How to stop undervaluing yourself at work and start asking for what you deserve.

Admit it, how often have we undercredited our work, remained silent in a meeting even when we had multiple answers to it, and have accepted credit sliding the other way? It is not the first time you have heard that, right? So many of us (women and new professionals especially) are trained not to make a fuss. We are told to remain subservient, heads low, patience and circumstances will prevail, nothing like much, we are not to ask. Being a small player in the workplace is not helpful to anyone-least of all you.

Are you ready to get rid of the self-depreciation and self-sabotage you continue to introduce into your job and start showing up with all your might? This is the place.

1. Be aware of the indicators that you are undercharging yourself.

The initial step is consciousness raising. The following are some of the ways that this is manifesting itself:

You doubt whether to share ideas during a meeting.

You do not request a raise or promotion.

You tend to say yes to doing more without a negotiation of time.

You attribute it to a lucky strike rather than to yourself.

You feel guilty being happy with greats. You feel guilty because you are happy that you have won.

If any one of them gives you pause, it is time to change your mindset of self at work.

2. Change the language in the exhibition.

How you speak to yourself is important. Rather than saying: I have no experience in taking this. Try:
 Well, this is a fresh challenge and I am resourceful enough to cope with it.”

It is not like saying: I was fortunate, maybe”. Try:
“I prepared. It is what I deserved.”

Career confidence starts with rewriting your internal script.

3. Start keeping track of your wins (even little ones).

Each week, record:

• Projects you have done
• Skill you employed or refined
• Compliments or favourable reactions that are wholesome feedback that you received
•  New ways or solutions that you had at the table

And this win list is not a proud but meaningless addition to your self-worth; it can be used in the next performance review or raise negotiation.

4. Ask what you want

Not reasonable. Not what they would give. What are you really after? Whether it’s:

• A 20 percent increase
• Change in title
• Work at home system

5. Associate yourself with people who believe in your greatness.

Be with a company like:

Tough mentors

Friends who make a big deal out of you

Colleagues who enjoy the success of others within the same workforce. Avert energy vampires that make you doubt all the time.

6. Keep in mind, you make the mood.

When you depreciate yourself, other people do the same. When you stand up and assert your boundaries, when you know how to say and do something, when you go places being a confident person, people No one is asking you to be too much to ask what you are worth. You are establishing a new level.

You belong in the room (you also deserve to take space)

The more worth-aware you are? She’s bold. Clear. She asks.
Begin to be her now, even in a little way.

Keywords: career growth, confidence at work, asking for a raise