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"

Overthinkers Beware!Have you ever fallen into the rabbit hole? Thinking and thinking, stuck into analysis paralysis?🎙️ From Engineer to High-Performance Coach: How Lison Mage Helps Overthinkers Make Decisive Moves After a global tech career at Salesforce and Oracle, Lison Mage pivoted into coaching and authored Act Before You Overthink—teaching professionals how to trade analysis paralysis for action🔍 What You’ll Learn:What happens when a STEMM career path no longer fits—and how to pivot with purposeWhy overthinking is one of the most overlooked barriers to career change and leadershipHow to leave a corporate job without a plan—and build a business from experimentationPractical tools to develop "audacity"—the mindset muscle that makes action possibleWhy quitting isn’t failure—and how to reframe sunk cost fallacy and reversibilityHow to create visibility and traction by building in public and gathering feedback early🧠 About the Guest: 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 Act Before You Overthink. Lison now helps professionals across Australia make confident decisions, overcome perfectionism, and lead more aligned, action-oriented lives.📌 Episode Highlights:00:00 Quitting corporate to “unbecome”—and rebuild from scratch 03:00 From childhood in France to over 33 countries and a STEMM degree 05:00 Trading electronics for human behavior: moving into sales 08:00 The slow realization that success ≠ happiness 10:00 How curiosity—not clarity—sparked a career pivot 13:00 Experimenting with coaching, retreats, and finding product-market fit 15:00 Why overthinking is often about too much convergent thinking 17:00 Finding mentors and navigating imposter syndrome 20:00 Blogging before book deals: building audience through newsletters 23:00 “I became an overthinker to write for overthinkers” 26:00 Decision reversibility: how to think about going back or changing lanes 30:00 Emotional support, shared responsibility, and building a personal success team 33:00 Pet-sitting, lifestyle downsizing, and creative financial strategies 36:00 How to ground confidence when you feel like the least experienced person in the room 38:00 Relevance over experience—and why that matters in entrepreneurship 40:00 Writing in a second language, using standing desks, and habit stacking 43:00 Flops, tears, and the value of being seen in your full humanity 45:00 Privilege, locus of control, and redefining what success looks like🔗 Resources Mentioned:Lison Mage – Official WebsiteAct Before You Overthink – Book🤔 Reflection Time:Are you using overthinking to delay action—or gathering just enough data to move?If your current role no longer fits, what “audacious” step could you take this week?Do you have a team—mentors, supporters, challengers—that helps you move forward? Want to craft a career story that opens doors?I help STEMM professionals speak with clarity, confidence, and purpose and show up as thought leaders —so the right opportunities find you.📬 Let’s connect: angeliquegreco.com.au | LinkedIn  ⭐️ Help More People Reinvent Their CareersIf you enjoyed this episode, please:✅ Leave a quick ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 🙏♻️ Share it with a friend who's questioning their path in STEM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.