Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan
#523 When to Push, When to Pivot, and When to Ask for Help with Heather
21 May 2025
I’m doing something different this week! I’m bringing back the most powerful mic drop moments from three of my favorite solo episodes. In this episode, I talk about how I dealt with a massive challenge that cost me thousands, what happened when I realized I was being blocked from a seat at the table, and the lesson I learned at 5 AM when I finally asked for help. This is your reminder that you’re allowed to start messy, invest in yourself, get uncomfortable, and ask for support. In This Episode, You Will Learn What to do when you’re being blocked. The question I asked myself when everything felt overwhelming. Why asking for help isn’t weakness. The exact moment I stopped waiting for permission and pitched myself. The mindset shift that helped me stop doing it all alone. Resources + Links Join the Elite Mastermind HERE Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn
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Hey, welcome back. I'm so excited to share this special episode with you, bringing back mic drop moments from three of your favorite solo episodes I've done. It's time to dream bigger, take bold action and trust that life is rigged in your favor.
You'll learn how faith forms the unshakable foundation for success, why going big and investing in yourself opens doors to new opportunities and how embracing uncertainty is a powerful catalyst for your growth. Plus you'll learn the direct connection between who you surround yourself with and what manifests
in your life i know this episode is going to get you pumped to take action and put in the reps to unlock your next level especially if you're afraid now let's dive in i'm on this journey with me each week when you join me we are going to chase down our goals overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow i'm ready for my close-up
One of the things that I like to do on my birthday, I just mentioned, I just turned 47 years old. And anytime I have a birthday, I want to reflect on the past year, you know, what I'm proud of, what went well, potentially what could have gone differently, and then forecast and look out, okay, over that next year, what are the goals that I have? You know, what am I looking forward to?
And what things can I do better differently or do more of that work great? One of the things that I realized for me, and I don't know if you feel this way, is that I've noticed I am not a patient person. And the older I get, the more I notice it, right? So I stopped myself and started thinking back to what I first got into the radio business when I was 22 years old, right?
And I left the radio business when I was 43. So over 20 years in one industry. Obviously, after 20 years in an industry, you're going to be an expert. You're going to be incredibly well known. You're going to have tremendous contacts. Well, when I got fired, I started over as a first time author and then new to the speaking business and then new to the podcasting world.
I was a rookie in everything. Right. But I was so used to being the expert because I had been in media for so long that I never stopped to say to myself, wait a minute. you need to compare yourself to your 22-year-old version of yourself getting into radio.
So I don't know if you fall into that same category as someone who puts tremendous pressure on yourself, has no patience, and really doesn't give yourself that... runway that you may need to find success. So I know that for me, the past few years, since I got fired, I just have this tremendous, I have very high expectations for myself because I've achieved massive success in another industry.
However, I found I need to be, you know, good things take time, great things take even longer. And I'm starting to really see that firsthand. I want to explain to you how that is. So when I first got fired, the first thing I did was I wrote and self-published my first book, Confidence Creator. I had no idea what I was doing. None, zero, right?
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