You Got the Promotion. Now How Do You Keep It From Stealing Your Peace? 🔥 - ⚡3 Minute Coach Fergie Knowledge Nugget

All right, squad.

Coach Fergie here with Time to Shine Today Coaching.

And I want to introduce you to a coaching client of mine.

She works for a very well-known talent agency out on the West Coast.

We'll call her Tracy.

Now, Tracy just received a promotion this week that she's been working toward for five years.

Five years, squad.

And I'm pumped for her.

She earned that opportunity.

But during our coaching conversation, I challenged her with something.

Tracy, you've spent five years figuring out how to get this position.

How much time have you spent figuring out how you want to live once you're in it? Think about that.

And this might be on me.

I should have maybe covered it while we were coaching into that position.

But let's just kind of think about it, because I've seen people chase a position for years, only to find themselves buried under responsibilities, watching everybody else head home, take vacations, enjoy their families, and they're still sitting there answering emails at nine o'clock at night.

Now listen, I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that every uncomfortable promotion means you need to quit.

Come on, squad.

Sometimes you're uncomfortable because you're growing.

You're learning to lead, make decisions, handle pressure.

That's part of leveling up.

But there's a difference between a position that stretches you and one that's slowly strangling you.

So here's your three-move playbook.

First, identify what's actually hurting.

Is it the workload? Is it the leadership, the expectations? Or do you genuinely dislike the work? Don't just say, I hate my job.

Get specific.