# 307: Visibility Starts with Recognizing Your Value Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value.md Podcast: [Finding Brave](https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725) Published: 2025-05-01T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://findingbrave.libsyn.com/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/findingbrave/Visibility_Starts_with_Recognizing_Your_Value.mp3?dest-id=591402 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/finding-brave-9725/episodes/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value Duration seconds: 2647 ## Resource What if the key to career growth isn't doing more but recognizing what you've already achieved? Today on Finding Brave, we're joined by inspiring author and career coach Octavia Goredema to discover how true visibility begins with valuing yourself. Octavia is the CEO of Fire Memos , a passionate advocate for helping people unlock their full potential at work, the author of PREP, PUSH, PIVOT , and host of two Audible Originals, Brand Yourself for Success and How to Change Careers . Previously featured on Finding Brave (check out Episode 248 !), she returns to share new insights on personal branding, professional visibility, and why it's more important than ever to own your worth and leverage more fully your amazing talents, abilities and experiences. In this episode, you'll learn why great work alone isn't enough to stand out in today's competitive job market and how many high performers remain invisible despite their incredible contributions. We also unpack the connection between visibility and self-recognition and how naming your strengths and tracking your accomplishments form the foundation of a strong personal brand. Octavia also offers empowering tips on embracing personal branding without feeling "cringy," even for those who avoid the spotlight, and shares the traits that define her own brand. (And the fascinating responses Octavia offered in answer to my impromptu question her own brand were very enlightening!). Want to learn how to build a memorable personal brand that embodies who you truly are? Tune in today! Key Highlights From This Episode: Why visibility begins with self-recognition (and why so many people struggle with this). [04:55] How naming your strengths, even the most obvious ones, is key to owning your worth. [08:43] Using discomfort as a diagnosti… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/finding-brave-9725/episodes/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725/307-visibility-starts-with-recognizing-your-value.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.