Andy Storch

Own Your Career Own Your Life

I am on a mission to teach and inspire more people to own their careers. I do this via my book, podcast, speaking engagements, and training program. Companies hire me to teach their people how to own their careers so that they are more confident, engaged, have more conversations with their managers, and stay with the organization longer, which saves the company thousands of dollars. 

I've worked with companies across multiple industries and spoken to employees all over the world. 

I have worked with several different organizations and pride myself on a fundamental understanding of what is needed to drive successful career development and growth.

Author and Speaker

Talent Development Think Tank

The Talent Development Think Tank Community is the #1 place for L&D and OD professionals to network, share best practices, get questions answered and accelerate their success. We have a private LinkedIn group and weekly Zoom calls with expert speakers so members can learn the latest trends, get questions answered and achieve their goals. 

Come join us! 
https://tdtt.us/

Founder and Host

Talent Development Hot Seat

The Talent Development Hot Seat is a podcast for Talent & Leadership Development professionals to share and learn from each other about the latest trends in the industry. Each week, the podcast will feature a new interview with a leader in the Talent Development/L&D world and ask them to share their greatest accomplishments, challenges and some of the top trends they are seeing in the L&D profession. 

WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN: Each week, I share insights that will allow the listeners to learn about the latest tools and trends and to become more successful in their own jobs as Talent Development professionals. The podcast will also feature thought leaders who are making a difference in the Talent Development world

WHY BE A GUEST: Not only do you get a chance to share your experience, wisdom and POV, but I also love helping my guests build their personal brand. Here is a quote from one of my guests who runs L&D at a very large multinational company: 

"Thanks again Andy, this thing is helping me create a solid professional brand... something I’ve been trying to be much more intentional about the past two years."

Visit our website: 
http://talentdevelopmenthotseat.com

The Andy Storch Show

I created this show to share my personal development journey along with many lessons to help and inspire others. This show was about starving your fears and achieving big goals and we did just that before the show eventually morphed into the Own Your Career show when I published my book, Own Your Career Own Your Life. All episodes are still live and can be heard by scrolling back on the Own Your Career show. 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/own-your-career-formerly-the-andy-storch-show/id1231942958

Advantage Performance Group

As a partner at APG, I had the privilege of working with clients to create and implement experiential learning solutions to equip individuals, teams, and organizations to do the best work for their lives. I was fortunate to represent some really amazing thought leaders like Liz Wiseman, Brent Snow, Kelly Dozois, as well as BTS and Root Learning. I was also certified to facilitate such great programs as Multipliers, Influence Inside, Decision Mojo, and others.

Partner

The Entrepreneur Hot Seat Podcast

The Entrepreneur Hot Seat was my first podcast and one where I interviewed entrepreneurs of all types to hear what had made them successful. I learned a ton by doing this show and it was really the start of my entreprneurial journey. This show eventually morphed into the Andy Storch Show and then the Own Your Career show, but you can still find all of the episodes on iTunes and other places by going to the Own Your Career show: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/own-your-career-formerly-the-andy-storch-show/id1231942958

Founder & Host

BTS was where I truly cut my teeth as a consultant and facilitator. I was very lucky to work with great leaders and organizations and to fly all over the world to run workshops teaching strategy, finance, leadership, and business acumen. Some clients included Salesforce, Oracle, Autodesk, Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture, Toyota, and more. 

This is also where I discovered my knacks for building relationships, facilitating engaging programs, and getting results. 

I am very proud of my time at BTS and love the culture I got to be part of and still recommend the organization today.

Consultant, Facilitator & Sales Enablement Manager

Farmers Insurance

Managed communication and marketing of all homeowners products in California ($1.2B in annual premium) for the 3rd largest US insurance company. This included creating new products, communicating changes to 4,400 agents and leading projects to reduce costs and improve profits.

Product Manager

The Zenith

Analyzed data to improve efficiency of operations and claims settlements.

Senior Data Analyst

We'll Sell It, Inc.

Ran all operations, sales, customer services, business development, communication, public relations and training for the flagship store.

Store Manager/ eBay Sales Expert

I'm an author, speaker, consultant, connector, podcaster, conference, and community host. I also identify as a husband, father, friend, expat, cancer survivor, and ally. 

And I'm on a mission to teach and inspire people to own their careers, live with intention, and achieve their goals. 

The most common way I work with organizations is as a keynote speaker, speaking on topics such as owning your career, preparing for the future, embracing uncertainty, modern leadership, achieving goals, and more. I also have a cohort-based training program that goes deeper on the topic of owning your career and preparing for the future. 

I am also the founder and host of the Talent Development Hot Seat podcast (over 500 episodes and 500K downloads since 2018) as well as the Talent Development Think Tank conference and membership community. Check us out at https://tdtt.us/ 

If you are looking for a dynamic speaker for your next event, reach out and let's talk. 

Some topics I often speak about include...
🎤  Owning Your Career
🎤  Owning Performance and Achieving Goals
🎤  Mindset and Embracing Uncertainty 
🎤  Modern Leadership
🎤  Building and Owning a Personal Brand to achieve more career success
🎤  Preparing for your next career change
🎤  Increasing Engagement and Connection through Community
🎤  Entrepreneurship, Podcasting, and Building a Personal Brand
🎤  The Most Valuable Skills of the Future

Learn more at andystorch.com or reach out to book something. 

And if you work in talent development and want to grow in your career, check out my podcast - the Talent Development Hot Seat - as well as the Talent Development Think Tank conference and community. I'm here for you! --> https://tdtt.us/ 

Let’s connect! 😀😀😀😀😀

Loren (Executive Career Strategist) Greiff

Portfoliorocket.com

PortfolioRocket.com is NOT recruiting or headhunting. 

We don't push jobs.
We don't smush you into a position or company.
We don't placate either.

We are proof that your search can be a wildly fun, challenging, successful process.
Sure it requires effort, but the all best rewards do.
And if you're here, you know from hard work that pays off. 

🚀   PortfolioRocket is a proprietary career curriculum to access today and use for life -- enabling you to GET FOUND for 80-85% of the opportunities NOT posted online, in the hidden job market while building your network for your future. 

PortfolioRocket is culmination of 30+ years of torture tested corporate experience -- immersed in the end to end process with candidates while partnering with demanding hiring managers. 

Clients land their next ideal career moves efficiently and effectively. 
❌   Without wasting time sucked in by "easy apply" buttons
❌   Job boards OR
❌   With opportunities that don't meet their deeply personal criteria.  

Best of all they've scored coveted role at top tier companies like Netflix, Instacart, SalesForce, Sega, Kaiser Permanente, Salesforce, FCB & over 100 others with remarkable results superseding compensation alone.  

My promise is that you'll never approach your search the same way ever again.

President

Career Blast In A Half

Career Blast In A Half zooms past stinky career advice. 
Every Wednesday at 6AM EST a new episode drops covering of the moment career topics with hold nothing back guest like Chris Do, Claude Silver, Will Guidara, Jasmin Alic and loads more. 
Ranked in the TOP 1.5% globally, our mission is to blow past what  doesn't work anymore so you stay relevant, get more than you came for and leave with what you can use right away.

Podcast Host

Fast Company

Fast Company Executive Board is a vetted professional organization of senior executives, founders, business owners, and industry experts who are defining the future of business.

Executive Board Member

Chief

I joined Chief to be a part of this powerful private network built to drive more women into high impact roles and keep them there. Chief is the only organization specifically designed for women leaders to strengthen their journey, cross-collaborate across industries and effect change from the top-down.

Chief Member

d'Skills

I am one of 30 exclusive Leader Allies of the d’Skills Movement. We support, build alongside, and hire Gen Z’rs who are GPT powered humans, and are committed to staying relevant in an AI-driven world.

Parent/Leader Ally

Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm helping clients synchronize strategy and talent to drive superior performance. 

Specializing in all things digital: digital design and marketing inclusive of:  eCommerce, User Experience & Interface,  Digital Transformation, Digital Products, SEO/SEM, Mobile & Online Gaming, Digital Customer Experience in Retail / Hospitality / Travel / Sports / Media / Entertainment / Consumer Goods / CPG, Digital Shopper Marketing, Digital Advertising, Content Strategy, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Personalization, Influencer Marketing, Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality and more.

Managing Consultant I Digital Specialty Practice

24 Seven Inc.

Chicago's Lead Recruiter responsible for overseeing, training and mentoring Account Managers while consistently delivering the highest value of staffing capabilities to Clients and Talent. 

Performance Successes Include: 
Exceeding GM & revenue goals quarter after quarter achieving record-breaking results while landing and expanding new business. Year-end results for 2018 exceeded annual revenue goal (+120%).

TOP PRODUCER & 2018 President's Club Winner: 
- 2nd Place Company Wide AM with the largest GM $ increase year-over-year
- Awarded "Match Maker" of The Quarter (Q2/2018) For The Person With The Most Internal Referrals 
   Leading To Placements
- Awarded Rookie of The Year I Top Account Manager Company-wide

Sr. Account Manager I Team Lead

Vitamin T

Vitamin T I The talent agency for digital creatives and the design-minded companies who love them.

UX/Mobile/Design Recruiter

Talution Group

Talution Group is a boutique staffing firm focusing on the recruitment & placement of consultants for contract, contract-to-hire, or direct hire engagements.

IT Recruiter

Aquent

Aquent is a digital/creative-staffing agency that focuses on contract and contract-to hire placement for their Fortune 500 Clients.

Lead UX Recruiter

Career Coach & Strategist > I Help Executives LAND FASTER and EARN MORE. Master The Hidden Job Market to Unlock 80%+ of High Quality, Unposted Positions. 1:1, Group & Bootcamp programs I 🪩 Forever Bee Gees Fan

You're here because:

╰┈➤This is your first time in job search at this level.
╰┈➤ You’re done with bogus online applications. 
╰┈➤ Your network's gone cold from years being heads down.
 
And

╰┈➤ You’re unclear how to market yourself effectively. 
╰┈➤ You’re overwhelmed by the pace of industry changes.
╰┈➤ You’re struggling to define your unique value proposition.

And

╰┈➤ You feel isolated in your search journey. 
╰┈➤ You know LinkedIn is important but not a fan of social media.
╰┈➤ You feel adrift and unstructured without a game plan that works.

And this

╰┈➤ You’re seeking value alignment, not just a paycheck. 
╰┈➤ You’re done with companies that undervalue your impact.
╰┈➤ You get it, I do too, the hiring market isn't what it used to be.

But here's the truth: 
→ Your experience is invaluable 
→ Your skills are needed. 
→ Your next big role IS out there.

But not how they've shown up before.

How We'll Do It?
- Align your values to your 'why' 
- Leverage your years of experience into an asset, not a liability.
- Address skill gaps like AI, for market relevance,
- Help overcome age-related biases. 
- Position you as a thought leader -- the solution companies need.
- Negotiate your comp to reflect your worth.

What Sets Us Apart?
No cookie-cutter approaches
Strategies tailored to your unique journey
A focus on what truly matters to you.

The Outcome:
✓ A renewed sense of purpose.
✓ Faster landing in a role you're excited about. 
✓ Compensation that honors your expertise 


"Stuck in a sluggish job search, I watched as a friend landed her dream CEO role with Loren's help. Intrigued, I took the leap, and it changed everything. Before Loren, I was passive. But with her team's help something remarkable happened. My energy and focus sharpened.  Suddenly I was in the driver's seat.

The result? In less than three months, I transformed from a hesitant seeker to Chief Medical Officer.
This is beyond a perfect 10. If you're ready to stop waiting and start winning, Loren is your secret weapon." 

H.Beeman, Chief Medical Officer


"Loren passionately offers timely, poignant advice, helping executives in transition navigate the process of finding the role of a lifetime. Her guidance shines like a lighthouse, guiding you through the most challenging career changes.

One of the standouts of Loren’s program is the Hidden Job Market methodology and how to access it effectively. I found a role that was so hidden, I applied after I started! 

Investing in yourself through her program is a decision you won’t regret." 
B.Buehler, EVP ACQUISITIONS | BOARD MEMBER

#ageism

President & Founder

I'm out of office chasing discomfort in Japan.
Back December 15th.

Since I teach the value of stretching ourselves, I too must practice it.

At 61, comfort zones are where growth could come to die.

But two years ago at 59: SPARTAN race in Canada.
Crawled through mud. Jumped fire. Finished dead last.
Worth it.

Last year at 60: Salmon fishing in British Columbia.
Cut fish heads for bait. Caught my first fish.
Still have the scar.

This year: Japan.
The farthest I've ever traveled.

Here's what most executives miss:
Your next breakthrough isn't snug as a bug in a rug. 
It's 7,000 miles away. Or in a mud pit. Or holding a fish head.

Growth doesn't ask permission. It demands you go first.

See you on the other side.
With proof that 61 is just getting started.

What's your discomfort zone this year?
Name it. Book it. Do it.

Save this
Share this to celebrate discomfort

Loren Greiff

Career Coach & Strategist. I Help C-suiters 40+, Land Faster and Earn More. Leverage The Hidden Job Market (now called Quiet Hiring or Opportunity Curation) I Loud Mouth Age Advocate. #Ageism.

Love has no place in the business.

Until you figure out that has the highest ROI. 
Every year it compounds priceless memories. 
Trust = immeasurable equity.
And collaboration yields a sum greater than its parts. 

We got married during the pandemic. 
In our apartment. 
Just us, a witness, photographer and chef.

Start up style.
No seating chart. No registry. No invitatons.

My off-white leather skirt ($16) scored off of eBay.
Flowers gifted by my Mom.
And a homemade playlist blasting from a wireless speaker. 

5 years later, it's still the best investment. 
And 50 years from now, it still will be.

I shouldn't be giving this away this killer move 
But the gap between job descriptions and the real job is getting out of hand.

Senior job descriptions are 30-40% misaligned with actual expectations (HBR)
That's not noise. It's distortion.

But you can decode the real job before you interview.

Use ChatGPT or Claude:

Copy + paste:
– The job description
– A recent CEO podcast transcript or article  
– The company's 2026 priorities

Prompt 1:
"List the top 5 urgent and expensive problems this role (X title name) for (X compnay) must solve—and why."

Then add your résumé + optimized LinkedIn profile.

Prompt 2:
"Given all this, why do I have the unfair advantage? include metrics."

This cuts through the ambiguity.
Goes beyond the keywords.
Reveals the real mandate.

Most executives guess. 
The smart ones use AI strategically.

Nail your interviews to land faster, and smarter.

Save this.
Share it.

Before decision-makers even consider interviewing you.
They're looking for these 5 new signals of readiness. 

Let me explain: 

87% of organizations now use AI in hiring
Not for just for efficiency, but to measure influence density.

That's because they want candidates who deliver outsized impact, 
not just fill roles.

Influence density predicts who will innovate, lead, and elevate the room.

That's why companies like Eightfold AI have seen an 843% surge in global interest.

Prooving that high-influence density teams generate
2X more breakthrough ideas and adapt 3X faster.
 
The 5 readiness signal these platforms scan for (behind the scenes) are:

1. Momentum = visible progress, fresh activity, new thinking.
You’ve posted a sharp insight this week, or shared a recent win.

If your profile looks identical to last quarter, you look stalled.

2. Curiosity — deep engagement with frontier ideas.
You comment intelligently on industry shifts—AI, regulation, market changes.
 
Not “Great post!” but “Here’s the implication no one’s talking about…”

3. Clarity — a narrative so sharp it spreads.
Your headline says exactly who you help and how you create value.
 
No jargon. No fluff. Easily repeatable.

4. Connectivity — credible leaders interact with you publicly.
Senior leaders engage with your ideas.
A VP likes your post. A CMO replies to your comment.

That’s social proof money can’t buy.

5. Currency — fluency in innovation, AI, and what’s coming next.
You show you’re current—using AI tools, piloting innovations, or talking about future-facing strategies.

You sound like tomorrow, not yesterday.

These are the signals that say you’re ready to hire.
Not your résumé.

Ten things that have quietly saved me when nothing else made sense:
 
1. Crow tastes better when served warm. (Apologies heal faster than pride.)

2. Who did I help today? If the answer’s no one, start again.

3. Nothing is lost in the universe. (Even when my keys say otherwise.)

4. Friends are like ice cream. 
There are no bad flavors—only different kinds for different occasions. 

5. Make your point without making an enemy. 
The future has a long memory.

6. See this moment with new eyes. Listen with new ears. 
Look again. The familiar hides the extraordinary in plain sight.

7. Give your chance every chance. Or not. 

8. Own it. The good, the bad, the messy middle, it’s all your work.

9. Remember who brought you to the dance. 
Gratitude compounds faster than interest.

10. The tree remembers. The ax forgets. (An African proverb worth repeating.)

These aren’t commandments. 
They’re character cement not built in comfort, but in context.

What’s one truth that’s quietly carried you through?

No one’s going to hand you your worth. 
You’ve got to claim it—loudly.

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to interview Cindy Gallop
(psst all I had to do was ask and she graciously agreed) 

Cindy's a fierce advocate for women making a f!!*cn  sh*t ton of money. 
Not out of greed, but in support of other women.

Her episode drops next week but I'm not waiting to drop these reminders. 

Women:

"People value you at the value you project in yourself.
Project it. Demand it. That’s it."
—Cindy Gallop

They don’t decide your value. You do.

The market mirrors your conviction.

 > If you undersell, they’ll believe you.
 > If you hesitate, they’ll wait to see what others think.
 > If you stand tall in your value, they’ll meet you there—or move aside.

We teach people how to see us by how we show up.

The market mirrors your confidence.
Price yourself accordingly.

PS: Subscribe to Career Blast In A Half so you don't miss it. 
https://lnkd.in/gR2merim

Cindy Gallop doesn’t want to talk about why the gender pay gap is widening. 
She'd rather torch it. 

Women: want to find out how to make an absolute goddamn fcking sht ton of money? 

Stop asking to be paid fairly.
Start owning the means to pay yourself.

Because every dollar a woman earns is a vote to dismantle the patriarchy.

https://lnkd.in/exxmCnek

Hire women. 
Buy from women. 
Fund women. 

Yooo hoo - you can't reform a broken system.
But you out-earn it.

Her message?
Money isn’t greed. It’s power.

And power, in the hands of women, changes everything.

At 61, I uncovered the 3 phrases that make decison makers ghost
40+ executives (and the AI prompts to rewrite them)

Decision makers scan for age before they scan for talent.
That's not bias. It's automation.

Three phrases kill your candidacy in under 5 seconds:

"25+ years of experience"
Translation: Too expensive, too set in their ways.

"Seasoned executive"
Translation: Past their prime, resistant to change.

"Extensive track record"
Translation: Overqualified, won't take direction.

The painful math: 78% of executives 40+ report age discrimination (AARP).
But the real number is higher.
Because most never know they were filtered out.

Here's your AI decoder prompts:

Feed ChatGPT or Claude your resume.

Prompt 1:
"Identify every phrase that signals I'm over 40. 
Replace with impact-focused language that emphasizes current momentum, not historical tenure."

Then add the job description.

Prompt 2:
"Rewrite my experience to mirror the energy and urgency of this role. 
Focus on what I'm building next, not what I built before. Use present-tense action verbs."

Instead of "25+ years leading teams"
Write: "Currently scaling high-performance teams"

Instead of "Seasoned technology executive"
Write: "Digital transformation architect"

Instead of "Extensive M&A experience"
Write: "Executing complex M&A strategies"

The shift is subtle but critical.
You're not hiding your age.
You're highlighting your velocity.

Smart executives don't fight the algorithm.
They decode it.

Shift experience for relevance to leverage your unfair advantage.
Stop letting three phrases erase it.

Save this. 
Share this.

Want to 10x your job search, ask yourself this question and answer with ruthless honesty. 


How many people did I help this week, and exactly how did I help them?

Because here's the real game changer: 

> Prosocial behavior isn’t kindness theatrics—it's strategy. 
> Increasing purpose and well-being = the raw materials of influence.
> Help more people and your reputation compounds. 

Stop chasing opportunities and start causing them.

You don't become who you want to be.
You carve yourself into it.

I spent 30 years performing for love that was never conditional.
Overcompensating. Pushing. Breaking myself for validators that meant nothing.

Here's what no one tells you about becoming:

The losses make you and remake you.
Not the wins.

Loss of the job that defined me.
Loss of the relationships I thought I needed.
Loss of what it was supposed to look like.

Rock bottom isn't failure.
It's raw material.

When every external validator disappears
No title, no applause, no achievement to hide behind
You finally stop performing and start sculpting.

Each loss carved away what wasn't me.
Each failure revealed what was.

The brutal truth: You're not finding yourself.
You're creating yourself.
One deliberate cut at a time.

Stop waiting to be discovered.
Start carving who you're meant to become.

The real you isn't hiding.
It's being built.

Everyone talks about building a network
But no one explains why your network isn’t moving you forward.

Most people network to optimize visibility. 
They confuse access with influence.

But micro communities a small, focused group built around shared purpose or identity leverages depth over size.

Let me explain: 

> Your network is noise.
Your micro-communities are signals.
The encrypted frequency where real transmission happens.

> Your network is the map.
Your micro-communites is the route.
The vehicle where real momentum is made.

> Your network is exposure.
Your micro-communities are engagement.
Where influence is earned, not assumed.

> Your network is the crowd.
Your micro-communities is the chorus.
Where your voice cuts through.

> Your network is reach
Your micro-communities are force

The real shift happens when start curating 5–10 people who challenge your thinking, expand your options, and invest back.

That’s when the conversations change—from “what do you do?” 
To “how can we do more together?”

Which free or paid micro communitites are you in?

Here's the absolute least you can do. 


Just last week a client shared how brutal the job search feels.
The ghosting.
The networking.
The rejections.

But, not one of these discriminates no matter who or where you are professionally.
There's no role or system cruel by intent. 

Everyone’s just trying to do get it done. 

Recruiters are drowning in reqs.
Hiring managers are navigating committee-built processes.
Consultants are juggling shifting priorities.

But there are 3 simple basic things,  you CAN do.

Don’t ghost.
Don’t steal someone’s time or peace.
Don’t leave people hanging because it’s easier.

When you show respect in a system that rarely models it, you rise above the noise and become the signal people remember.

Sadly, this can be your competitive edge. 
Don't let less than honorable behavior influence yours.

93% of job seekers are doing this wrong, and they don’t realize it.

You think you’re hiring probability being evaluated by
Your resume.
Years of experience
How you perform in interviews

But before that even happens.
Five signals speak louder than titles, tenure, or talent alone.

They're not the loud ones.
They're consistent, quiet, undeniable ones that say:

“This person is already becoming the future.”
https://lnkd.in/esZcEJQC

Today companies' are looking through a new lens of influence density. 
Signals that blink for leaders creating lift, energy, and motion—not passengers.

Those signals? 
Momentum.
Curiosity. 
Clarity.
Connectivity.
Currency.

These signals of readiness are not declared but detected.
And even more valuable than experience:

15 truths a loved one needs to tell you
The market is choosing 2026 leaders now.

Skip these and you're playing catch up. 

1. Launch the signal early.
 Visibility creates relevance. Relevance creates opportunity. 
Show up before Q1 shows up.

2. Job postings are the final stop, not the starting line.
By the time it’s public, the decision is halfway made.

3. Wake up your network.
 Your opportunities live in people, not portals. Reconnect and expand before budgets harden.

4. Align every asset.
The urgent and expensive problems you have the unfair advantage to solve, your brand,  LinkedIn, and messaging — one clear direction, not scattered brilliance.

5. Think five-seven years ahead.
At your level, your next role is more than a J.O.B. Choose with intention, not urgency.

6. Build a system that protects you.
 Structure beats willpower. Without it, everything becomes noise.

7. Certainty wins.
 Leaders hire clarity, not “potential.” Be definitive about the value you create.

8. Ship momentum, not perfection.
The executives who move first get seen first.

9. The quiet season is fertile.
Inbox calm = faster access to decision-makers. Use it.

10. Referrals outrun applications.
 One advocate beats 100 cold clicks.

11. Make your story useful.
The market buys outcomes, not origins.

12. Small signals compound.
 One headline shift. One strong post. One comment. Tiny actions, big ripples.

13. You’re being watched.
 Hiring teams observe long before they reach out. Your content is your audition.

14. First movers get the shortlist.
Start now, and you’re early. Start in January, and you’re late.

15. Momentum begins today.
 Waiting is not a strategy. Participation is.

Most people don’t have a job-search problem.
They have a behave-like-you-want-the-job problem.

The job search exposes this instantly.

Some stay in the loop—waiting, worrying, wishing.
Others take swings, and create momentum.

The ones who land faster aren’t luckier.
They operate like someone already in demand.
They follow through.

They make progress a habit, not a hope.
They install the operating system before they get the title.
That’s the real differentiator.

If the goal is real, the process is the path.
If the process feels impossible, maybe the goal isn’t yours.

Own the process. Change the result.
Let your behavior signal your value.

PS: This post was inspired by James Clear
(see comments)

The ladder you spent 20 years climbing just collapsed.


20 years. One vertical. One expertise.
Bub-bye.

Companies want T-shaped leaders now.

From "deep expert who climbed every rung"
To "bridges data, strategy, tech, and communication."

Same skills. 
Different story.

Raina Gandhi breaks down:
https://lnkd.in/etmEwPQm


Skills-based hiring beats ladder progression.
Strategic width beats climbing higher.
Adaptability beats tenure.

Stop showing how high you climbed.
Start showing how wide you reach.

Today is 11:11

Some are celbrating Veteran's Day (mee too)

But there's more to celebrate. 
 
My brilliant friend Jessica Weiss and her book : Happiness Works: The Science of Thriving at Work dropped today!

https://lnkd.in/eggYbgAj

This is the book that flips the script on success. 

It’s not about grinding harder—it’s about leading smarter.
Happiness isn’t the reward; it’s the strategy. 

The science is here. The timing is perfect.
Wish made. Wish granted.

Experience used to open every door.
Now it barely gets you in the room.

Since the last time you were on the market. 
Tech's faster. 
Titles lost lost weight. 

What matters is not how long you’ve done it, but how fast you can adapt.

Boomers still lead in confidence. 
But confidence without context isn’t currency.

The winners now? 
Those who are reframing decades of experience into modern relevance.

What once made you valuable—tenure, titles, time
Doesn't translate to relevance.

But translating experience into current AND future impact.
 
Now you're talking. 
Focus on what’s next, not what was.

What part of your experience needs a rebrand now? 
Your story, your skills, or your mindset?

You will be tested. Guaranteed. 

1 canceled flight,  3 airports and that's just the first 24 hrs before the flight to Tokyo.  

But hearing about other people's travel snafus is boring so let me cut to the chase. 

Being tested reveals 3 things:

1.  Not what you know, but who you are when the unforeseen becomes unignorable.

2. How resourceful are you when resources disappear.

3. Where can you find gold in the garbage 

But the real thing is If you don't believe it'll work out, 
You've already failed the test.

Have you ever had to spend the night in the airport? 
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