The Power Moves That Make You Impossible to Ignore

One concept I encourage women to move away from is this idea of being ‘likeable’ simply because it’s a relative term, one that society tries to influence us to become, mainly to find success in both romantic and platonic relationships.

But you are only likeable to the people who like you.

And let’s face it, you play a different character in everyone’s story. To your mother, you are Princess Jasmine, and to your mother-in-law, you are Ursula.

Not only that, you can’t be respected if you’re more concerned with being understood. It’s one of the hardest lessons we as women have to learn, but only when you truly grasp this message can you step into your power.

Because what’s the alternative?

Spending years over-explaining yourself, shrinking your intelligence to fit in rooms you’ve outgrown just to make those around you comfortable, even though you are talented, kind and hardworking, as you pay the cost of still feeling invisible?

That can’t be life? That’s not living, that’s surviving.

The women who can command a life they feel in control of know that power and visibility aren’t granted, it’s engineered.

In this article, I’ll break down the subtle shifts and five power plays that make a woman impossible to ignore - in circles, in rooms, in relationships, in entire industries.

But before we get into that, ask yourself one question:

If someone else looked at your life from the outside, right now, would they instantly know you’re the main character?