Breaking Work

#464: For those of us who have zig-zagged our careers, we often feel misplaced, misunderstood, and feel like we come across as scattered. But the truth is there's magic in our intersections, and the key is excavating the unique value that comes from your intersection. This has worked wonders for me as I now describe my own intersection as a coach who uses principles from human-centered design, inv...

#461: In this episode, we are talking about how e ach of us is a unique intersection of ideas and experiences. Your ability to see that intersection and provide your POV is a superpower. But, u ncovering that intersection is the hard part. Tune in to learn more! 

#462: Welcome to the new members of The Break! I'm in Florida this week on Spring Break with my family. In between chasing kids on the beach, playing catch and having some nice meals, I'm thinking a lot about that feeling .

#461: Last week we talked about how a lot of our excuses are simply lies. That was a big perspective shift for me when I really took it to heart. That got me thinking about how powerful a perspective shift can be, and how one sentence, one phrase or one book can completely BREAK your path and change your life. In this episode, I'm detailing the 5 perspective shifts that completely exploded how I v...

#460: My next guest is Josiah Goff, Vice President of Product at Tune, a technology for partner marketing programs and affiliate networks. Josiah has been on both sides of the entrepreneurial journey. He believes that only after leaving behind the safety net of corporate life could he truly concentrate on achieving success on his own terms. Additionally, he stresses that personal transformation is...

#459: In this episode, we are diving into the biggest lie that is holding you back from the path you want.

#458: All productivity hacks are just noise. Nothing comes even close to the output you get when you align who you are with what you do. NOTHING. Alignment means becoming who you were meant to be (your purpose). It's deep, but it is really simple. There are only 4 big questions. Discovering how to systematically answer the questions is the difficult part. No one ever taught you how. "Find your pas...

457: How do you find passion? What's the difference between passion and purpose? In this episode, we will walk through a simple 4-step process to help you find your purpose. We will also share how Advantage Mapping can increase your odds of finding your purpose. 

#456: The biggest mind blowing moments in my life have come from tiny perspective shifts that broke the way I looked at the world. Here are a few: Investment in loss money is a tool, nothing more Every person has two lives and the second begins when he realizes he only has one - Confucius I use the term "perspective" separately from "mindset" because perspective comes from the outside. It's a shif...

#455:  Imagine being a pudgy, bullied high school dropout going nowhere, then miraculously, building a successful business, selling it, and then going on to coach thousands of high-performing executives and entrepreneurs on fitness and energy. How did he do it all? Dan's remarkable story starts with one simple decision - his BREAK moment. He decided to get in shape, and little by little Dan transf...

#454: Last week I wrote about the Hero's Journey I think we are all on, and how it is in The Unknown that anything worth doing resides. The Unknown is risky. But what most people miss is that The Known is also risky. How can that be? Because most of what we think is certain, actually isn't. Your career is riskier than you think. Learn how you can manage it. 

#453: We all have a voice that is calling us to be a hero. We all have a voice that is telling us why we can't be one. Who are we going to listen to?

#452: Teddy is a former D1 athlete. He played baseball at UNC, then took his two passions: sports and writing, and built a career in sports media starting with ESPN. Somewhere along the line, as most of us come to find out, Teddy realized how he was using his talents wasn't as impactful as it could be. He worked for a startup for a while, where he built the confidence to later go out on his own. T...

#451: Most of us: don't know where we are - we're lost know where we are but don't know where to go know where to go, but don't know how to get there I've been in all three stages - too many times for me to even count, but I've managed to find my way again. I've navigated change, not through blind trial and error, but through a systematic process of feedback. Your path is not set. Your destiny is...

#450: Eliana Goldstein is a Certified Professional Coach who works with ambitious individuals to create the necessary mindsets, learn the key strategies and set the goals needed to move to the next level in their careers whether that's growing where they are or moving into an entirely different career path. We spend over 90,000 hours of our lives working so her goal is to teach people how to build...

#449: I was not born a risk taker. I still don't consider myself one. But I've made A LOT of progress. That progress is probably the single achievement that I am most proud of in my life. Being in a position to take risks is vitally important to your growth. Because all of your dreams and desires are on the other side of a series of unknowns. In this episode, you'll learn: To grow, you need to tak...

#448: Brian Gallagher is a Corporate American turned Global Citizen. Brian did what many bright and talented people do right out of college. He went into finance. But a few years in he had his BREAK moment where he realized the money, the status, the "dream" wasn't all it was cracked up to be.  He got out. He owned a fitness studio for a while and then did something even more drastic. He gave away...

#448: I made a big investment in an expensive coaching program this year. I was scared, but did it anyway. The old me never would have done this. But I figured out how to trick my mind, and I want to share my process with you. Keep listening to learn about The MEMO Approach. 

#447: In this podcast episode, we are discussing the number 1 factor that separates long-term success from failure that I've learned the hard way. We will also cover how to build your belief f lywheel. Tune in to learn more! 

#446: Jennie Blumenthal is the founder of Corporate Rehab where she coaches executives to re-engineer their relationship with work to grow in their current career or in a new opportunity. Jennie's "break moment" came in the midst of covid with kids at home and huge responsibilities at her consulting job. Like a lot of us, she got some space to re-evaluate and realized the amazing career she built...

#445: In today's issue, we're picking my Advantage Mapping System up again starting with the second source of advantage: Your Personality.

#444: Alexis Grant is founder & CEO of They Got Acquired , a media company that helps entrepreneurs sell online businesses. Previously, she was EVP of Content at The Penny Hoarder, a personal finance media brand, where she worked alongside the founder as the third employee to scale the company's content operations. She also founded The Write Life, an online community for writers she sold in 2021....

#443: In today's issue, we're going to explore the most underrated approach to solving a career decision: Inversion. I'll show you how looking at a problem backwards is often more effective than trying to solve it forwards, and I'll show you how I used inversion to define my Break path. You'll be able to immediately apply it to whatever you do. Let's dive in.​

#442: We are all thankful this time of year - or at least, we try to be. Have you ever sat down and tried to articulate what you are thankful for? I've started gratitude journals with my kids and we've also had a tradition of saying three things we're thankful for about the current day before we go to bed. Tune in to learn more! 

#441: "I don't know what I'm good at." It's a phrase I hear from people in all walks of life - included highly driven, growth minded individuals. Tune in to this episode to learn why it's so hard to percieve our own abilities.