This week Jannese sits down with executive coach, speaker, and author Diana Bernal to talk about something a lot of us never learned how to do: build a career on purpose instead of just falling into one.Diana is a first-gen success story who climbed the corporate ladder in nonprofit fundraising, hit \"senior vice president\" energy, and realized the corner office wasn't actually the goal. Now she coaches ambitious women through the exact roadmap she used to pivot, and she just released her book, Career with Intention. This conversation covers the signs you're autopiloting at work, why \"loyalty\" doesn't always pay off, how to give yourself permission to walk away from a degree (or a decade) without it being a waste, and how motherhood and marriage can completely reshape what ambition even means.
WE GET INTO:
01:32 Diana's first-gen story and career roadmap
04:19 Redefining success beyond the corner office
06:53 The false narrative of the corporate ladder
09:36 Loyalty culture vs. career mobility
09:45 What it means to build a career \"with intention\"
13:15 Signs you're autopiloting at work
15:12 Overcoming the sunk cost fallacy
16:26 Key questions to ask before a career pivot
18:36 Why high-achieving women struggle to own their value
22:14 Cultural scripts Latinas face at work
25:00 Testing the waters before quitting your 9-to-5
26:44 It's never too late to reinvent yourself
30:22 How motherhood reshaped Diana's ambition
31:26 A mindset shift that changed her life
33:15 Breaking the breadwinner stereotype
36:34 A journaling exercise for career clarity
37:06 Advice to her younger self
40:11 Where to find Diana and her book
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This episode of Yo Quiero Dinero was produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.
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