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Creating Boundaries to Get Ahead

By: Amy Jen Su
Narrated by: Amy Jen Su, Joniece Abbott-Pratt
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We often assume that saying “no” will close doors to career opportunities. But staying focused on your purpose - and not allowing distractions to slow your momentum - can actually help you get ahead at work. You just need to learn where to invest your energies and how to set boundaries.

Leadership expert and executive coach Amy Jen Su believes creating boundaries can not only be beneficial to your career but can make you a better leader. In this interview, she shows you how to find your purpose and stick to it - giving techniques to safeguard against diversions and interruptions that might take you away from your goals. Whether you’re focusing on projects you’re leading or on building your career, Su demonstrates that setting boundaries helps you prioritize, keeps you energized, and sets you up for success.

Key takeaways:

  • Why you need to understand your own strengths and constraints when deciding what to work on
  • How to communicate your priorities and establish guardrails to ensure your time and energy goes toward the things that matter most
  • How to set work/home boundaries by designating work hours and zones
  • How to handle boundary-setting with coworkers with grace

Amy Jen Su is the cofounder of Paravis Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. She is the author of The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles to Bringing Out Your Best Self - Every Day and the coauthor of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. She holds a BA in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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About the Creator and Performer

Amy Jen Su is the co-founder of Paravis Partners, an executive coaching and leadership development firm. She is the author of The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles to Bringing Out Your Best Self—Every Day and the co-author of Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence. She holds a BA in psychology from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Nice !

I am really like this audio book. nice content. excellent narration in this content.
Fantastic story

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really solid foundation for figuring it out

I really liked it. It throughly explains boundries are, types and realistic ways to start implenting them in your life. I apperciated it's short length and to the point-ness.

for the most part, it's pretty encompassing but maybe have a few spots where it's subtle ableism shows up. as a heads up to those that matters to.

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Techniques

It could be due to the length of the listening but I personally wasn’t able to pull away any valuable strategies or perspective opening techniques to establishing and reinforcing boundaries - they were all mostly for people in a career title that holds authority or team positions. Very little on personal and home

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Perspective

You normally see things one way. Funny how a discussion on boundaries smashed the box and gave me a different perspective in professional and personal matters where you feel free instead of boxed.

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Always

Ppl right back to work for 5 minutes and they have all the answers on how to do the least amount. It’s called boundaries…. lol

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Straight to the point

Nice, in less than 30 minutes you can feel satisfied with what you heard and learned. It's also a great audiobook to have as a Startin in this topic which is huge and you can then move on to another book that talks about values and boundaries in more detail.

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Essential content for these times

Anyone struggling with creating boundaries around work and life should listen to this content. Amy Jen Su not only gives you essential exercises to think through for yourself but also role models some key practices.

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Practical tips.

Simple flow and useful points for setting boundaries in your professional life . Easy to folllow.

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Simple but sweet

Ugh, boundaries! I have trouble understanding how to assign priorities.
This was helpful and clear.

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Great quick read!

Great advice! I found that this was great for a quick read, you can play it while you’re getting ready for your day or at night as you’re winding down.

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