Ashley Stahl explains why asking trusted people where they've seen you at your best matters more than relying on your own instincts. External feedback reveals strengths you might miss on your own.
I encourage everyone listening to honor their intuition, but also get some feedback asking people, and this is a research backed question, where have you seen me at my best? And if you can, ask colleagues, friends, even your parents, people who you think have a good sense of you, or even more specifically, where have you seen me at my best professionally, people are going to be able to give you feedback on how they've seen you show up and where they've seen you be effective. Then you get to check in with your own intuition and say, is this somewhere that I really shine?
I know some people are listening. They're like, that sounds like a good idea, but I feel uncomfortable doing that because of like the feedback I might get or just I feel uncomfortable putting myself out there. I would argue I would feel much more uncomfortable launching a business that I'm not sure about, spending all that time and money, as opposed to asking 10 people in your network, hey, where do I show up? Is my best. So if you're struggling with that, realize it's a lot easier than actually launching a business that you're unsure about.
