"I want to be rich. I want to be known. I want to be powerful."

Did you just flinch? That flinch is the whole episode.

In this solo episode, Karen Yankovich hands you a permission slip instead of a framework. She unpacks the good girl tax — the price women pay for wrapping money, power, and visibility in softer, more "acceptable" language — and walks you through saying three simple, true sentences out loud: I want money. I want power. I want to be known.

• The taboo was never the wanting. It's a woman saying it out loud without apologizing first.

• "I just want to help" is often a true sentence wearing a disguise.

• You can't get booked for what you won't name — silence is the good girl tax.

• Wanting to be known for real work isn't vanity. It's how the right people find you.

• Naming the want is the first visible act of going after it.

Subscribe so you don't miss the next episode, where Karen shows this in action with real examples. And if saying it out loud feels scary, come practice inside the Visibility Salon — www.visibilitysalon.com — your first week is free.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode:

Visibility Salon
Karen's private community where women learn to price their expertise properly. First week free!
https://www.thelinkedupcollective.com/visibilitysalon/

Book a with Karen
Book a call with Karen to learn more about working together.
www.karenyankovich.com/call

Karen Yankovich on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/karenyankovich

Magical Quotes From The Episode:

"The taboo was never the wanting. The taboo is that a woman said it out loud, without apologizing for it first."

"You can't get booked for what you won't name."

"Big impact goals need big money — and silence is not being humble, it's expensive."

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You've been calling it responsibility. You've been calling it integrity. You've been calling it just not being ready yet.

Karen Yankovich calls it what it actually is: the good girl tax.

In this solo episode, Karen goes deep on the invisible cost women pay when they keep waiting to be ready — and why that waiting isn't wisdom. It's a pattern you were taught. And it's one you can unlearn.

• Why "getting ready" is the sophisticated, grown-up version of the good girl tax

• The shocking MIT/Yale/Minnesota research on why women get passed over for promotion — even when their performance scores are higher

• Why the "panel" that used to evaluate you is gone — and why you're the only one still running it on yourself

• How getting ready is how vanity visibility sneaks back in the side door

• The one move Karen is asking you to make this week (just one)

If you've been polishing your offer, tweaking your bio, or waiting until your messaging is "totally dialed in" — this episode is for you.

You're not unready. You're over-rehearsed.

🎙️ Listen now, and then take your one step. Tag Karen on LinkedIn when you do!

Resources Mentioned In The Episode:

Visibility Salon
Karen's private community where women learn to price their expertise properly. First week free!
https://www.thelinkedupcollective.com/visibilitysalon/

Book a with Karen
Book a call with Karen to learn more about working together.
www.karenyankovich.com/call

Karen Yankovich on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/karenyankovich

Magical Quotes From The Episode:

"Getting ready is what the good girl tax looks like when it's grown up and gotten sophisticated. Same tax. Prettier dress."

"You took that rigged scoreboard, internalized it completely, and now you run it on yourself for free — when there's literally no one else left doing this to you."

"Potential isn't a finish line you can cross. It's a decision you make. And in your own business, you're the only one with a vote."

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What if the tax you've been paying has nothing to do with your prices — and everything to do with where you've been pointing your loyalty?

In this solo episode, Karen Yankovich does something she's never done in nearly 400 episodes of Good Girls Get Rich: she gets in the hot seat herself.

She shares the real number from the worst year of her career. Not a "slow quarter." Not "I undercharged." A full year of work that ended with a minus sign. And in the same breath, she reveals what her own business — the one she was neglecting — was quietly earning on the side.

This episode is raw, specific, and deeply honest. And it will make you think about your own number.

In this episode you'll hear:

• The real story behind the "good girl tax" — and why Karen was the one paying it

• The exact income figures from four years of a business partnership that cost her six figures

• What happened to her revenue the year she finally walked away (hint: it more than quadrupled)

• Why loyalty, patience, and commitment are never the problem — only where they're aimed

• How to name your own number — and why saying it out loud changes everything

If you've ever stayed too long, waited to be chosen, or kept quiet about what something really cost you — this one's for you.

Resources mentioned:

• Visibility Salon free trial — www.VisibilitySalon.com

Subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with the woman in your life who needs to hear her own number.

Resources Mentioned In The Episode:

Visibility Salon
Karen's private community where women learn to price their expertise properly. First week free!
https://www.thelinkedupcollective.com/visibilitysalon/

Book a with Karen
Book a call with Karen to learn more about working together.
www.karenyankovich.com/call

Karen Yankovich on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/karenyankovich

Magical Quotes From The Episode:

"The problem was never that I was good. The problem was what I was being good to."

"A number that you can say out loud is a number that can't run your life anymore."

"From $30,000 to $136,000 in twelve months. Not because I learned something new. Because I stopped spending myself on something that wasn't paying me back."

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It would be awesome if you shared the Good Girls Get Rich Podcast with your fellow entrepreneurs on Twitter. Click here to tweet some love!

If this episode has taught you just one thing, I would love if you could head on over to Apple Podcasts and SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW! And if you're moved to, kindly leave us a rating and review. Maybe you'll get a shout out on the show!

Ways to Subscribe to Good Girls Get Rich:

• Click here to subscribe via Apple Podcasts
• Click here to subscribe via PlayerFM
• Good Girls Get Rich is also on Spotify
• Take a listen on Podcast Addict