Great video Laura! We chatted together a few years ago and I discovered your channel on your linkedin. Your videos were super helpful to me as I was new to the Canadian Corporate sector coming from a third world public sector background, your channel gave me some great tips to adjust! Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 are items i am definitely working on in my own career . Lesson 5 is super valid and one that i've always implemented in my life as a people leader. Apart from these 5 Lessons, other key lessons at work I learned the hard way: 1. Not developing the proper emotional tools to stop regretting mistakes I made at work which caused wayyy too much lingering bandwidth consumption in my mind when the healthier thing would have been to learn how to do better next time and be open to forgiving myself for mistakes. 2. Always form my own opinions about people rather than let other people's gossip or back biting influence my views of someone without ever interacting with them.
Thank you for tuning in! I'm so glad to hear that I was able to help you adapt to the corporate world in Canada. I love that you were able to find your path here and hope that you continue to pave your way. Appreciate you sharing the lessons you learned! I can resonate with those lessons as well. I used to get embarrassed really easily and would regret not being articulate enough in meetings due to being nervous about saying the wrong thing. I punished myself way too hard for mistakes that in fact other people probably forget about in a minute. For #2, I definitely give the person a chance to make an impression on me themselves as opposed to simply believing others' words. However, I did find that once you get to a certain level in the corporate hierarchy, some people will treat you differently to others who did not reach as far as you do, while I believe everyone deserves to be treated with respect. In this case, it could be harder to form an accurate opinion on someone from direct interaction.
Great advice! To build on #4, one of the toughest lessons I learned was to see failure as a stepping stone rather than a setback. Embracing this mindset helped me approach uncomfortable situations with confidence and growth in mind, rather than avoiding them.
Thank you for tuning in! I'm glad that #4 resonated with you. For sure, failure is a chance to learn and with this mindset you can bounce back from failures much faster.
First viewer🎉 Thanks a lot Laura I’m starting my corporate journey this year, and I’ve already encountered some of these challenges. It was truly insightful to hear about the solutions and the mindset you encourage others to adopt. I really appreciate it!
@CareerChatswithLaura btw if this is also a direction for your content, I’d love to see more videos sharing personal experiences while keeping details vague enough to protect identities. A good story/anecdote makes up for everything needed in viewer consumption I said this because It can be hard to interpret entirely and relate to these challenges without enough context.
@@chiragpramod308 Thank you for your suggestion! That's a great point, I will definitely consider adding in more concrete examples from my personal experiences while keeping identities protected. It would make my messages easier to relate to.
Great video Laura! We chatted together a few years ago and I discovered your channel on your linkedin. Your videos were super helpful to me as I was new to the Canadian Corporate sector coming from a third world public sector background, your channel gave me some great tips to adjust!
Lesson 2 and Lesson 3 are items i am definitely working on in my own career . Lesson 5 is super valid and one that i've always implemented in my life as a people leader.
Apart from these 5 Lessons, other key lessons at work I learned the hard way:
1. Not developing the proper emotional tools to stop regretting mistakes I made at work which caused wayyy too much lingering bandwidth consumption in my mind when the healthier thing would have been to learn how to do better next time and be open to forgiving myself for mistakes.
2. Always form my own opinions about people rather than let other people's gossip or back biting influence my views of someone without ever interacting with them.
Thank you for tuning in! I'm so glad to hear that I was able to help you adapt to the corporate world in Canada. I love that you were able to find your path here and hope that you continue to pave your way.
Appreciate you sharing the lessons you learned! I can resonate with those lessons as well. I used to get embarrassed really easily and would regret not being articulate enough in meetings due to being nervous about saying the wrong thing. I punished myself way too hard for mistakes that in fact other people probably forget about in a minute. For #2, I definitely give the person a chance to make an impression on me themselves as opposed to simply believing others' words. However, I did find that once you get to a certain level in the corporate hierarchy, some people will treat you differently to others who did not reach as far as you do, while I believe everyone deserves to be treated with respect. In this case, it could be harder to form an accurate opinion on someone from direct interaction.
Great advice! To build on #4, one of the toughest lessons I learned was to see failure as a stepping stone rather than a setback. Embracing this mindset helped me approach uncomfortable situations with confidence and growth in mind, rather than avoiding them.
Thank you for tuning in! I'm glad that #4 resonated with you. For sure, failure is a chance to learn and with this mindset you can bounce back from failures much faster.
First viewer🎉
Thanks a lot Laura
I’m starting my corporate journey this year, and I’ve already encountered some of these challenges. It was truly insightful to hear about the solutions and the mindset you encourage others to adopt.
I really appreciate it!
Thanks for tuning in Chirag! All the best on your corporate journey, I'm glad my video helps you face these challenges!
@CareerChatswithLaura btw if this is also a direction for your content, I’d love to see more videos sharing personal experiences while keeping details vague enough to protect identities.
A good story/anecdote makes up for everything needed in viewer consumption
I said this because It can be hard to interpret entirely and relate to these challenges without enough context.
@@chiragpramod308 Thank you for your suggestion! That's a great point, I will definitely consider adding in more concrete examples from my personal experiences while keeping identities protected. It would make my messages easier to relate to.