Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here “Tell me about yourself.” I used to cringe when I heard this at the start of every interview. How could I possibly sum up my career history in 2 minutes or less? I’d done a bunch of different projects, what was I supposed to include? The classic generalist dilemma. Being a generalist is a...
4 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here This 19-minute call changed how I think about networking forever I won a 5-minute call with Gary Vaynerchuk's right hand man — his VP of Relationships. This conversation completely revived how I think about relationship building. Nick Dio is a guy who's been working with Gary Vee for 10+...
25 days ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here Don't Make This Mistake When You Quit Your Job One year ago today, I put in my 5-week notice to quit my job. It feels like a lifetime ago. It was one of the scariest decisions I’ve ever made, but I knew I was more than ready to leap. Not to another company this time, but into full-fledged...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here Late Stage Interview Success: What Nobody Tells You You made it to final rounds — Congratulations, you're a badass! 🎉 Now what? How do you make sure you don't squander this precious opportunity to FINALLY close out this job search?! (First off, that's a stressful way to think about it. If you...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here My 2025 Predictions Today we're talking ⤵️ How the world of work (and your employment options) are continuing to shift in 2025. And what you can do to keep up. Are you looking for your next full-time job — or planning to ASAP? Join my next FREE masterclass to learn how to become THE top 1%...
about 2 months ago • 7 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here Do you know your future self? I do. I've met her a few times through future self visualizations. The concept is simple yet profound: Visualize and talk to a version of yourself in the future. This is YOU but the version of you who has what you want in life — the upgraded career, loving...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Welcome back to my weekly newsletter where I help generalists like you build your career by design and navigate big transitions with clarity and confidence ✨ If you've been forwarded this, subscribe here I hear the same question at least 3x every week in different forms: “What jobs do you think I could be a fit for based on my background?” “I want to pivot into Product, is that even possible?” “Do I need to get an MBA first?” Behind each of these questions is a deeper one that we’re actually...
3 months ago • 4 min read
I was sitting at my laptop, reflecting on how the holiday season always marks the end of another year, when I caught myself doing something high achievers do all the time: Focusing on where I fell short while completely overlooking how far I've come. Like my client who landed the $150K role she'd been gunning for, only to immediately start worrying about if she was really ready for it. When you're in the messy middle of working toward your next career goal — that time in between where you are...
3 months ago • 3 min read
If you're anything like me, you have trouble slowing down to rest sometimes. Turns out it's just as easy to be "always on" when you love the work you do as when you have a needy boss sending 9PM pings... The job search is no different. At any given time during a career transition, you have a million thoughts going through your head: Where are all the good opportunities? Wait, what do I even want next? And how do I tell my story? Who do I need to network with? What's the best message to send...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Looking for a job in 2024 is like starting a business — especially if you’re a generalist. After building my coaching business for the last 18 months, I can tell you why this is painfully true (and what to do about it). Picture this: It’s February 2023, and I’m doing that thing where you say you’re starting a business but really you’re just… thinking about starting a business. I got sick of waiting for "the perfect time" and started taking action a few months later. After growing my business...
4 months ago • 4 min read