Left untreated, this will not only deplete your confidence, but ultimately, you run the risk of damaging your career and reputation.

Which will definitely undermine your professional mojo – that certain something that attracts people to you, that gives you energy and ensures you remain successful and in fact, makes your job as a people leader so much easier.

And that’s a shame.

So here are five easy things you can implement immediately, to help get your professional mojo back up again.

1. It’s a progress, not a perfect

   Replace achievement tracking with progress reporting. Sometimes we need reminding not to measure ourselves against impossible standards. As Heidi Galverson Grant says, “focus on getting better, not being great” and you’ll end up being more successful in the long run anyway.

2. You’ve got to give to get

   Volunteer or give back to someone in need in this strange time. Studies tell us that the act of giving gives you a boost in your happy endorphins. In fact, in helping others we help ourselves and can even experience a “helpers high”.

3. Do something daring

   Take on a new challenge outside your comfort zone (work or personal). If your mojo is depleted because you’re bored, ask for a meaty challenge to get geared back up again, a secondment in a new area of the business, or a a special project that exposes you to the powers that be.

4. Learn something new

   When we learn, we create new neural pathways, and when we gain mastery we trigger different reward centres in the brain. Guaranteed to boost your mojo. Is there a uni course you’ve been putting off? A professional qualification that might help take you to the next level? Or maybe a short course via LinkedIn’s learning platform (free until March 2021 with a premium profile). Don’t delay. Get started today.

5. Get moving and move mountains

   Action precedes clarity, certainty and confidence. Fear researchers in addition to gender and confidence researchers, have all found that doing anything, even the wrong thing, can boost your confidence. In fact, movement is medicine, physically, energetically and emotionally. Get moving to blow of the cobwebs from an increasingly sedentary 2020.

Your #1 priority is you

Feeling like you’re getting old and worn out is such a culturally accepted stereotype that it’s become the norm. Don’t let the mantras of low confidence and low agency become a self fulfilling prophecy.

Instead, invest in activities that do boost your MOJO and you might just surprise yourself!

Your work with career and branding starts here. If your career has stalled, you’re feeling flat, or wondering how on earth to tackle this new year after a crazy 2020, then now is the time to invest in yourself.

I offer a range of programs that will help you elevate your profile, your brand and career, no matter whether you work in an office, remotely or for yourself.

May 2021 be brilliant for you and your brand!