Sara Dale | Unleashing your Badassery: How Confidence-Building Can Transform Your Business & Life

Women Choosing Growth

Episode 60:

Unleashing Your Badassery: How Confidence-Building Can Transform Your Business & Life

Episode Highlights:

• Sarah Dale, founder of Project 1490, shares her journey from a successful advertising career to empowering corporate women by teaching outdoor skills that build confidence.
• Discover how seemingly unrelated activities like archery, chopping wood, or even knitting can help women develop leadership qualities and self-reliance.
• Explore the concept of the "confidence gap" and how women can actively work to close it through intentional experiences that challenge their comfort zones.
• Sarah explains why traditional networking isn't always effective for women and offers a refreshing perspective on authentic, activity-based networking.
• Learn how confidence often outweighs competence in career progression and how women can leverage confidence-building techniques to advance in the corporate world.

Notable Quotes:

• Sarah Dale: “Anything that gets you to do the things that you never thought you could, or really outside of your comfort zone, is pretty badass.”
• Sarah Dale: “If you get a group of people doing something that they really don’t know how to do and learning together, all those layers of pretense just drop off.”
• Sarah Dale: “If we just sit around waiting for the world to change, I think it’s predicted we’ll get equal pay in 150 years. That’s not okay with me.”
• Sarah Dale: “The more things we know how to do, the more empowered we feel.”

Actionable Takeaways:

1. Expand Your Comfort Zone: Identify activities that challenge you but don’t terrify you. This "middle circle" is where real growth happens. Whether it’s learning to tie knots, riding a horse, or fixing a car, stepping outside of your comfort zone builds confidence.

2. Redefine Networking: Seek out authentic networking opportunities that involve shared experiences rather than traditional events. Build relationships while doing something engaging, like fishing or attending a hands-on workshop.

3. Confidence Over Competence: Focus on building your confidence, not just your competency. Confidence leads to more opportunities and promotions, often outweighing technical skill.

4. Create a “New Night”: Try a "new night" challenge. Go out and do something you've never done before—whether it's wearing your hair differently, trying a new activity, or going somewhere you've never been. It’s a fun way to break out of your routine and build confidence.

5. Small Steps to Big Change: Start small when making bold moves outside your comfort zone. Don’t overwhelm yourself with big leaps—make manageable steps toward your goals.

Sara Dale Resources:

Website: www.project1490.com

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/project_1490/

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-dale/

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This episode encourages women to embrace their inner badass by intentionally building confidence, which can be life-changing both personally and professionally.