More Than A Paycheck

There is A LOT going on right now. From the pandemic to global warming, racism to wildfires. It's emotionally a lot to deal with. Then on top of that there's the stress from feeling behind and work and going no stop from video call to video call.  But wishing things were different and waiting for life to change is exhausting. Find out how to stop feeling so exhausted and move forward even when lif...

Join me this week as we dig into why it feels so nerve racking when working with leaders that are much more senior than us. Leaders rotate and you might find yourself reporting to your skip level manager. Or maybe your working on a project with a Principal leader. When you are focused on how many years of experience they have and how you might screw it up in front of them, you are going to feel ne...

Listen in this week as we talk about juggling all the things you need to do. From family, to work, from your goals, to home life. You can do anything, you just can't do everything. When you are too busy and can't keep up, you can let the rubber balls drop because they will bounce back. It's the glass balls you need to make sure don't fall. Learn how to evaluate which to do's are rubber and which o...

Tune in this week to learn from Senior Principal Engineer Luu Tran and he shares how to figure out what you want out of your career and how to get there. Luu shares his biggest learning while getting promoted to VP and deciding to quit and change jobs at the same time.  He also shares how he transitioned from managing multiple large groups to becoming and individual contributor again.  Listen and...

Join me this week as we talk about the power questions have on your brain. We ask ourselves "dumb" questions all the time without even realizing it. Why can't I get up earlier? When is this going to be over? Why am I the only one that cares? Answering these questions just keeps you stuck and validates why it hard. This week learn a way to ask better questions to get better answers. List and learn...

Join me this week as we dig into the science behind why your brain is always proving yourself right. Since we all have over 60k thoughts a day, most of it gets filtered out and our brain only tells us what it thinks is important. But learning how to choose what does and does not get filtered is the key to feeling better. By default, your brain filter shows you all the horrible bad things, but what...

When you think about "just wanting to be happy," how does that make you feeling? I'm guessing horrible. Which is why it's the worst thing we tell ourselves. It does not motivate you go to do the hard things and life a full life. It just makes you feel stuck and like a victim.   In this week's episode, you are going to learn why you don't actually want to feel better and why that's actually good ne...

A good strategy clearly articulates what the end goal is with a few ideas on how to get there. If you are clear on what you are trying to accomplish, it's easier to pivot and change along the way to figure out how to reach the goal as you learn along the way.   It's the same with what we want out of our careers, but when we don't know how, we tend to think it's not possible. But what if that was a...

Think back to the last time you felt overwhelmed. Most likely you were worried because there was too much to do and  you were not sure where to even start. But when you feel overwhelmed, it literally keeps you from doing anything and creates more overwhelm.   I bet you've tried to power through and work your way through it, but overwhelm feels like a dark heavy cloud that's always there. You can o...

Disagreeing is easy and something we do all day every day. Don't commit just to let leadership have any easy excuse to get their way, but commit to keep moving forward quickly. Delivering on the project and failing fast gets you to your goal so much quicker than spending time making sure everyone agrees. There are so many variables to your projects that we're never going to be 100% aligned.   Lear...

Feeling like an impostor happens to almost everyone during their career. In fact, 70% of people admit they feel. Not knowing how to do something is not the problem. The problem comes from what you make it mean. If you're worried you can't figure it out, you spend a lot of time worrying others will find out to.   In this week's episode, learn my secret to overcoming impostor syndrome. It's not some...

If you find yourself on a performance improvement plan, chances are you're panicked and freaking out. You're not sure what to do or how to get off the plan. You're worried about what's going to happen. And you're made because it's not fair.   I've worked with clients in this exact spot. And every single one of them has made it off the performance plan.   The secret is learning to get yourself to a...

As you look to transfer or find the next rotation in your company, coffee chats are a way to informally meet with the hiring manager and find out more details.   I've had hundreds of them with candidates. And I continue to see the same mistake over and over. If someone starts doing this during our coffee chat, I end it early and let them know it's not a good fit.   On this week's episode find out...

How do you describe your job to your close friends and family? When you think about work, do you like how it makes you feel?   I use to get the Sunday night blues where Sunday evening when my mind started going back into work mode, I would already be dreading it.   In this week's episode, learn what to do when you dread work and are really struggling with your job. Because, it's not your job's job...

Everyone has those days when you are not feeling it, but what do you do when a day turns into months on end?   It's so hard to keep working hard when your job is not motivating. But what do you do about it?   Phycologists call it the motivational triad. Your brain is wired to help you avoid danger, seek pleasure right now, and save energy. Understanding this and how to use it to help you is the se...

Do you feel constantly stressed because there's so much that needs to get done, but not enough time?   There are a million tips and tricks on how to calendar and organize things, but getting organized is not the real problem.   In this week's episode, you will learn the real reason we struggle to get more done and the 5 steps to overcome it.   If you would like to see the video version of this wor...

Do you find yourself procrastinating on projects at work?   What about having unrealistic standards for yourself?   Or maybe you have a hard time taking a complement and are super critical of yourself.   These are all signs you are no longer pushing yourself to be better, but churning in perfectionism.   In this week's episode, you will learn why we all have perfectionist tendency and 5 ways to ov...

Most of us understand how to earn trust with other people, but how do you learn to trust yourself?   Trust is a firm belief in the reliability, trust, ability, or strength of someone or something. It's easy to lose and hard to earn. We earn trust in others by doing what we say we will do, owning up to our mistakes, and disagreeing with respect.   But why is it that we will keep our commitments to...

EQ is the ability to make emotions work for you instead of against you. A lot of leaders have the right IQ, but lack the emotional maturity to be a strong leader. In this episode you are going to learn the 4 elements that make a mature leader. How many years of experience you have is not relevant to emotional maturity. Your ability to manage your emotions is the difference. Many leaders have adult...

Protests are happening around the world. People are rightfully angry. Black people need support and to be amplified. Action needs to be taken to change policies, change systems, and hold people accountable. But action needs to be taken be all of us daily. We need to learn. We need to grow. We need to do better. An implicit bias is your unconscious attitude or stereotype towards something and we al...

We are taught in school that failing is bad. Getting a F means you are not meeting the bar. Failure feels horrible so we work hard to avoid it at all costs. But this is why you are a perfectionist. This is why you were an over achiever, but freak out when you can't figure things out. But what if failing was actually the secret to making it? What if learning to fail forward and mastering failure wa...

You might be thinking that life coaching sounds fluffy and fake. I get it. I was right there with you.   What is life coaching?   What does a coach help you with?   Why would I higher one?   In this week's episode you are going to learn answers to all of this as well as 8 reasons you should not hire a coach.   If you are thinking about hiring a coach, get the 6 questions to ask any coach to make s...

The first element of confidence is learning how to let people judge you.   Logically you understand you can't control what people think about you, but we spend so much time trying to control their thoughts of us.   There are 3 types of judgment. Your judgment of others, other's judgement of you, and your judgement of yourself.   On this episode you will learn how each type of judgement impacts let...

Many of us don't speak up because we are worried about being judged or saying something stupid. But waiting to feel better before we say something might have you waiting until it's too late. The only way to get better at doing something is doing it, failing, learning, and then doing it again. But in this week's episode, we are going to address the 3 most common reasons we don't speak up. You will...

Have you asked your manager about getting promoted, but been frustrated with the answer? It's probably because you want to know exactly how even though you logically understand there's not guarantees. In this week's episode, you're going to learn how to lead your promotion so it's as good as done. Learn the 3 things ways to lead your promotion through without needing your manager to hold your hand...