embracing uncomfortable situations that spark growth. There’s no blueprint for being brilliant, and whether you're in a leadership role or not, you don’t need to become someone you’re not—it’s about being a better version of yourself. ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Introduction & Announcement 02:33 The quote: "Be yourself more with skill" 07:44 Action 1: Job Crafting – Be the architect of your career 10:30 Action 2: Ask for feedback on blindspots 13:03 Action 3: Have a squiggly stretch 🎯 What You’ll Learn - How to lead authentically by leaning into your strengths - How to be the architects of your own work life - How to take intentional control of your job description - Smart ways to ask for feedback on blindspots - The value of stepping into uncomfortable situations 📚 Resources Mentioned Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader Hardcover by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Should-Anyone-Led-You/dp/1578519713 HBR Article 'Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: https://hbr.org/2000/09/why-should-anyone-be-led-by-you Job Crafting Article by Dan Cable https://dan-cable.com/linkedin-article/job-crafting/ For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers: 📩 Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/ 🏃‍♀️ Join our next Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024 📮 Get Squiggly Careers in Action in your inbox: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction 📚 Read our books: The Squiggly Career and You Coach You: https://www.amazingif.com/books/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, it's Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. Before you listen or watch today's episode,
0:05.3	I just wanted to let you know about some news that Sarah and I are very excited about, and that is
0:09.8	that our Squiggly Career Skill Sprint is back. This time, we are going to be sprinting in September
0:14.8	and the sprint will last for a week. Our focus is on the five Squiggly Career Skills, so that is strengths, values, confidence,
0:22.8	network and future possibilities. And we are going to be accelerating your development by
0:26.9	adding in a little bit of AI. So there are some prompts for you to play with. There are some
0:31.4	tools for you to try out. And we have got everything that you need to learn. So sign up to
0:37.1	the Sprint. Head to squiggly sprint.com,
0:40.3	add your email in and we'll start to send you your ready, steady sprint guide. You can sprint together
0:44.8	as a team, you can sprint on your own, whatever it works for you, but we are going to make this
0:49.3	as easy as possible for you to sign up, for you to start and for you to stick to your sprint. So go to
0:55.7	squiggly sprint.com to get started now. Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Helen. And this is the Squiggly Careers
1:02.3	podcast. Every week we choose a different topic to do with work and your career and try to share
1:07.9	some ideas and actions to help all of us navigate these squiggly careers,
1:11.9	that bit more confidence and control.
1:14.3	And this is the fourth in a slightly random series that we decided to do over the summer
1:19.6	because we thought, is everybody committed to taking lots of deep action with their development in August?
1:26.0	No. No one needs a matrix in August, I don't reckon. No. No one needs a matrix in August,
1:28.9	I don't reckon. Really? No one needs a matrix in August. Oh, that makes me sad, but I think
1:34.1	you might be right. People do. People need a bit of inspiration in August. Some sort of light ways to
1:42.7	reflect and think about what you're doing and maybe take back into
1:46.1	September when you kind of come back to everything that's in your inbox. So that is what this
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