Get the Recognition you Deserve

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Today Helene’s guest is Ana Dutra, CEO of The Executives’ Club of Chicago. Ana started from scratch when she moved to the US from Brazil, and worked tirelessly to become the business dynamo she is today. Here, she offers her advice on how to choose your battles, stop second-guessing yourself, and get the recognition you deserve.

Check out some of the highlights of the program here:

On choosing your battles...

ANA: The ability to determine and understand what’s really important and what’s not is a skill. Like any other skill, it can be developed over time. It also gets better with maturity and experience. When I was younger and less experienced, I definitely picked battles I should not have. 

Sometimes there’s a lot of pride and ego in fighting for something just because you want to make your point. But the results are not going to change, so why not look forward and think, “Okay, I did not win this one.” It’s hard to recognize when you don’t win. But there’s something to be said about getting closure and saying “You know what, I lost this one. What can I do differently, so that next year I win the battle?”

On not giving up...

HELENE: All of us have a dream to put forth. It’s takes courage not to let that negative mind-talk get the best of you. To go with what your heart is telling you to do—to follow your intuition and make a difference.

Sometimes what I see is that when people get a “no,” they get upset and may abandon the idea. A “no” sometimes means “not yet.” Don’t throw out your good ideas when it just might not be the right timing.  A year later, it may be the perfect timing to resurrect that idea.

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