Do you have a clear purpose? Are you using your strengths to create a meaningful and fulfilling life? Are you on a journey of self-improvement? Or do you feel stuck and have no idea why you’re here?
Self-actualization is the process you go through to reach your full potential. It’s one of the 15 Emotional Intelligence competencies. If you score high in self-actualization, you find purpose and enjoyment at work and are performing to your full capacity.
But what if you are unproductive and restless at work? You may not be living your purpose. This can make it hard to inspire your team to perform and may hurt innovation and progress throughout the organization.
Self-actualization is a strong human need. It’s an innate, relentless drive pushing you to become the best version of yourself 🚀
According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, human needs are organized into a pyramid. Basic physiological needs are at the base followed by safety, love, belonging, and esteem. Self-actualization is at the top. Once your foundational needs 🏠 are met, you can focus on the higher-order aspirations that define your unique potential.
One of my clients, a Senior Network Engineer, experienced severe burnout at a toxic workplace and was left with no sense of purpose. After completing my Confidence Coaching program, she found a new job at a company more in alignment with her values. She recently got a promotion and is now living her value of service in her new leadership role 😍
How self-actualized are you?
It’s taken me a long time, but I’m happy to say I’ve never felt more fulfilled. My purpose is to help you build confidence in yourself. I want to inspire you to rise up, spread your wings, and embrace your whole self ❤️ My mission is to accelerate equality in the tech industry by empowering you through coaching.
I live my purpose everyday through coaching, motivational speaking, and writing. I leap out of bed each day excited to get out there and make the impact I was born to make.
How can you increase your self-actualization?
Check out my top 8 tips:
🤳🏻 Grow your self-awareness: reflect on what makes you unique. What are your strengths, values, dreams, and aspirations?
📕 Always be learning: learn new skills and embrace challenges as opportunities for development.
✨ Look for your inspiration: uncover your passions and incorporate them into your role regularly. What drives you and makes you feel alive at the end of the day?
🔎 Find a cause you believe in: by serving those less fortunate, it will help you find greater meaning and purpose.
⏩ Seek new responsibilities: take one of your strengths and find an opportunity to leverage it.
🫂 Cultivate authentic connections: nurture relationships that resonate with your true self to contribute to a sense of belonging and purpose.
🗓️ Set purposeful goals: create goals that align with your deepest values.
🎨 Find your creative outlet: whether through art, innovation, or other forms of self-expression.
Coaching is a powerful way to self-actualize. Take the first step to clarifying your purpose by signing up for one of my free Confidence Booster sessions here: https://calendly.com/annagradiecoaching/45min
Lots of love,
-Anna
