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Why working harder isn’t making you feel better

My ex-boyfriend used to tell me I was wrong about this…

Don’t set goals for achievement. Set goals for momentum.

How to tell if you really want what you say you want

The Salt Fat Acid Heat of productivity and ambition

A quick test to figure out if you need a coach, or if ChatGPT is good enough

What my favorite sci-fi novel can teach you about building the career you want

The Two Kinds of Motivation

Is your career a garden or a jungle?

Don’t avoid mistakes. Make praiseworthy mistakes.

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 7)

The #1 reason you feel behind…

If you would have passed the marshmallow test as a kid, read this

❌ Job search propaganda I’m not falling for

❌ Propaganda I’m not falling for

What an ancient Indian parable can teach you about your job search

The stakes are so much lower than you think

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 6)

Stop prioritizing your tasks by importance

Should you quit your job, or not?

Jealousy is super useful

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 5)

Be disciplined about the right things

No amount of rest will fix a life that’s not in alignment

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 4)

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 3)

Something feels off. But is it Type 1 Wrongness or Type 2 Wrongness?

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 2)

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 1)

A secret extra bonus mistake that high achievers make when choosing their next career step

7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (intro)

Perfectionism is like saying, “I NEED to pay $1000 for this banana.” 🍌

If you spend all day at work quietly afraid that you’re not adding enough value…

The antidote to imposter syndrome

The Flame and the Mirror 🔥🪞

4 words to help you stop feeling behind

You are exactly where you’re supposed to be.

What my dating life has to do with your career

Open to discover your purpose in life

Burnout has nothing to do with the hours you're working

Bad days are the best days

What if there is absolutely nothing you should be doing differently?

Railway switch habits: low effort, high impact

You can’t get to “I am __” from “I am not __” Mode

It’s not that you’re not good. It’s that this is what good looks like.

1 question to diagnose “meh” job interviews and coffee chats

The 1 Root Cause Problem Every Person Has

What the caterpillar says to the cocoon

Sacred Dissatisfaction

If you can focus on a conversation even while music is playing, you can access flow even when you’re stressed

How to access your best performance even when you’re stressed, scared, or feeling like an imposter

3 questions to help you access flow on-demand

How to cure your burnout and figure out your next step in one short sabbatical

The 2 Kinds of Discipline

One simple reframe to help you care less about external validation

If networking for your next role is making you feel discouraged af, read this

Less linear logic, more paradox logic

The Car Honk Method for getting more done and staying in flow 🚗 📣

What are you under-correcting for?

How to spend more time in flow

The cognitive illusion that made me wait too long to hire a coach

The underrated emotional skill you need to land your next job

The simple fallacy that leads to procrastination – and the 5 minute fix to cure it today

A big misconception about tapping into your intuition

What if the reason you’re hesitating to get coaching…is the exact reason you need coaching?

How to motivate yourself to change

Prestige can free you – or it can trap you

What I tell myself when I’m having a tough time

Every downswing contains the seeds of your next upswing

To find love, be polarizing

4 words to make any difficult emotion 10x easier

Advice to the burnt out job-seeker

Some things are 80/20. Some things are last-mile delivery.

The power of the ✨Magic Circumstance✨

How to identify the strengths you should build your career around

The one master variable driving your life

Look at the monster 🧸

The secret ingredient separating you from the people you’re jealous of

If you hate pitching yourself for job opportunities, read this.

I’ve been telling all my clients about this thing that happened to me in speed dating…

Don’t build your career around your passion. Build it around your coping mechanism.

The hard part about a job search isn’t the tactics. It’s the emotions.

Don’t ask “Am I qualified for this role?” Instead, ask this.

Mark Cuban would totally hate me

Don’t change jobs without asking yourself this question

Here’s a real text I sent to my coach yesterday

1 question guaranteed to unlock clarity about your next career step

The cognitive illusion that causes worry and self-criticism

The simple, fixable trigger behind 99% of your stress

You don’t have a confidence problem. You have a metrics problem.

The one fallacy that keeps people stuck when they’re making a career transition

How do you go from insecure overachiever to secure high performer? One Mental ChatGPT prompt at a time.

Reading my posts is only half the equation

3 signs you’re hitting the limits of the Stressed Out Overachiever operating model

The only 2 emotions you need to worry about