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For self-doubt in high-stakes transitions
Everybody seems sure you're ready.
So why doesn't it feel that way?
Even the most capable of us are rarely taught what to do with the second-guessing that comes when we step up into a new role, into unfamiliar territory.
This guide opens that conversation.
In about 30 minutes, you’ll explore what happens to your attention when the stakes rise, what self-doubt can cost you, and how to reduce the overwhelm and find more self-compassion for this moment of change.
Maybe you've just been promoted - and while the congratulations pour in, you're holding a doubt: Can I actually do this? What if they've got this all wrong?
Maybe it's a new job, a new team, a bigger remit - and you feel the pressure you're putting on yourself: I should be on top of this by now.
Or maybe there's no obvious transition at all - just a familiar feeling of not being enough, the self-criticism, the doubting of your own abilities.
In my work with highly successful people, I see this a lot: these experiences rarely get shared. People may be telling you how brilliant you are - and somehow, the reassurance doesn't quite reach it.
The pressure isn't usually coming from other people. It's coming from the standards you hold yourself to - and from how much doing well matters to you.
includes a pdf guide
Not another 90-day plan
This isn't about productivity, operating models or stakeholder maps. It's a conversation about the part of stepping up we rarely talk about - the self-doubt, and what it costs us to hold it alone.
You'll take away:
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Why doubt is often a feature of an intelligent mind.
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The common strategies we use to manage discomfort, and how little they leave for anything else.
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The story of a Finance Director who prepared for the wrong thing.
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Why trust and a healthy sense of self are more helpful aims than confidence.
Hi, I'm Marta
I'm a leadership and executive coach. Alongside my client work, I train and supervise other coaches. One of the privileges of my work is in-depth conversations about what really goes on inside the minds of successful people – from prodigy pianists to CEOs.
I made this guide because when I got my first big promotion, I bought all the books. They told me plenty about what to do in my new role, but very little about what was actually keeping me awake at night: What if I can't do this? How do I manage people who used to be my peers?
Years later, having worked with many people stepping into bigger roles and higher-stakes situations, I know how common those thoughts are - and how rarely we talk about them.
This is the conversation I wish someone had had with me then.