How to Overcome Project Pausing Fears and Seize New Opportunities Through Mindset Shifts Featuring Diana Acuna
Diana has spent the last 20 years in SaaS. She has expertise in sales, customer success, Six Sigma, and service delivery. She is currently the Senior Director of Transformation at Kantata. As a leader, Diana is passionate about leveraging emotional intelligence in the workplace to drive meaningful outcomes, and she speaks and coaches on this topic.
In today’s episode of Smashing the Plateau, you will learn how to navigate career changes by harnessing emotional intelligence and mindset shifts.
Diana and I discuss:
- The challenge of balancing passions and professional commitments [02:31]
- Strategies for overcoming the fear of pausing a project [04:00]
- How a mindset shift can create new opportunities [06:42]
- Tools and frameworks that aid in decision-making [07:14]
- The impact of reduced casual conversations in a remote work environment [10:29]
- How personal values align with professional roles [13:00]
- Diana’s thoughts on future career paths and passions [16:09]
Learn more about Diana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianaacuna/.
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About the author, David Shriner-Cahn
David is the podcast host and community builder behind Smashing the Plateau, an online platform offering resources, accountability, and camaraderie to high-performing professionals who are making the leap from the corporate career track to entrepreneurial business ownership.