Dr. Shadé Zahrai

And then they get so down on themselves, forgetting that they have all these other skills and attributes that they can be applying to help them learn what they need to learn.

They can bring their growth mindset, their curiosity, their desire to learn new things, their ability to grasp things really quickly.

They can bring all of that with them.

And as soon as you remind them of that, they suddenly feel so much more at ease and it opens up their mind to learning quicker.

So if anyone listening is in a position where you don't feel like you have everything that you need, everything on the job description, and you're magnifying your gaps, which is what the brain does,

pause and firstly write down everything that you are needing to do, everything on the job description for the role, whatever it might be.

In the middle column, what are all of the qualities that you have developed over the course of your life?

And then in your third column, you're mapping your middle column to your first column, right?

So I'm going to bring my growth mindset for this one, this one, and this one.

I'm going to bring my diligence for here and here.

I'm going to bring my ability to be really tenacious to this, that, and that.

And then suddenly you've mapped out what you need to apply and how, and it's incredibly empowering and it boosts your self-efficacy and your sense of agency.

Oh, beautiful.

I love how you've just touched on this idea of the challenges we've been through, which leads us into the third pillar.

But before we get there, I want to come back to agency for a moment.

So when people are applying for jobs, what's really valuable to know is that you don't have to have 100% of what's on the job description, but you have to be able to demonstrate if you make it to an interview that even though you don't have everything that's there, you have other transferable skills and attributes and qualities that you will apply to learn what you need to learn.

So let me share an example with you.

When I worked in banking, I applied for a very, very senior role that was probably three levels above where I was.

And I was completely underqualified for it.

I already had another job that had been offered to me.