Your career is in good hands... or is it?! The duo shares lots of thoughts and comedy on who is in charge of your career in this one. They talk turkey about speaking up, how to effectively communicate your needs, taking out the emotion and fear out of asking for more money, etc. Take your sh*t by the horns with this one, friends.
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Alexa
How are you?
Tyson
Good. Good. I just. Yeah, no, I'm feeling like a little bit, like, overwhelmed. I just got an email today from Rosie's daycare about her transition plan, so it's not until the beginning of March, but it's about.
Alexa
Now. Does she do something wrong or like she's you know, she's got a temper.
Tyson
She's a start. She hasn't started yet. Right. So she she's still home. So it's like a big deal. Like, Rosie's going to daycare March six. She starts with like a couple hours and then, like, that's what they do it like you start with 2 hours and 3 hours.
Alexa
Going to be mentally prepared to give up your daughter a few hours a day.
Tyson
Well, it's so funny because, like, I'm like, I'm so ready for her because, look, I my husband's the one that's off with her right now. He's doing an excellent job, and no one's better to take care of your kids and the parents. But like we're not used to is right. Like, I'm an H.R. professional I don't know shit about teaching kids stuff.
Tyson
I don't know what she's supposed to be doing all day long. So I'm, like, excited for her to, like, learn from actual teachers. So that'll be great. But also, like, I'm going to miss her, and it's, like, always scary giving your child to people that you don't know.
Alexa
It's part of the process.
Tyson
Yes, I know, so.
Alexa
Well, that's exciting. Yes. In a crazy way. It just I'm Mark most of our milestones on this podcast by how old Rosie is and Rosie's development. So the fact that she's going to daycare means I know we're growing up.
Tyson
I know it's actually wild is that really wild? I think when you when you just like a little bit of like tidbit for the audience to know. I think when you talk to me about this podcast, originally I was all like secretly I think you were probably one of the first people that I was like, I'm happy to do it and I want to do this so badly.
Tyson
But like, I am pregnant. Yeah. And it was like a whole thing. I think.
Alexa
You told me before you told your.
Tyson
Work. I absolutely did tell you. I told you before. I told a lot of my friends because we were like going to, you know. Yeah. And we're like going into a business venture together, but yes. Anyways, so that's so that's me. But how about you? What's going on with you? Where are you at these days?
Alexa
Oh, Mexico. I had to go back to the beach. My soul was too cold in New England, and I did the rounds for the holidays. I thoroughly enjoyed it. There was Mary, Mary, all the things. But I am tired of eating my face off and being cold. So I'm back in Mexico and I will probably be here for we'll see maybe Q1, maybe all of it.
Alexa
We'll see more of that. Trying to stay sort of a little bit regionally. For a little while because we got a lot going on. But yeah, it's been it's been a wild journey. And I sort of started my my remote digital as my friend Kim's mom recently called me Homeless Journey.
Tyson
Oh.
Alexa
For sure. No, I'm back at home. Yeah. Yeah. We're thinking, you know, oh, well, this'll sort of find my I'll find my next location and my next sort of, you know, home base. It turns out I need longer than six months, so I'm staying on the road for a bit and but, you know, trying to stay focused on work and all the things we got going on.
Alexa
So trying to stay sort of in Mexico, but we'll see. Subject to change, as always.
Tyson
Very cool.
Alexa
Yeah. And I have a I have to I know, I know. We're not talking about the New Year anymore, but I have two. Since we talked about intentions on our last episode, I have two sort of words for my year and my words are presence and discipline. So those are I'm trying to be more present in the places that I am in with the people that I'm with.
Alexa
And then also more disciplined in my pursuits because as the whole world knows, I got too much fucking shit going on.
Tyson
The thing is, though, like, I don't know anyone that has more discipline than you. You literally, like, run all sorts of races uphill with weights on your back. So you know what? I think you're doing a really great job.
Alexa
I appreciate you just have more reasons to come forward and you.
Tyson
Continue to be disciplined.
Alexa
Yes, there we go. Just like yours. Continue to be awesome.
Tyson
Okay. Yeah, yeah, I'll take it.
Alexa
Yeah. All right. Well, speaking of which, our subject for today is one that you were very adamant about. I'm really excited to talk to you about, which is what we're calling it is sort of like who's in charge of your career? But I think you should frame this up for the people, which is like, why? Why did you want to talk about this?
Alexa
The New Year? And a lot of people are talking about new jobs, new, you know, hiring. All that stuff is kick back off for people when obviously lots of layoffs at the end of last year. But why why was this top of mind for you?
Tyson
100%. So, you know, as we look back on 2022, we had a lot of quiet ness you know quiet.
Alexa
Quitting quitting quiet.
Tyson
Promotions quiet this quiet that and what I'm thinking ahead to 2023. I really really really want people and I've said this in previous podcasts but I really want people to get loud and to start taking control of their own shit and stop just sitting there passively and expecting that things will happen to them. So we're not alone. Yes.
Tyson
So that's what I was going to get. So where this gets comes up a lot for me is when I hear, you know, whether it be in a work environment like so when I'm on, on, like working as H.R. or even with friends, when they're like, I don't know how to tell, I'm disappointed in my bonus and I don't know how to talk to my boss about that, or I don't want to say anything about, you know, my pay or I really want a promotion but I'm not going to I don't know how to ask people about it.
Tyson
And it's almost as if, you know, this sort of old thought of, you know, just like don't say anything and expect that things will happen to you where you just like sort of like pray that something's going to happen and not say anything. Whereas from my perspective in H.R. and this is what I always tell friends, especially girlfriends who come to me being like, Oh, I don't know how to talk about my pay, is I'm like, you know what?
Tyson
If you don't say anything.
Alexa
Right? It's unknown.
Tyson
You're it's unknown. And we're probably.
Alexa
Like.
Tyson
Squeaky wheel gets the grease. And so I think I'll just.
Alexa
Be a 22 year kids.
Tyson
Yes. It really needs and like, you know, like to an extent because now I'm going to be like, Oh shit. Like from any perspective, I don't need everybody like coming and being like.
Alexa
On behalf of all your colleagues, I apologize to sacrifice here.
Tyson
But but I think the way that I want to start looking at this is that some of these conversations, this is a skill, this is a muscle that people have to build. And these are really important life skills that people should know. And it shouldn't be an emotion like it shouldn't be emotion based. It needs to be, you know, the ability to have intelligent, well-thought-out conversations in a work environment to really sort of speak up for what you expect Right.
Tyson
I guess I'm just sort of rambling on, but that's sort of where this came from.
Alexa