Beyond the Resume Podcast with Patrick Croffie

A few weeks ago, I set up an in-home date night for my wife and me.  The date was simple. I wrote out 10 questions to draw at random for us to share and answer. One of the questions was “What’s a deep longing or dream for you?” I drew the question, so my wife had to answer first. When she answered, it struck a chord because in that moment we realized that we’ve allowed so many things to take...

There are hundreds of phrases around the pursuit of perfection. Mark Cuban says “ Perfection is the enemy of success”.  There’s one that says “Perfection is the enemy of good”, another that goes “perfection is overrated”, and my personal favorite “perfection is the enemy of done”. Though I like it, I would challenge this and go further and say “Perfection is the enemy of even starting”. [Give...

In my household, the phrase “Lean in” has been circulating for months. It’s a simple phrase that speaks volumes. During a “timeline talk” interview my wife Chanita (IG:@writtenbystone_) was hosting, she mentioned she kept getting this push from God to “lean in”. And ever since that first mention, it has stuck with us. In today’s episode I really wanted to have a conversation with kindred spirits w...

Funny enough I still haven’t shared that I am doing a podcast, but thanks to the algos that power IG, my page populated on a few “suggested friends list”. Though initially apprehensive - which I share in this episode- I am truly grateful for the conversations the first episode drove. The support was amazing and transcended numbers. Beyond listenership, the discussions were rich and proved how rela...

If you're reading this, thank you for listening to the first episode of Beyond the Resume.  With this being the 1st release, I thought it best to discuss the following 3 points: Why a podcast? The more concise answer is that I genuinely love podcast. I love the creation, the production, the craft and I'm learning to appreciate the business part as well. In addition, I believe content creators...