How to stop feeling overwhelmed in a new job and be the best you can be
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Chan With A Plan, host Max Chan speaks with Talia Dashow, a coach that specializes in ending people’s procrastination and on using creativity as a means to grow. In this conversation she discusses the 3 pillars of procrastination (overwhelm, resistance and perfectionism) and provides strategies to overcome them for someone that is starting a new job.
QUOTES
“Overwhelm is a huge issue when you're starting a new job, because there's so much to learn. Your boss knows that. They've hired a human being and not a machine. And so human beings have limitations to how much their brains can absorb at any given time. Any manager worth their salt will know that” - Talia Dashow
“One of the things that I've learned over the years of coaching is the power of a one degree shift, you know, it doesn't seem like you're moving a huge amount to make a one degree shift. But if you make a one degree shift, and you maintain it over time, you get to an entirely different place than you would have been. If you're a ship going across an ocean, and you're one degree off from where you intend to be, you're going to land on the other side of the ocean in a different country.” - Talia Dashow
“Done is better than perfect, it's a good thing to keep in mind that it's some point, continuing to try to make it better has diminishing returns, and it's better to have finish it, even if there's a typo in it somewhere.” - Talia Dashow
TIMESTAMPS
[1:12] Meet Talia
[1:55] Overview of causes of procrastination when you enter a new job
[6:19] Dealing with overwhelm at a new job
[9:05] The importance of doing small steps even when it doesn’t appear significant
[11:30] How resistance leads to procrastination
[12:45] Asking the right questions to your manager to speed up your onboarding and learning curve at your new job
[16:48] Overcoming perfectionism as a new employee and how to focus more on output than perfection
[24:02] Exercises to help you overcome procrastination
[28:39] How procrastination played a big part in Talia’s life and what she did to overcome it
[34:55] Biggest career challenge that Talia had to face, and what she did to overcome it
[37:37] Contacting Talia
[38:43] Outro
