About this episode
Shamieka Dean discusses her journey of releasing the burden of responsibility that shaped her identity and impacted her business.
As the oldest daughter, I was always responsible for something. I was thrust into responsibility long before I was ready. At the age of ten, I was helping with homework, dinner, and cleaning. If my siblings did not complete a task or chore, I was the often the one who was punished for “not watching” them. Subconsciously, a belief was created that I was responsible for the actions of others. What I didn’t realize at the time is that responsibility would become my identity. This identity would transfer into the way I ran my business. If a client did not get results, I blamed myself. I would sit on vacation with my family and could not put the laptop down, convinced that if I stopped checking in, the whole thing would crumble. Of course, there were times things needed to be tweaked to be more effective. However, I took full responsibility even when it was clear others were not doing what they needed to do. I lived by “The success and failure falls on my shoulders.” You can imagine what happens when you take the blame for everything. You carry the weight of the world on your shoulders even when you shouldn’t. It wasn’t until I released responsibility that I was able to have a…
People in this episode
Host: Shamieka Dean
Topics covered
- responsibility
- identity
- business management
- self-improvement
- work-life balance
Keywords
- responsibility
- identity
- business
- self-improvement
- work-life balance
- client results
- delegation
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