Women in business are judged on performance and likeability. Men are not.

Skye van Heyzen, founder of Adaptive Apex, names the double standard plainly on this week`s How to Get Ahead — then gets into what to actually do with it: know who you are before the room decides for you.

"You need to understand who you are — what your non-negotiables are, what`s your ultimate no, and what`s your ultimate yes."

Because plenty of "yes" answers aren`t really choices. They`re fear of the label that comes with saying no.

Skye works with ambitious women in mid and senior roles — especially in male-dominated sectors — helping them step into their power without losing themselves in the process.

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Every yes is a no to something else.

Skye van Heyzen, founder of Adaptive Apex, breaks it down simply on this week`s How to Get Ahead: you only have a finite amount of time and energy, so every yes you give away is a no to something — or someone — else.

"If you say yes to something, you`re saying no to something else, because you only have a finite amount of time and energy."

He talks to host Lorna Taylor about the tipping point that finally made him draw the line at work — and the language that helped him hold it: "I cannot. I do not. I will not." Not forceful to the other person. Just honest with yourself.

"That`s not selfish. That`s self-preservation."

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Burnout doesn`t always announce itself. Sometimes it sends you an invoice.

On this week`s How to Get Ahead, Skye van Heyzen — founder of Adaptive Apex — talks about the toll of ignoring your stress signs for too long. Not the dramatic burnout moment. The slow one. The kind your body eventually bills you for.

"If you don`t know how to handle this yourself — if you`re not doing the things to metabolize the stress — the body`s gonna send you an invoice."

Skye works with ambitious women in mid and senior roles — especially in male-dominated sectors — helping them lower stress, rebuild confidence, and get ahead without losing themselves in the process.

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Andrea Frey`s clients come to her for weight loss. What she actually spends most of her time on? Mindset.

On this week`s How to Get Ahead, she talks about growing up in diet culture — good foods, bad foods, someone always "on a diet" — and how repairing that relationship with food (and with yourself) is the thing that actually changes the outcome.

It shows up with her own kids too: "My six-year-old is so hard on himself when he messes up... the stuff I coach my clients on, I`ve been working with him on it too."

Andrea is a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach, mom of four, and founder of Fiat Wellness. Talk to yourself with more kindness — your kids are always watching how you do it.

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👉 More from Andrea: @fiatwellness.co

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