I really hope you’re enjoying what’s left of this glorious summer. I know I usually write about career advice and the balancing act of managing work with life and how it’s such such a struggle. I try to motivate you to do your best work and take pride in it. I try to help you frame the concept of ambition with your evolving definition of success and all that great, meaningful stuff that impacts your career. But right now I’m sitting by a lake watching my nephew swim around while my daughter...
18 days ago • 2 min read
I take so much pride in the wins of those around me. Probably moreso than I do my own. Last week, two of my clients reached major milestones. One celebrated a major, hard-earned promotion and the other got the green light to move forward on a huge marketing campaign we’ve been working to sell in to the organization’s leadership team for the past six months. It feels so good to talk about these wins. I’m smiling as I type this! As I was reveling in the accomplishments of the folks I work so...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome new folks! Many of you are here because you signed up for my career strategy workshop: Rebuild and Rebrand with Aliza Licht, and many of you are here because I met you in Connecticut this weekend after I spoke at the CTREIA conference. I'm so glad you're here. In case you missed it, my TEDx talk is finally live! This is for you if you’re dealing with any self-doubt, or if there are people in your life who keep making you feel like you need to “prove your value” to them. The talk walks...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Before we dive in, I’m so excited to share that The Setback Cycle audiobook is out today! I know some of you were waiting for this (and yes, listening definitely counts as reading) so please download it and listen away! As my husband jokes, come for the career advice, stay for the Long Island accent. And now on to today’s newsletter, which is all about apathy. I realize I’m over here writing a newsletter that’s supposed to “offer an antidote to daily doomscrolling,” and then when crazy things...
2 months ago • 4 min read
When you’re a kid, June is an endless series of celebrations, awards ceremonies, graduation parties, dance recitals and more. For parents, this month is straight up tears. Whether around forgetting to send them to school with the appropriate “theme” outfit (don’t forget rainbow colors day!) to sobbing as you witness your little one go from one phase to the next while they stand there, this person who was once (and in your brain, still is) a baby, beaming with pride over all their hard work...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Some of us don’t realize how badly we need a vacation until we finally take it. I had been telling myself (and everyone else) I didn’t need a break. "Energy is my superpower!" I yelled when people asked if I was exhausted. I was doing “so much.” Didn't I need to hit pause? Nah, I shrugged. I love what I do so I can keep going! I want to keep going! This was truly and honestly the way I felt after two straight months of multiple events per week, a book tour that had me flying all over the...
3 months ago • 4 min read
Like many of you, I’m going through a seasonal shift right now, and I’m not talking about the weather. Ambition has seasons, too. And after spending the first few months of the year laser focused on my book launch, traveling like crazy and doing tons of speaking engagements, this month I’ve been fully leaning into mom mode. I’m picking up my daughter from school more often, packing her lunches with little notes in them (which she can read by herself now!) and this week I’m chaperoning her...
4 months ago • 3 min read
What narrative have you told yourself during your biggest moments of self-doubt? I have a self consciousness around intelligence, which I’ve written about before. My credibility has been “questioned” throughout my life, and I have some theories as to why that happens. (You’ll have to wait for the talk to be live to hear those theories.)At the end of last month, to conclude a six week whirlwind book tour, I stood on a circular red carpet in the middle of a stage and shared my biggest...
4 months ago • 4 min read
A few weeks ago, I had my first ever astrological reading. Earlier this month, I agreed to join friends for a session with a psychic in Nashville. The experience shook me a bit. When I sat down, she looked at me and said, “You just achieved a very significant professional milestone. Did you get a big promotion or something?” Or something, I answered. There is no scientific proof that an astrology reading holds any more truth than a game of chance. There is also zero scientific evidence to...
5 months ago • 5 min read