Ep.107 | Choosing Your Hard: Building Careers & Boundaries That Actually Support You with Shay & Mariah

Aug 11

You know that feeling when you downplay something you're genuinely proud of, just so you don't come across as too much?

Yeah, we get it. This one's an off-the-cuff, totally unscripted conversation about building careers that actually fit the humans we are, holding boundaries (and non-negotiables) without apologizing for them, and choosing our hard on purpose instead of coasting down whatever path's already paved for us.

If you've ever felt like the way you work just doesn't match how everyone around you seems to, this one's for you. Expect a lot of personal stories, a few tangents, and the usual amount of swearing.

Hope you love this one 🥳

Included in this episode:

➡️ Why praise makes us instinctively minimize ourselves (and where that comes from)

➡️ Choosing your hard: picking your shit sandwich on purpose

➡️ The client offer Mariah turns down flat, even at $10k a month

➡️ Sweaty palms, back pain, and other signals we push past

➡️ Why "relaxed and not busy" is the actual goal (and why we pretend to be busier than we are)

➡️ What building a career from stacked income streams is really like

➡️ Two very different business models: face-of-the-brand vs. fully behind the scenes

➡️ "Fuck around and find out" as a lifestyle, and honouring the capacity you've got right now

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Connect with The hosts’ Shay + Mariah:

👉 Shay: saleswithshay.com | @shayheyshay

👉 Mariah: mariahmagazine.com | @mariahmagazineco

Mariah Magazine

Mariah is an award-winning Organic SEO Consultant & Online Business Educator for entrepreneurs, and host of a top 10% podcast; Curiously Guided. She supports business owners & founders in diversifying their online digital marketing strategies so they can grow their brands in a way that *actually* feels GOOD for them, and aligns with their strengths. Mariah’s a firm believer that showing up on Google and organically marketing your business doesn’t have to be as difficult & overwhelming as everyone makes it. With 8+ years of experience as an entrepreneur in the online marketing space, she’s helped over 150+ clients get their websites found on Google by implementing a strategy that feels both doable AND aligned.

https://www.mariahmagazine.com