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Nicole Kahlil (0:31)
Noticed that the way we use our phones is, shall we say, ironic? Phones are for connection, but we look at them more than we look at each other. And that's ironic. So U.S. cellular created U.S. mode to help us reconnect. It helps us use phones a little less. Ironically, a phone company wanting people to use their phones less? That's ironic, right? Let's find us again with us mode from us cellular. Visit uscellular.com built for us to get started I'm Nicole Kahlil, your host of the this Is Woman's Work podcast, and today we're going to make sure you know what you need to know to get whatever it is that you truly want. Because, friend, I want you to get whatever that is. But if it were easy, we'd already have it, right? So for every one of us, I feel like there are internal and external, known and unknown, obvious and not so obvious things that are getting in our way. It could be money, it could be mindset. It could be lack of clarity or maybe lack of confidence. Maybe you don't have the support that you need, or maybe you haven't given people the opportunity to support you. There are so many possibilities, but here's what I know to be true based on my experience. Worrying, overthinking and obsessing has never gotten me what I want. Neither has being apologetic, overly cautious, or caring about what everybody thinks about what I want or how I'm going about getting it. Waiting for permission has never worked, and neither has people pleasing. Because getting what you want requires risk and therefore lots of courage. It requires you to trust yourself and be okay with the fact that some people won't approve, appreciate, or even understand. And some plans won't work, some people won't support. And sometimes you'll want to give up. And if all of that sounds terrifying, well then good. Because being able to wade into that scary place is the difference maker between wanting something and getting it. It's in that space, the messy, uncertain, doubt filled space that fear tells you to avoid at all costs, where the magic actually happens. Yes, you do have to know what you want and why you want it, but most importantly, you have to be willing to go for it, even when the outcome isn't guaranteed. And while I've learned these lessons through my own experiences, and mostly through trial and error and lots of mistakes, today's guest has built a career helping people figure out how not only how to go after what they want, but also how to actually get it. Boldly, unapologetically, and with what she calls wild courage. Jenny Wood is a former executive at Google, a wife and mom, a private pilot, a daily hiker, an improv student, a tap dancer, and a zucchini bread connoisseur. In 2021, she started a passion project within Google called Own youn Career, which grew to one of the largest career development programs in Google's history. Jenny's writing has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur Inc. The New York Times, and Forbes. And she's the author of Wild Go after what you want and get it. Jenny, thank you for being here. And I want to make sure our listeners don't just get inspired, but also have practical and tangible actions that they can take to actually get what they want. So I'm going to kick us off by asking what are the most effective tools tools for getting what you want?
