Have self sabotaging thoughts gotten in the way of your career?
In this episode of The PayDestiny Podcast GEICO employee Elizabeth Santamaria shares how she overcame self sabotaging thoughts to successfully ask for a pay raise, get promoted, and negotiate a four day work week. Learn how she:
- Built self confidence,
- Overcame self sabotaging, and
- Leveraged work wins data to achieve her negotiation goals.
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The PayDestiny Podcast Episode 1
Beat Self Sabotaging Thoughts to Get a Pay Raise and Get Promoted with Elizabeth Santamaria 🇩🇴
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Episode Summary

Guest: Elizabeth Santamaria 
Have self sabotaging thoughts gotten in the way of your career? Ever pass on a career opportunity because you saw yourself as “not ready”? If so, then this episode is for you.
GEICO employee, Elizabeth Santamaria, shares how her perception of her weight kept her from pursuing leadership positions. Despite her track record of success at work it took Elizabeth time to see the value in herself that others saw. Learn the strategies she used to overcome a negative self image and self sabotaging thoughts to ask for a merit based pay raise, get promoted, and successfully negotiate a four day work week.
Guest Bio
Elizabeth Santamaria is currently a Bi-Lingual Sales Trainer for GECIO. Prior to being promoted she was a college recruiter and senior hiring specialist for GECIO. She previously worked as a sales representative for Verizon and as a freelance Spanish Interpreter.
Her success at GEICO allowed her to negotiate a four day work week where she now uses her Friday’s to coach others to lose weight using a healthy keto lifestyle.
Connect with Elizabeth Santamaria
- Website: https://ketotranslate.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spanishketocoach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ketotranslate
About the PayDestiny Podcast
The PayDestiny Podcast is dedicated to ensuring Latinas, women, and underrepresented professionals are: 1.) competitively paid, and 2.) represented in leadership positions.
Each episode interviews a Latina/Latino/Latinx employee, decision maker, or business owner who shares insights on how they overcame challenges to increase their pay, get promoted, and reach career goals, and/or how they make compensation and promotion decisions.
Each guest participates in a game of situational instinct where they are provided a series of workplace scenarios and have to share how they would handle each situation to ensure their career growth and goals are not hindered before a timer runs out.
Through the lived experiences of Latinas, Latinos, and Latinx professionals listeners can learn how to navigate and overcome challenges to career and pay growth.
About the Host
To learn more about, and connect with The PayDestiny Podcast Host, Adriana Herrera, click here.
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