Are you successful or flourishing? Many high achievers (including myself) struggle with defining what we want to do with our careers or our lives, especially once we get to a certain level of success. We are trained in school to deliver above expectations, and keep following the path because we assume that will lead to…
What are you willing to experience to advance towards your goals?
What are you willing to experience to advance towards your goals? So much of what limits people in their careers is a fear of what will happen if they make a mistake. They fear that their reputation will be damaged, that people will no longer trust them, or that they will lose an opportunity as…
If you are (or know) a leader from a group underrepresented in technology, check out this offer from Joel Chippindale (the CTO Coach) and several other coaches to offer coaching programs to such leaders for free.
If you are (or know) a leader from a group underrepresented in technology, check out this offer from Joel Chippindale (the CTO Coach) and several other coaches to offer coaching programs to such leaders for free. I have been fortunate to have a lot of privileges giving me tailwinds in my career, where I got…
Nikhyl Singhal makes an important point below that no company can actually ever reward their top employees enough because they will always contribute disproportionately more than what they get compensated (maybe unless you are a founder where the success of the company flows back to you).
Nikhyl Singhal makes an important point below that no company can actually ever reward their top employees enough because they will always contribute disproportionately more than what they get compensated (maybe unless you are a founder where the success of the company flows back to you). Recognizing one’s own value and managing one’s own boundaries…
How are you building the story you want to tell?
How are you building the story you want to tell? High performers have many options to choose from at each point in their career. They could work in different industries, they could take different jobs – they just want to work on interesting problems. So how do you choose what to do next? One possibility…
I love the courage Michael Trugman is showing here. Rather than avoid the uncomfortable work of self-promotion, he’s leaning into it to improve his craft of coaching. If you’re intrigued by his questions, sign up for a free coaching session with him!
I love the courage Michael Trugman is showing here. Rather than avoid the uncomfortable work of self-promotion, he’s leaning into it to improve his craft of coaching. If you’re intrigued by his questions, sign up for a free coaching session with him! P.S. Mike also has a great podcast, Mike’s Search for Meaning, where he…
How do you optimize for the algorithm?
How do you optimize for the algorithm? There’s a whole slew of people who will tell you what the latest changes in the LinkedIn algorithm are, so that you can get more views and engagement. I recently had a friend tell me that I should add pictures to my posts to make them more visible…
How might you be holding yourself back from greater success?
How might you be holding yourself back from greater success? Gay Hendricks offers a provocative possibility in his book The Big Leap, which is that each of us has an Upper Limit of how much success or joy or abundance we can tolerate. That Upper Limit is wired into us by our early experiences, perhaps…
What is your strategy for handling requests?
What is your strategy for handling requests? Most people like helping others. If somebody makes a reasonable request of us that we can do, it’s hard to say no. But what do you do when the number of requests exceeds what you can actually do? This is actually not a hard question. Most of us…
It can be a good sign when you are criticized.
It can be a good sign when you are criticized. I once read a story of about a high school football player who was getting yelled at by the head coach. He was getting dispirited, wondering if he was even any good at football if he was getting all this criticism. An assistant coach took…