Ep 130: The Warrior Mindset: Why Fear is Your Career's Best Compass with Jill Schulman

✅ The Power of Yet for Growth Mindset: Transform limiting beliefs by adding yet to negative self-talk. Instead of I'm not good at public speaking, reframe it as I'm not good at public speaking yet. This simple linguistic shift opens the door to possibility and creates a growth-oriented mindset that's essential for career advancement.

✅ Run Toward Fear, Not Away From It: When you feel fear about a career opportunity or challenge, that's often a sign it's important and worth pursuing. Like buffalo that run toward storms to get through them faster, approaching what scares you professionally, whether it's networking, applying for stretch roles, or having difficult conversations, accelerates your career growth rather than prolonging discomfort.

✅ Generate Positive Emotions On Demand: You can actively create the emotional states that best serve your goals rather than being a victim of your moods. Build a portfolio of tools like quotes, music, images, and physical actions that can shift you from negative emotions into productive states like confidence or calm within minutes, improving your performance in interviews, networking, and workplace interactions.

✅ Strategic Networking Through Indirect Asks: Instead of directly asking someone for help, ask Do you know of anyone who could help me with X? This approach feels more comfortable to ask, gives the person multiple ways to respond, and often results in them offering to help directly while also expanding your network through additional connections.