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Hi! I’m Pooja — a double Harvard grad, ex-management consultant, and now, an executive coach and thought leader.
I help high performers build their careers around flow.
This requires…
1️⃣ Internally, learning how to access your flow no matter what’s going on around you
2️⃣ Externally, designing a career strategy that angles your flow at a high-priority problem that someone will pay you good money to solve
3️⃣ Tactically, navigating the transition from the role you’re in to the role you want
On this page, you will find a TON of free resources to help you do just that.
Dig in below and get started today.
You can also come talk to me for personalized help!
Drop by anytime for a no-strings-attached coffee chat ☕️
It’s not a sales call :)
It’s just an opportunity for us to talk about whatever’s on your mind, and I’ll be as helpful as I can be.
Or come talk to me about what a one-on-one coaching engagement could look like.
Prefer to listen instead of read? Check out my podcast!
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1️⃣ Access your flow no matter what’s going on around you
Even if your inner critic is really loud
The Flame and the Mirror 🔥🪞: A parable to help you find flow no matter what’s going on around you
Where your inner critic comes from and what to do about it
How to access your best performance even when you’re stressed, scared, or feeling like an imposter
How I Get Out of a Self-Critical Spiral: Part 1, The Process Steps
How I Get Out of a Self-Critical Spiral: Part 2, The Principles
Why self-criticism is so seductive — and how to break its spell 🪄
The 4 kinds of self-doubt + The quick & dirty solution to each
If you're fighting a tough inner critic, here's 1 word to add to your vocabulary
I’ve been telling all my clients about this thing that happened to me in speed dating…
How to spend more time in flow: The exact 4 step process I teach you in my coaching program
Being a perfectionist is like having a speed cap on your car 🚗
3 sentences I use to harness my perfectionism for good
Sentence #1: Perfection is a direction.
Sentence #2: Low-cost lesson! 🙌🏽
Sentence #3: Another chapter for the book.
What if there is absolutely nothing you should be doing differently?
You don’t have a confidence problem. You have a metrics problem.
The Parable of the CEO Who Burns All Their Profits
This mental trap will make you FEEL like you’re not making progress…even when you are
How I killed my imposter syndrome, live, in the middle of a conversation
Why it’s so hard to feel good about yourself – and what you can do about it
Stressed? Scared? Find sufficiency in the worst case scenario.
Accept yourself or change yourself? First, ask these 2 questions.
Let’s Try Something Different: Internalizing vs. Externalizing Blame
The ONE Thought Loop That Holds Back High-Stress High Achievers
3 Reasons You Have Imposter Syndrome & What To Do About It (1 | 2 | 3)
Even if you’re worried about what other people think
One simple reframe to help you care less about external validation
Worried About What Other People Think? Here’s Your Shortcut.
Even if you feel behind or unproductive
The simple fallacy that leads to procrastination – and the 5 minute fix to cure it today
It’s not that you’re not good. It’s that this is what good looks like.
This is why you get stuck in procrastination holes 🕳️ and anxiety spirals 🌀
The Car Honk Method for getting more done and staying in flow 🚗 📣
The 1 tiny thought that can flip you from stress to flow and back again
The only thing standing between you and the life you want is a list of micro-blockers
Free Public Coaching: When the "important but not urgent" stuff isn't getting done
Why That Thing Isn't Getting Done, and How to Solve It For Good
Even if you’re burnt out
3 signs you’re hitting the limits of the Stressed Out Overachiever operating model
To cut your to-do list in half (or more): Don’t pre-solve problems. Post-solve problems.
How to go after ambitious goals – and fail again and again – without burning yourself out
When you numb your stress, you're also numbing your intuition
Perfectionism is like saying, “I NEED to pay $1000 for this banana.” 🍌
Even if you don’t enjoy the work in front of you
The secret ingredient separating you from the people you’re jealous of
What I Learned About Exponential Growth While Knitting This Scarf
Even if you’re afraid of making a mistake (or you’ve already made one!)
Even if you just feel bad
Masterclass: If you can do this, you can manage your stress
3 ways to sit with a feeling until the insight tumbles out 🥚🐣
1 quick trick to understand yourself better (and like yourself more)
Never Wanting to Feel Bad is Like Never Wanting to Feel Cold
7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (intro | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7)
2️⃣ Design a career strategy that angles your flow at a high-priority problem that someone will pay you good money to solve
Go from confusion to clarity
Masterclass: 7 Ways People Get Stuck When Figuring Out Their Next Career Step
7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step
How to cure your burnout and figure out your next step in one short sabbatical
The underrated emotional skill you need to land your next job
1 question guaranteed to unlock clarity about your next career step
To figure out your next step: Stop thinking 💭 Start excavating 🦴
5 quick career experiments you could do this week
Introduction: Pick ONE job or career path to test
Experiment 1: Listen to podcasts where people “talk shop” about that industry
Experiment 2: Do coffee chats with people in the industry and get facts, not feelings
Experiment 3: Do the “job interview project”
Experiment 4: Make a ghost proposal
Experiment 5: Take on a free client or customer
The one fallacy that keeps people stuck when they’re making a career transition
4 Ways to Think About Doing Something “Risky” in Your Career
How to identify the strengths you should build your career around
1 question to flip you from stuck and spinning to calmly problem-solving
You Don't Need Advice. You Need To Clear Your Emotional Cobwebs.
Is It Wise Intuition✨ or Plain Old Fear 👻? Here's How to Tell.
Rethink the default template for your life
Don’t build your career around your passion. Build it around your coping mechanism.
Good Student Mentality vs. Con Man Mentality
Part 1: Good Students play the game. Con Men see the board.
Part 2: Good Students are brittle. They crumble at the first mistake. Con Men expect things to go wrong. That’s when they get smart and scrappy.
Part 3: Good Students wait for permission. Con Men show people what’s possible.
Part 4: Good Students think they have to do it all themselves. Con Men build great teams around them.
3 thoughts that can bring you from bad to good…but not good to great
Thought #1: I need to win all the time.
Thought #2: I should think about my mistakes.
Thought #3: I have to control myself.
How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want
Cognitive Illusion 1: Anchoring to the negative
Cognitive Illusion 2: Trying to do it “right”
Cognitive Illusion #3: Making it personal
Cognitive Illusion #4: The hedonic treadmill 🏃🏻
Cognitive Illusion #5: Turning single data points into infinite trend lines 📉
My Favorite Problem-Solving Shortcut: Same Goal, Different Path
7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back
Assumption 1: There’s a clear path that I’m supposed to follow.
Assumption 2: First, I define a goal. Then I make a plan. Then I execute the plan.
Assumption 3: I avoid making mistakes.
Assumption 4: I know I’m succeeding if I’m doing everything really well.
Assumption 5: Other people know better than me.
Assumption 6: I’ll feel good about myself when I get there.
Assumption 7: I earn my worth through doing and achieving.
What Indian Vegetarian Food Taught Me About Creating The Life You Want
Make big decisions with confidence
Mark Cuban would totally hate me: What Mark Cuban and a McKinsey partner can teach you about your next career step
Don’t ask “Am I qualified for this role?” Instead, ask this.
What Marketing My New Coaching Program Has Taught Me About Finding and Keeping a New Job (intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | epilogue)
3️⃣ Navigate the transition from the role you’re in to the role you want
If networking for your next role is making you feel discouraged af, read this
1 question to diagnose “meh” job interviews and coffee chats
If you hate pitching yourself for job opportunities, read this.
And if you’re thinking, “Hey, this last section seems pretty small”…
I’ve found that building your career around flow requires:
~80% internally accessing flow no matter where you are
~15% designing your career strategy around your flow
~5% navigating the transition from the role you’re in to the role you want
Because accessing your flow no matter where you are and what’s going on around you powers everything else.
You can get a LOT of mileage from the free resources on this page…
But you can get even further with the one-on-one support.
Drop by anytime for a no-strings-attached coffee chat!
Or talk to me about working together in a full coaching engagement.
Why I think investing in a coach is so freaking helpful…
The hard part about a job search isn’t the tactics. It’s the emotions.
What if the reason you’re hesitating to get coaching…is the exact reason you need coaching?
The cognitive illusion that made me wait too long to hire a coach
What you really get out of coaching: The fish 🐟 AND the skill of fishing 🎣
What it’s like to work with me one-on-one…
Learn more about my coaching methodology…
Why Your Thoughts Feel So True (But I Promise You They’re Not)
How Your Thoughts — and Only Your Thoughts — Create Your Entire Reality (Seriously.)
Never Asked Questions: The Model vs. Mindfulness & Meditation
But When Am I “Allowed” To Change My Circumstances? (part 1 | 2 | 3)
How Your Thoughts Create Your Results (It's Not ✨Manifesting✨ – It's Psychology)
…and try it out on yourself! :)
7 Ways to Believe Something New
Way 1: Put the new theory in your mental filter and find evidence everywhere
Way 2: Find things in your life that are going right and use them as reference points
Way 3: Find the most damning piece of evidence and rewrite the story
Way 4: Break down your brain’s logic chain
Way 5: Reverse the roles
Way 6: Zipline it
Way 7: Think like your future self
The Most Powerful Way to Rewire Your Brain: SHOW, Don't Tell
OMG, Pooja, this is MIND-BLOWING! To think that little drops of insights you shared over the years collected into this mighty ocean is unbelievable.
Your public coaching call idea is innovative, and helps those on the line take a step forward without hesitation!
So proud of what you made of yourself and what you are helping others make of themselves!