I have a history of anxiety. I’ve never been formally diagnosed, but I worry and catastrophize quite a bit. I heard someone once say that a good question to ask in a moment of anxiety is… Is it true? Whatever it is that you’re catastrophizing, whatever belief you’re holding that is weighing you down… Is it really true? Can you know beyond a shadow of a doubt? Often, the answer to this question is no.

There’s something that many of my clients don’t realize when they start working with me as a career coach. They think they want a new job. But really, they want a new team and/or a new leader. The best job in the world isn’t worth much without the people that go with it. There isn’t enough money in the world to make me work on a dysfunctional team. It doesn’t take long for my clients to figure this out.

App-ification" or “Swiss Army Knife”? This article reminds me of a core idea of mine, one that has been brewing over the course of the last couple of years. Will AI tools become “appified?” Meaning, will models like GPT and Claude get wrapped into a million little apps that each solve a specific problem? This means that most people won’t be concerned with prompts and chats, but will just use apps the way they always have, this time with a layer of Generative AI as a feature.

The best way to make the most of [[coaching]]: do what you say you will do. If you spend 30 mins with your coach and you have a ton of breakthroughs and realizations and insights… and then you do nothing with those insights, you’re wasting time and money. As coaches, we can help you see more clearly. We can’t do it for you.

Ever had a kid’s movie spark a profound realization about careers? That happened to me today while watching Inside Out 2 with my 5-year-old. Two main messages of the movie (no heavy spoilers, though maybe light ones) are: Our emotions don’t get to determine who we are and What we believe about ourselves affects our choices (and as a corollary, our choices affect our career trajectory). It is tempting to believe that navigating a career journey is just about working hard, growing skills, networking, and achieving important things.