What are your superpowers? 🦸♀️
Being a single mum is both the hardest and the easiest thing I’ve ever done. I know, wild! How can it be both? I think things are so often, both.
Sometimes people call me Superwoman, but I’m not. My daughter used to want to be Superman. She went through a short-lived phase of being the only kid dressed as a superhero at daycare when she was about 2. I think she’s pretty super.
While I might not be Superwoman, I do know my superpowers.
Back when I was in the job market, at interview when people would ask me why I was the best candidate for the job (or some other other version of this irritating and pointless question) I would say, “I already have the solutions for the problems you don’t yet know you have.”
My first superpower is being able to see the core of people and problems in the blink of an eye. I don’t have superficial or surface level relationships. I can’t. I’m the person you tell your marriage problems to while we’re pushing our kids on swings in the park, having only just met that morning. I’m always five steps ahead in the game, a byproduct of a naturally anxious personality, which I’ve spent years learning to control and turn from a pain point into a superpower.
My second superpower (because why have one when you can have two?) is being able to process and articulate on the fly with perfection. Those early days of training as a barrister and subsequently working for politicians served me well in developing my natural talent for answering any sticky question on the fly, and singing my own song regardless of the song sheet.
I am about to launch a mini-series on socials explaining what makes a career coach one of the best, and how I know I am among them. You won’t believe it when you see the content, but that felt hard for me. Most of the clips were one-take wonders to my marketing guru’s delight. I have years of media training to thank for that. I still have Imposter Syndrome. I still feel it lurking. But I know how to push past it so it doesn’t hold me back anymore.
What are your superpowers? 🦸♀️
If you don’t know, reach out, because you NEED to know. No catch, no agenda, it’s just important.