Amplifying your voice, rejecting feedback and self-doubt with Alyssa Jaffer
- Author
- Elyssa Desai
- Published
- Wed 14 Aug 2024
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/what-am-i-doing-with-my-life-with-elyssa-desai/episodes/alyssa-jaffer
Join me as I interview Alyssa Jaffer, a freelance journalist who writes for Stylist, Forbes and many other well-known publications. In this episode, Alyssa shares her feelings on moving to the UK, experiencing lots of change and how her career has evolved through it all. If you want to understand how to pursue a passion and freelance alongside your full-time role, this is a must listen!
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Together we discuss:
- Alyssa’s journey to where she is today
- Cultural differences at work
- Shifting her career from Journalism to Digital Marketing
- Rejecting feedback and learning from the process
- Advocating for your own career
- Getting in our own way
- Overcoming self-doubt to write for Stylist magazine
- Ways to focus on how much you’re achieving
- Finding motivation to freelance alongside a full-time role
- Alyssa’s 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...
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