We all love a good horn toot, right?
Once you experience the feeling of being valued and being recognized, it’s so hard to let that feeling go.
In 7th grade, Jennifer Fondrevay recalled her first flirtation with workaholism, and since then it’s been a roller coaster of a relationship.
It is stressful when you are constantly trying to prove yourself to others, when they really don’t care.
But once she let go of proving her worth to everyone else, she found her own personal value. And that was serving and helping others.
Key Takeaways
Key Moments
{03:51} “I think I just got into my head at that point. You gotta always be working at this, like you can never let up.”
{05:53} “But it came from that really painful moment of realizing I was exhausting myself and no one was caring.”
{10:05} “You become less fixated on holding onto the past because you're okay with the future, you know your value. So anything that comes your way, you got it. You're good.”
{21:28} “I remember just saying to my husband, I don't want my obituary to say, you know, ‘oh, she was a great chief marketing officer,’ right? I thought, man, if my legacy was about helping businesses do better by their people and to improve the success rate, that could be something I'd be proud of.”
More about Jennifer
CEOs call me the M&A Whisperer. Frontline leaders call me the Brene Brown of mergers and acquisitions. I help CEOs, leaders and teams understand what to expect during a merger or acquisition. I help people embrace uncertainty.
Get in touch with Jennifer
jennifer@jenniferjfondrevay.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-fondrevay/
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