After 7 years and almost 140 episodes, this is the final episode of the Advice to My Younger Me podcast. You'll hear: My 6 most valuable takeaways from almost 140 interviews. What I learned from producing the podcast that may be of value to you. Book:  Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women Website: www.tomyyounger.me Contact information:  [email protected]

Lise Vesterlund, co-author of The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work, discusses what a non-promotable task is, and why women should avoid them. You'll hear: How to identify a non-promotable task Why women do more than their fair share of non-promotable tasks How to turn down a request to do a non-promotable task Book:  The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women's Dead-End Work Carolyn Webb's book, which contains more information on the "Positive No." Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women can be purchased here.   Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.. Leave a review!

In this episode, Carole Robin, author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues, discusses how to give actionable feedback and how to accept all feedback as important data. In this episode, you'll learn about: A helpful mindset to have about feedback Why most feedback is not as helpful as it could be How to give actionable feedback How to receive feedback, whether you agree with it or not Article – Giving Feedback: How to be honest without being hurtful. Book: Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues Website: https://connectandrelate.com Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women can be purchased here. Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.. Leave a review!

Sara Holtz, host of this podcast, is interviewed by Jo Ifield, CEO of Incite to Leadership, about career advice for various stages of your career In this episode, you'll hear about: How to discover your "Right Work" My two biggest career mistakes The need to be both good at your job and good at your career The importance of visibility while working remotely Book:  Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women Website: www.tomyyounger.me    Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.  Leave a review!

Carole Robin, author of Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends, and Colleagues, discusses how to take your work relationships from functional to exceptional. In this episode, you learn about: What are the elements of an exceptional relationship at work. Why you should only deepen relationships in 15% increments. Why you should indicate your intent when you disclose information, ask questions, or give feedback. How to identify and share your feelings. Book: Connect: Building Exceptional Relationships with Family, Friends and Colleagues Relationship Assessment mentioned in the episode can be found here. Website: https://connectandrelate.com Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women is available here. Sara can be reached on LinkedIn here. Leave a review here.

In this episode, Laureen DeBuono, Managing Partner of FLG Partners, interviews me about several topics addressed in my new book, Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women You'll hear advice about:  Being good at your job and your career The importance of doing your Right Work in your Right Work Environment How to evaluate career risks, including whether to leave the workforce Video of the entire interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T6SRxQbJrgFy Book:  Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women: https://amzn.to/3rtq5ui Website: www.tomyyounger.me    Sign up for the Advice to My Younger Me monthly newsletter: www.tomyyounger.me Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.

Five previous guests share the advice they would give to their younger selves. You'll hear advice about: Finding your dream job The importance of leaving a job gracefully The best way to create your "to do" list The skill you need to develop in your 20s that you may not have thought about How long of a maternity leave you should take Book:  Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women https://amzn.to/3rtq5ui   Website: www.tomyyounger.me    Sign up for the Advice to My Younger Me monthly newsletter: www.tomyyounger.me Sara can be reached on LinkedIn. 

Sara is interviewed about the origin and content of her new book, Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women. You'll hear: A decision I made early in my career that I regret The mindset you need to have your most successful career How to discover what your Right Work is Book:  Advice to My Younger Me: Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women   Leave a review of the book. Website: www.tomyyounger.me    Sign up for the Advice to My Younger Me monthly newsletter: www.tomyyounger.me Sara can be reached on LinkedIn. 

Before you start setting professional and personal goals for 2022, here are 12 questions to ask yourself about what happened this year. The questions: What were your most significant professional accomplishments this year? What were your most significant personal accomplishments this year? What did you do that contributed to the success of those accomplishments? What are you most excited about at work and in your personal life in the coming year? What you are most grateful for right now in your professional and personal life? What did you learn about yourself during the pandemic?  Which of these learnings do you want to carry forward in the future? What do you want more of in your life? What do you want less of in your life? What are you most concerned about? What is one major work-related project that you want to focus on in 2022? What's one major personal project you want to focus on in 2022?.   My book, Advice to My Younger Me, Career Lessons from 100 Successful Women, will be available on January 18th on Amazon.   Remember to sign up for the Advice to My Younger Me monthly newsletter, so you can receive a free copy of a chapter in the book when it is released. www.tomyyounger.me   Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.  Leave a review:  https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1101880566?mt=2&ls=1  

Five previous guests share the best advice they ever received. You'll hear advice about How to handle bad news How to measure what your salary should be Whether being liked should be a goal Guests who shared the best advice they were given: Emilie Aries – Episode 84 Nora McInerny – Episode 48 Andie Kramer – Episode 102 Cara Hale Alter – Episode 41 Emily Esfahani Smith – Episode 32   Sign up for the Advice to My Younger Me monthly newsletter: www.tomyyounger.me Sara can be reached on LinkedIn.  Leave a review:  https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/id1101880566?mt=2&ls=1