"People have begun to seek me out as a coach and mentor"
Coaching Career Mastery

"People have begun to seek me out as a coach and mentor"

The broken mirror: The story that is making me an unstoppable Leader 
When I was a child, my grandmother had a large mirror in the entrance of her house. She always told me: "Look at yourself carefully before you leave, because the world will only see you as you see yourself."
 But over time, I stopped believing in that mirror.
 As I progressed in my career, I accumulated achievements, titles, and responsibilities. From the outside, it seemed like I had it all—leadership, success, and recognition. But deep inside, something felt off. No matter what I accomplished, it never seemed enough.
 Then one day, in a key meeting with my team, I heard myself say:
 “I’m not sure if I’m making the right decision.”
 The silence was overwhelming. A leader doesn’t say that, right? A leader is supposed to be strong, relentless, confident.
 That night, when I got home, I looked at my reflection… and I saw my mirror was broken.
 But it wasn’t broken on the outside. It was broken inside of me.
 I realized that all my decisions, my leadership, and my energy were filtered through fragments of insecurity, fear, and beliefs that weren’t even mine. They were voices from the past:
 “You have to work twice as hard to be taken seriously.”
 “You will never be good enough.”
 “If you show weakness, you will lose respect.”
 That night, I made a decision that changed everything: I was going to rebuild my mirror from scratch. 
Facing My Own Demons
 The first step was confronting those voices.
 I used an exercise from the Mindvalley Executive Coaching Program called The Empty Chair. I placed an imaginary chair in front of me and sat face to face with the beliefs that had shaped my life without my permission. There was no boss, no investor, no competitor on the other side.
 It was just me, looking myself in the eyes.
 And then, I spoke to the person I had criticized the most in my life—myself.
 I told her that I would no longer follow the rules dictated by fear. That I didn’t need permission to lead with both strength and compassion. That I no longer needed to prove anything to anyone.
 When I stood up from that chair, I was a different person. 
The Day I Stopped Playing Small
 A few weeks later, in a meeting with senior executives, I saw a colleague interrupt a brilliant woman at the table. Something that had happened a thousand times before.
 But this time, my new reflection in the mirror wouldn’t let me stay silent.
 I leaned forward, looked him in the eyes, and said:
 “Let her finish. Her perspective could change this conversation.”
 The silence was electric. Everyone was waiting for his reaction. But what happened next was even more surprising:
 That man, who had always dominated the conversation, fell silent and listened.
 That day, I realized that transformation is not just an inspiring idea from a leadership book. It’s a radical act. It’s about daring to break patterns—within yourself and in the world around you. 
The Power of a New Reflection
 Since I rebuilt my mirror, not only has my life changed, but so have the lives of those around me:
 ✅ Men who once saw me as a threat now see me as a reference.
 ✅ Members of my team have stopped waiting for instructions and started making decisions with confidence.
 ✅ Women who once hesitated to speak up now raise their hands in every meeting.
 And the most remarkable thing? People have begun to seek me out as a coach and mentor. Not because they needed a "perfect" leader, but because they wanted to learn how to break their own mirrors and rebuild themselves with more power than ever before. 
The Program that made me unstoppable
 None of this would have been possible without the tools I learned in the Mindvalley Executive Coaching Program.
 It was there that I discovered:
 The power of rewriting my identity. I am not my past or my fears. I am who I choose to be today.
 The 10X Growth Mindset. It’s not about small improvements—it’s about exponential transformation.
 The integration of energy and mindset. A leader doesn’t just use logic; they use intuition, emotion, and vision as strategic assets. 
My Challenge to You
 If you feel like there’s a broken mirror inside you, I invite you to face it. Because what’s on the other side isn’t just more success…
 It’s your most powerful self.
 The one the world is waiting to see. 

Mirian Izquierdo

Management Consultant

Madrid, Spain

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