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I’m Samorn Selim. 

I’m a lawyer turned career coach on a mission for us to take our careers from dread to joy. As the daughter of poor Lao refugees, I was told to pay my dues.

After coaching over 1,000 clients, I now realize that the idea that you have to pay your dues and work in a toxic place is a myth. 

We can face our challenges head on, do work we are passionate about, and work with good people with kind hearts to make a big impact. So even as we struggle, we can find a sense of belonging.

Jun 13, 2023

 

Do you want to make big career changes?  But you feel like you don ‘t know where to start?  In this episode with Jennifer Franklin, we discuss:

 

- How growing up as a Black woman with parents who didn’t graduate from high school shaped her life.

- What she changed to go from a high school dropout to assistant dean of career services at a law school. 

- Why it’s important to be aware of your beliefs and mindset, and how to change it from scarcity to abundance.

- How to say no gracefully when you’re asked to do free work.

- Why you shouldn’t let shame, guilt, and manipulation pushing you into what you don’t want to do

- Why you shouldn’t let the idea of rejection stop you from applying to your dream jobs; someone is being paid to tell you no, let that person earn their money.

- The importance or recognizing when you’re running away from a job versus when you’re running towards something.  

- What you can do to network with anyone and get them to be part of your community.


Connect with Jennifer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferdfranklin/.


Connect with Samorn on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/samornselim/.


Get a copy of Samorn’s book, “Belonging: Self Love Lessons From A Workaholic Depressed Insomniac Lawyer” at https://tinyurl.com/swpc578c


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