{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6311fe9bae5d13001250521f/63ad6ed542e6b900107d12e7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"360 turn from Engineering and Sales without overthinking: Transitioning her STEM career into a high performance coach and author with Lison Mage \" Act Before You Overthink\" ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6311fe9bae5d13001250521f/1662797583337-de375df37af1ab61973773cd834d3f5f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Overthinkers Beware!</strong></p><p><strong>Have you ever fallen into the rabbit hole? Thinking and thinking, stuck into analysis paralysis?</strong></p><p><br></p><h3>🎙️  From Engineer to High-Performance Coach: How Lison Mage Helps Overthinkers Make Decisive Moves</h3><h4> After a global tech career at Salesforce and Oracle, Lison Mage pivoted into coaching and authored <em>Act Before You Overthink</em>—teaching professionals how to trade analysis paralysis for action</h4><p><br></p><p>🔍 <strong>What You’ll Learn:</strong></p><ul><li>What happens when a STEMM career path no longer fits—and how to pivot with purpose</li><li>Why overthinking is one of the most overlooked barriers to career change and leadership</li><li>How to leave a corporate job without a plan—and build a business from experimentation</li><li>Practical tools to develop \"audacity\"—the mindset muscle that makes action possible</li><li>Why quitting isn’t failure—and how to reframe sunk cost fallacy and reversibility</li><li>How to create visibility and traction by building in public and gathering feedback early</li></ul><p><br></p><p>🧠 <strong>About the Guest:</strong></p><p> Lison Mage is a French-Australian author, keynote speaker, and high-performance coach who started her career in engineering and corporate tech, working at companies like Oracle and Salesforce. After feeling stuck and unfulfilled, she took a leap—leaving the corporate world to become a certified coach and eventually publishing her book <em>Act Before You Overthink</em>. Lison now helps professionals across Australia make confident decisions, overcome perfectionism, and lead more aligned, action-oriented lives.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>📌 <strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p><p>00:00 Quitting corporate to “unbecome”—and rebuild from scratch</p><p> 03:00 From childhood in France to over 33 countries and a STEMM degree</p><p> 05:00 Trading electronics for human behavior: moving into sales</p><p> 08:00 The slow realization that success ≠ happiness</p><p> 10:00 How curiosity—not clarity—sparked a career pivot</p><p> 13:00 Experimenting with coaching, retreats, and finding product-market fit</p><p> 15:00 Why overthinking is often about too much convergent thinking</p><p> 17:00 Finding mentors and navigating imposter syndrome</p><p> 20:00 Blogging before book deals: building audience through newsletters</p><p> 23:00 “I became an overthinker to write for overthinkers”</p><p> 26:00 Decision reversibility: how to think about going back or changing lanes</p><p> 30:00 Emotional support, shared responsibility, and building a personal success team</p><p> 33:00 Pet-sitting, lifestyle downsizing, and creative financial strategies</p><p> 36:00 How to ground confidence when you feel like the least experienced person in the room</p><p> 38:00 Relevance over experience—and why that matters in entrepreneurship</p><p> 40:00 Writing in a second language, using standing desks, and habit stacking</p><p> 43:00 Flops, tears, and the value of being seen in your full humanity</p><p> 45:00 Privilege, locus of control, and redefining what success looks like</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🔗 <strong>Resources Mentioned:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://lisonmage.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Lison Mage – Official Website</a></li><li><a href=\"https://lisonmage.com/act-before-you-overthink-book/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Act Before You Overthink</em> – Book</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🤔 <strong>Reflection Time:</strong></p><ul><li>Are you using overthinking to delay action—or gathering just enough data to move?</li><li>If your current role no longer fits, what “audacious” step could you take this week?</li><li>Do you have a team—mentors, supporters, challengers—that helps you move forward?</li></ul><p><br></p><p>&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Angelique Greco | Biotech & Health-Tech Expert | STEM Thought Leadership Coach"}