Episode 72: What’s The Best That Can Happen
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 72: What's The best That Can Happen? In fact, why is it so hard to dream big as an adult? Think about it – if you were asked about the worst possible thing that could happen as the result of a choice, how long would it take you to end up living in a van down by the river? Now what if your choices were wildly successful? What if your dreams come true? Can you picture it?
Episode 66: The Search for Confidence
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 66: The Search For Confidence. Eric and Nayla dive in to talk through what confidence is and isn’t, how it helps us, and how to build more of it. Confidence is not a point at which we arrive, a thing we ultimately achieve. Rather, it is a muscle we have to exercise regularly, a set of practices we have to engage in to develop courage and belief in ourselves in increments.
Episode 63: The Fallacy of Negotiating with Yourself
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 63: The Fallacy Of Negotiating With Yourself. We’re all quite skilled at the art of negotiating with ourselves, talking ourselves in and out of habits and actions that would move us toward our goals. This week we talk about how to get more skilled at noticing how we hold ourselves back, make excuses for ourselves, or hide when we negotiate with ourselves.
Episode 59: Having a Quarterly Meeting with Yourself
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 59: Having A Quarterly Meeting With Yourself. During this episode we talk about the value of a personal quarterly meeting – one that is taken seriously and conducted deliberately. We talk about what to ask yourself, how often to do it, and how to make sense of the analysis and results.
Episode 57: You Don’t Have to Settle
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 57: You Don't Have to Settle. This week we’re talking about the sensation of being trapped or stuck, and settling for a situation that doesn’t work for us. This is also an opportunity in our lives to see things, to understand the tensions between what we want and where we are, and to create a shift that results in momentum.
Episode 41: Thoughts on Starting A New Year
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 41: Thoughts on Starting A New Year. In this episode, we offer our thoughts on three principles we use to guide our clients forward in their thinking and planning.
Episode 37: What to Do When You Don't Know What You Want
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 37: What to Do When You Don't Know What You Want. We believe that your life is the primary source of information about what you want; chances are you are already devoting time to the things you want in your spare time and with your discretionary attention. We offer some tips about excavating your own life to find clues pointing you toward your true wants.
Episode 28: Why You Need A Personal Board of Directors
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 28: Why You Need A Personal Board of Directors. In this episode we talk about the concept of a Personal Board of Directors (or a personal committee) – the group of influential teachers, managers, friends, and colleagues (even heroes) who offer us a new way of exploring, managing, and shaping the decisions we make as leaders and humans.
Episode 23: When Your Options Aren’t What You Expected
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 23: When Your Options Aren't What You Expected. In this week’s episode, we discuss how to make sense of career choices when what we expect and what we get are two different things. We talk about needs vs. values and the importance of changing the way we process these situations so we can expand the way we make meaning of our opportunities.
Episode 19: What Are You Moving Towards?
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 19: What Are You Moving Toward? We’ve talked about how you know when it’s time to leave a job or professional situation, but how much do you know about how to explore what could be next? We discuss some of the ways we have managed our own exploration about our next steps, from daydreaming, to values and skills assessment, to enlisting the support of others.
Episode 17: Knowing When It's Time to Leave
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 17: Knowing When It's Time to Leave. What are the signs and signals that tell you it’s time to move on professionally? We talk about the importance of noticing when boredom or resentment at work, or skepticism about your organization are pieces of information telling us we need a change. We explore the need to identify not only what we’re moving away from, but also what we’re moving towards as a next step.
Episode 14: Challenging the Scarcity Mindset
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 14: Challenging the Scarcity Mindset. What if there aren’t enough opportunities, time and money? We talk about the limiting beliefs around scarcity, the ironies of how these beliefs that are meant to protect us from losing things we value actually trap us, and some ideas to free yourself of this mind trap.
Episode 13: You're Readier Than You Believe You Are
Inside Job the Podcast with Nayla Bahri & Eric Johnson | Episode 13: You're Readier Than You Believe You Are. In the first in a series of conversations about limiting beliefs, we explore how aiming for an ideal of ‘readiness’ for what’s next can hold us back from taking chances, asking for what we want, or seeing how much we’ve already accomplished. We explore how systems of measurement can lead to outdated forms of self-assessment, how comparison keeps us trapped, and how we don’t have to go it alone.