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You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.

I'm Amy Gallo.

I'm Amy Bernstein.

And I'm Emily Kaulfield.

Sometimes you want to make a career change, not the next logical step on your current career path, like a more senior title or taking on more responsibility.

No, you want to leap to a new path altogether. We know from research that women are less

likely to put themselves out there for opportunities unless they feel completely

qualified. We want to tick all the boxes before we raise our hand for that exciting new job or that stretch

roll. But limiting ourselves what we already know how to do is limiting. In this episode we're going to talk about how we can believe

in ourselves when it comes to pushing our careers forward. A listener of ours, Elizabeth,

is in the middle of this process. She imagined what was possible for her and she's taking those steps forward.

She works in an investment firm in South Africa and because her background is in, she's kind of unusual at the firm.

Five years in, she didn't see a clear growth path for herself, so she took her career

development into her own hands.

And when I had a look at that and I really had a proper assessment as to my abilities and

my skills in my experience.

I thought to myself, you are perhaps limiting yourself

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