36 results for tag: Jade Goodhue

Race THROUGH the Holiday Job Search Finish Line, Not to It

Little did I know that my high school cross country coach was giving me my first foray into strategy and psychological warfare. Our school, unlike our competitors, was built on the face of a mountain with sheer slopes. We'd do timed sprint drills up hills ...
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Banish Procrastination at the Root Cause (Part Three)

I once heard someone say that procrastination isn't a behavior, it's LACK of a behavior. You see procrastination is a SYMPTOM, not the cause itself. Therefore it's a lack of behavior in response to something else. Something much deeper. It's why it seems ...
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The Psychology of a Resume vs a LinkedIn Profile

Like it or not, your resume and LinkedIn profile are a direct reflection of you. Beyond the words, what do they say about you? They are two distinct documents that must be written with two different frames of mind. Take time to understand the difference ...
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Banish Procrastination at the Root Cause (Part Two)

Banish Procrastination at the Root Cause (Part One)

I once heard someone say that procrastination isn't a behavior, it's LACK of a behavior. You see procrastination is a SYMPTOM, not the cause itself. Therefore it's a lack of behavior in response to something else. It's why it seems sometimes that no amount of ...
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What Quitting REALLY Means…

Quitting doesn't mean "I can't do it." Quitting actually means that the physical, emotional and/or mental pain is too much to continue. The problem is that our perception of the pain we're feeling NOW combined with the pain that we EXPECT we'll feel in the ...
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How Emotionally Contagious are You?

"I'm anxious to have the opportunity to speak with you..." That was the first line in an email an executive I was working with asked me to look at before he sent it out. He was going to send this to an interviewer and potential future boss with whom he had a ...
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How to Harness Your Psychological Profile to Become a Better Leader

The first line of a group email to the leadership team from the president read, "I find our investors comments troubling." Mr. Spokesman was one of the investor's and the spokesman who sent the troubling email. After a list of 4-5 business issues from the ...
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Why Your Job Search May Require a Soul Search

Imagine you're placing bets on a Nascar race. You've narrowed your options down to two. Option #1: The driver has the best, top of the line car on the track. But the driver is just getting back in the game, so his skills are a bit rusty. In the past, maybe ...
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The Four Horsemen that Hijack Harmonious Conversations

"Hey babe, will you be home for dinner?" Her actual thought, "are you going to come home late from work again, or are the kids am I going to be able to see you?" "I don't know, I have a lot going on at work right now," he responds in a clipped tone of ...
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How to REALLY Behave Like a Boss

"Did you get the email I just forwarded you? This is turning into a complete shit show. Do you have time to talk today?" The text came in on Saturday afternoon. At the same time, his business partner was emailing me for about the same thing, and he also ...
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How to Be Free From Thoughts of “I’m Not Good Enough”

The belief that "I'm not good enough" is one of the most common limiting beliefs I come across. The reason this is that one of our most primal instincts is to fit in, to belong and to be accepted. Because being rejected meant loss of safety, nurturing, love ...
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