“Positive reinforcement creates emotional and psychological safety which leads to higher levels of engagement and performance,” says Mary Axelsen. The founder and CEO of WeMaax Consulting says that positive reinforcement is a motivator and when recognizing an employee, managers should give real-time, specific feedback that includes the impact the employee’s performance had or will have on the organization.

Step (literally) into our insecurity, discomfort, fear and take it on by identifying small, incremental actions. Move! The beauty in movement is that it raises our self-awareness so we understand what the experience means to us.

Knowing that I never want to just take a “no” on the chin, here are a few of the ways I get to “YES” and overcome that blah, blah, blah that dims my light and my belief in myself.

What is calling to me, pushing me, or pulling me?