Ever heard of inauthenticity burnout?

It’s kind of exhaustion that creeps in when you push yourself really hard in something that looks impressive on paper, but is misaligned with your natural strengths (e.g. being an introvert who needs to be extraverted 80% of the time).

This topic is at the heart of the new Shameless Careers episode featuring Hanan Baba.

Early in her career Hanan was ticking all the “right” boxes - e.g. doing a technical degree (actuarial science), joining strategy and analytics at Deliveroo (a fast growing start up back then) - until Hanan faced a severe burnout that made her quit work for a year and totally reassess what fulfilling work actually means - for her.

She realised her true superpower wasn’t technical skill - it was deep human connection. And when she finally gave herself permission to build a career around that, everything changed.

In this episode we are talking about :

• The cultural and societal pressure to choose “respectable” career - technical or prestigious - regardless of fit
• Why many high-achievers dismiss their true strengths, especially when those strengths come easily or aren’t traditionally “valued” (like emotional intelligence or human connection)
• The risks of driving yourself to succeed at any cost - even if something doesn’t come to you naturally and requires 10x effort
• How accepting her true personality and values (rather than fighting them) can be the key of your career transformation
• The power of running “small experiments” or prototypes to discover what energises you before making a big career leap (and one of such experiments was a proper light bulb moment for Hanan)

I’m super excited to share this episode with you - and I hope it inspires you to accept and value your true (and unique) yourself, no matter what.

#CareerAlignment #InauthenticityBurnout #StrengthsBasedCareer #CareerSuperpower #BurnoutRecovery #HighAchieverTips #CareerTransformation #SelfDiscovery #InnerCompass #FindYourStrengths

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