How I Escaped the Gilded Cage & Kept the Wealth

How I Escaped the Gilded Cage & Kept the Wealth

This is personal. 

In 2003, I was the Vice President of International Marketing earning more than I ever imagined...

  • I traveled first class all over the world;
  • My work was meaningful and changed lives;
  • I was also a single mom to a beautiful pre-teen daughter;
  • I had a dream job and the pieces of a dream life...

Yet somehow, I could never get the pieces of success to come together...life was a never-ending trade-off...

* I would lose weight, yet be irritable with my daughter...

* I would be a fabulously present mom, yet lose ground at the office...

* I would earn accolades in the office, yet stop working out and being present at home...

I was successful as hell, yet barely keeping my head above water...
  • - The pace was crushing;
  • - The stress was exhausting;
  • - And the future looked like more of the same.

I didn't know it then, but I was burning out when I should have been reveling in my success!

I tried time management, shifting my priorities, hiring household help...these things took the occasional edge off, yet they weren't enough.

When a management coup turned my job upside down, I cratered and walked away from my career;

!! I sold my belongings,

!! I sold my house,

!! I refused the calls of headhunters urging me to step up somewhere else,

I escaped reality and moved to a tiny island to lick my wounds.

I had failed at success; so I thought a simpler life would make me happier.

I was wrong. I hated being on a budget. I missed my interesting, international friends. I desperately wanted the financial freedom I once enjoyed, yet was loathe to even consider another executive role.

Why did success have to be SO HARD, I wondered?

A high-achiever to my core, I became determined to find a better way. I began studying HOW HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WORK and saw a clear pattern.

Most highly successful people are work-a-holics...

Yet, an exclusive few glides between the boardroom their kids' schoolroom and the gym room without much effort at all.

The difference? Those who made success easy weren't more intelligent, better connected, elitists or more talented...

They simply BELIEVED that success was theirs for the taking and that it could, and should, be easy.

And each of these people I studied had invested an enormous amount of time, money, and effort to gain the inner confidence and the outer skill set to create effortless success... 

They were not LUCKY. They became the people they needed to become to enjoy success on their terms.

This hit me like a ton of bricks. 

I didn't have to be a work-a-holic to be successful! (And neither do you...)

I spent the next four years studying human behavior, neuroscience, philosophy, and organizational behavior.

I worked on ME and the woman I needed to become so I could command a huge job, a huge salary, and yet also have a phenomenal level of health and presence in my home life. 

A very clear pattern emerged...success could be simple, stress-free, and fun...

And for myself and the 200 executive women we've trained, that's EXACTLY what success is like:

  • It's getting out of bed each day amazed that your life is richly rewarding & meaningful,
  • It's having the mental space to enjoy the moment and create incredible memories,
  • It's have control over your time and basking in personal freedom,
  • And it's the deep confidence in your professional value to call the shots and go home after a day well-done!

Ready to learn how? Book a call with me this week and let's talk about your career, where the pressure is coming from, how you may be falsely creating your gilded cage and how you can easily unlock it yourself.

The 45-minute call is free, however, there's a catch...the call is not for everyone: 

You must be a highly accomplished professional woman who is DONE with suffering for success and ready to do something about it. If you're a tire kicker or need me to convince you that life can be different, then we are not a fit.

If you're a decisive woman ready to finally live a game-changing lifestyle in 2020, let's talk now

There will never be a better time.

Kate

P.S. Due to my current schedule, I only have a select number of calls available. Book now before all appointments are taken.  

Carole Taylor ??????????????

Chief Rebellion Officer at Sweet Rebellion Foods. Contributing author, #1 Best selling series, The Better Business Book vol3.

4 年

Such a profound summary of what we all experience at some level or another!! Your work is amazing!!

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