Career Design Podcast

Lindsay Mustain

I’m Lindsay Mustain and this is the Career Design Podcast. Made for driven, ambitious, square pegs in round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not. Stagnation feels like death and we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters, aligns with our purpose, and in turn we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends, and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and LOVE what we do.

  1. 01/19/2022

    Ep. 50: How to Ask for More Money in Your Current Job in 2022

    Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends, and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do. Lindsay  00:42 Welcome to the podcast, I am just so thrilled to talk to you a little bit today about how to get more money, more juice from the squeeze, as they would say, from your existing role. But I'm going to give you some caveats here that are going to be important for you to understand as you navigate this landscape, now we are operating in one of the highest inflation rates that we've ever seen the last time I checked, it was 6.8% increase. Now the average job seeker was going to take a job and probably get around a 3% pay raise. That's what the studies are showing right now. But what if I told you you didn't even need to change jobs in order to make that happen? Yes, you can do that right now. And here is the big reason, inflation and second supply and demand. The great resignation has been a major pivot point. And so this week, I actually talked to CNBC, and in partnership with acorns, they did an article where I actually give you some verbiage about how to make a pay increase happen for you in your existing role. But I need to give you a few caveats. Okay. The first thing here is that the most important thing that you need to know is that the success rate here is about 50%. Now, I come from a little small town in Missouri, and my family has a saying that's just gonna sound ridiculous, but so true. They said, they can only say No, they can't eat, which basically means is all they can do is shut you down, and you're no worse off than you were before. So that's the first understanding. And the second understanding is that if you go in and ask for a raise, two things are going to happen. They're going to say either yes or no. Now the likelihood of yes is 50% of the time, I'm gonna teach you how to make that happen a little more often for you. But either way, if it's yes or no, there's underlying challenges that are going to happen here because I liked to say the big theme underneath this is going to be resentment. And the reason why is that you're going to be resentful of either money that you could not get now. Or if you do get it the fact that you've been underpaid this entire time when they could have given it to you. So the point of needing to ask for a raise is one of the biggest challenges, I see that people are feeling that three part series of underpaid, undervalued and underappreciated. When we can't even get them to the part where they feel being paid equitably. It's actually the least important of those three things. If that doesn't happen in advance, or you have to actually ask for it. There's a sense of resentment that comes into the fact that you have not been paid fairly this whole time. And that how much have you been leaving on the table? Just because you didn't ask? This is a current theme. So just know walking into this, that the end result, regardless of if you get a yes or no might be the bubble pops, and your disillusionment will really break through, and you're going to just be tired of that employer. And you'll probably want to job search.  Lindsay  03:52 So when I say that, it's important to know that you do that and you have something called Walking power. Okay, now, what is walking power, the ability to walk away without being concerned about the outcome. So if you walk into the pay raise, and they say, No, you know, I'm going to be able to go find another opportunity. So that's the biggest thing now. And now the market is very hot, very, very hot. But most people are too scared, actually, to go do anything about a very hot market. So if you come into this, make sure that you're actually starting your interview process and not used as leverage in the conversation, but for your own personal power. And I like to call this your own swagger. And when you have swagger, you definitely have walking power, the ability to say, You know what, you guys won't pay me right, I'm going to go find something better because it usually will burst their bubble and you'll start to see kind of the lie that you have bought into which is that I should be grateful for a job when lots of people are willing to pay you top dollar now because there is low supply of talent, and we pay top dollar for talent and if you've been a performer in your job, you certainly deserve that. Okay, so now I want to get into, how do you actually ask for a raise? Okay, so here is your line, the rate of inflation is increasing dramatically. And I'd like to talk to you about my existing salary and how we're making sure it stays equitable to compete with the current inflation rate. Okay, so that is your there's your verbiage. There you go, you can just go ahead and use that verbiage correctly. Now, how do you build your case for this? Well, the biggest thing here is you have to be a top performer. Okay, so if you are not doing well in your job, and you've been under any kind of performance measures whether or not it was warranted or not, I have a whole other spiel on that. But we're not going to get into that today. You need to be a top performer. Because if you ask for a pay raise, and they see that you haven't been a performer, they would never give it to you first off, and they're going to likely put you on the front of the list to be the first reason that they would need to consolidate positions or make a reduction in force. So that's the first level. Okay, so top talent. Now, here's the thing, most people won't actually prepare for their performance review until you actually have it. So I'm going to give you a hack here. And you're going to hopefully, you're raise your hand and say, I solemnly swear, that I'm going to do this from here on out, Lindsay, because I understand I want to be a top performer, you're going to set a reoccurring calendar appointment every Monday and every Monday, you're going to list down everything you accomplished on the last week, okay, now, why is it every week? Well, that's about as long as we can remember. And this allows you to make the case. Okay, so going forward, you want to have this for performance reviews for negotiating raises. And bonus, it also helps you with your resume and your LinkedIn. Okay, so now that you have that, you need to make sure you keep it updated. But now for the big part, go think of you're doing a performance review, and what are the major drivers for you in the work that you've done. And what it should be is extraordinary things that you have done in your role, or whether it's extra time or extra projects, we're looking for two things really results and impact. So if you give me the scope of the impact that you've made that either saves or makes money, you have a case, okay, because then we've increased your candidacy. And I think a lot of times people are like, Well, my boss really knows the answer is no, they don't. That's why they have you write a performance review, I promise you, most of them, they're completely disconnected from the work that you do on a day to day basis. So it is on you to go do this. When you have that, then you're going to want to have that conversation. Now here's some do nots. One is that you have to walk in with zero expectations, okay, you also need to really walk in without walking power. And you want to come with a kind attitude. There's no like, even if you are deserving, if you walk in with like you owe me this, they'll never give it to you. So walk in with a gracious and kind attitude, but also come with proof that you are indeed top talent. If you do these things, you should be able to successfully negotiate a raise 50% of the time now, most companies that are really really doing the right like cutting edge of keeping their employees engaged and retain, are already taking the steps to do pay increases, but you may need Him most of the time you will give them a nudge to make that happen. And this is the way that you demand more money. But be aware that sometimes that resentment factor will come to the in the game because I've never successfully seen somebody negotiate salary and not be unhappy actually at the end and end up leaving. I've never seen that happen. So just know to proceed with caution. But if you're already thinking about leaving, why not get a little more money in the bank so you can leverage it into your next job. I hope that helps you and I'm looking forward to hearing about your pay raises this year if that helps you or if you are going to go for the pay raise or you've done it I'd love for you to email Lindsay@talent paradigm.co no M and tell me your story. I would love to share it here on the podcast. Good luck and happy hunting.

    Ep. 50: How to Ask for More Money in Your Current Job in 2022

  2. 12/08/2021

    Ep. 49: 5 Minutes = $1 Million Dollars

    Ep. 49: 5 Minutes = $1 Million Dollars Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do. Hello, hello, everyone, it is Lindsay Mustain and want to teach you guys a really powerful framework. And when I had this like framework just happen in my head, I realized how powerful this was. So what I want to teach you is how in five minutes, you can make a million dollars. And I know that sounds crazy. And it is a little bit but it's me. So we're kind of used to that. Alright, so I'm freaking out a little bit. And you guys, I mean, like hundreds of you asked if you could be taught this. And so I just wanted to go ahead and share with you this same process. So if you're joining me live, say, Hey, let me know that you're watching. We're going to be talking here. I'm going across multiple platforms right now. So I would love, love to get your your feedback. Alright, so I'm going to be talking a little bit about these frameworks. And the reason why I was like, I need to give you some basics in order for me to explain how five minutes can make a million dollars. Okay. And I hope this literally blows your mind. Because for me, I spent $500,000 learning it. So I hope you don't mind if I share with you just a little bit. Okay, so I want to talk to you the first like, let's just go lowest common denominator, I'm going to talk to you about the levels of education that we tend to go through. So the very first level of education that past Elementary School, past middle school, or whatever your corresponding country includes what happens after that point of light here? Okay, so the first level is high school, right? So high school level, I'm going to teach you a couple of things around the ideas of running business. Okay. So I want to let you know, you will run a business, I don't care if you're an employee or not, you are in a business, my business is called me meeting. Okay. All right. So if I understand that I'm in business for meeting and everything I do, needs to improve the bottom line of that business. That's the lowest common denominator, I need you to understand. So right at the chat, go ahead and type of meeting. So I know that you guys are picking up what I'm putting down, okay. All right. Now that we understand that we're in business, I want you to get out of the employment or fear based idea and I want you to operate as a business owner. So you're going to put on your business hat here. And we're going to talk a little bit about the bachelor's level. Okay. So your bachelor's level here. We need to talk about a few roles. Okay. So your bachelor's level, the first one is econ. Okay, so anybody know what econ stands for? It's economics. Okay. So I'm gonna actually I'm probably erase this this bachelor's meeting, we've covered that. The first thing is, we need to understand, why do we buy things, okay. Why do we buy things? And I think people get really confused, why the hell we buy things? We buy things, for one reason to solve a problem, okay? All right. So anytime that we spend money is to solve a problem, whether it's, we want our hair to be shiny, or we need to make more sales, or we need to put in a project management office, whatever it is, we're looking at spending money, it should be to solve a problem, okay? And that probably might be like a better an improvement or like, I want less wrinkles, okay, whatever it is, it's going to be to pursue the solution for something. Okay. That's the first goal. The second is the law of supply and demand. Okay. So how do we price things? That's where we get into the law of supply and demand. Okay. So supply and demand. Okay. And I promise you that, you know, a lot of these things, but the likelihood that you combine all them together is slim to none. I would think so. When we have, so let's just say I'm here and I'm in Seattle, it's I want to buy fresh strawberries. I go to the store and buy fresh strawberries. Oh, farmers aren't in season. If it was June, there would be plenty of them. But strawberries aren't in season. So am I going to demand a high price or a low price? What do you think okay, if supply is down, the supply price goes up, okay. And if supply is high demand is high, we can still have a price that's high. Okay? But if we have a low supply, we have high demand. Let's see here. You guys get what I'm saying here. Understand that whether if we have increased demand and low supply, we can do the man top dollar. That's really what I'm going for here. Okay. Now, the last thing that we need to understand is physics. Oh, yeah, we're getting into some heavy shit here on a Friday night. Alright, so physics, okay, so the law where's our the law of gravity? Okay, which says grab ba T. That's not it. What goes up? must come? Down. Okay. See down for me in the chat here. All right. So this is the bachelor's level. Okay, gravity, what goes up must come down. So we've covered a few things. One, you are in a business put on your business hat. It doesn't matter. If you actually operate a business with a business license you do. It's called me Inc. You definitely run a business. Okay. So now when we think about that, you need to understand econ, why do we buy things, we need to understand that we buy things to solve a problem. If we understand that supply, how we price things is when we when we have low supply and, and increased demand, we can demand top dollar. And the last is the physics which says that in gravity, the law of gravity says what comes up must come down. Okay. Alright. So now congratulations, you just graduated with your bachelor's degree. And probably that's about as much as you need from that if I'm honest. Okay, now let's go master's level, Masters level. Okay, so let's talk about the cycle of insanity. Cycle of insanity says. Okay, all right cycle of insanity says, If I do the same thing over and over again. Without a change in results, what am I likely to continue to get? What will I get? If I keep doing the same thing over and over and over again? Am I gonna get a different output every time? It's like saying, if two plus two equals, right, it's going to equal four. It doesn't matter how many times I run that equation. We do the same thing. Okay. So the whole point here, what is it called? When we do the same thing over and over and over again, and we expect this somehow to change? Okay, guess what it's called? It's called insanity. Okay. And credit like Albert Einstein with it. We don't have any proof that he actually said it. So that's the first one. Okay, so in order to change this, what do we have to do? Okay, yeah, sanity? Well, have you ever heard of? garbage in garbage out? In order for you to change the equation, you need to chain? The actual inputs, okay. So if you want this number to change, then you better change this number. So if we're shooting for five, then this number better change to three. So we can equal five. Okay, how many of you have been stuck with the whole point here is how many of you have been stuck doing the same thing over and over and over again, hoping to get a different result? Right, like we can hope? Let me give you an example here. I really, really am. Like, feeling like I really should be thinking about slimming down. I'm going to Hawaii here just a couple of days. Probably a little too late now. But I haven't really changed my eating habits. So do you think that I'm expecting that suddenly that I'm gonna feel really good walking around in a two piece swimsuit? Well, the answer is no. Because guess what? I was putting garbage in my mouth. So I got garbage on my butt. Okay, that's the answer what I'm trying to talk to you about. All right. Now, I want to talk to you about the law of advancement. This is a lot here. Okay. The law of advancement, okay. Which says if we want something to move ahead. There's actually a step we always said with gravity, right? That what must go, what goes up must come down. But if we understand this, the law says that we actually have to go down first, okay. This is where people get a little confused because they think, hey, you know what, I'm going to go to college. So I can get this result. Okay. So I'm going to go to college and I get this result. But in order to go to college, you're going to spend money to get this result, okay? Before if you want to jump higher, what do we have to do in our do that we have to been in order to go okay, if you actually want to take off on an airplane before that plane takes off, it actually sinks lower before it can go and before a bird can fly, guess what it falls out of a nest. So the thing that people seem to get confused of is that you don't start by going up you start by going down, down, okay, so like that's the most important thing. So it's down, then up. And then gravity says that light law will come back down. Okay. All right. And now, the last thing I'm going to teach you here, we're going quick, anybody? Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Is anybody getting this? Forget, if you're not getting it, I'm gonna call it good. Glue, some advanced stuff, and it's hard to follow, especially I get on a Friday afternoon. How many of you are getting what I'm picking up what I'm putting down? Alright. So in your career, there are different s

    Ep. 49: 5 Minutes = $1 Million Dollars

  3. 12/01/2021

    Ep. 48: $2.8MM Added to my Clients’ Paycheck in the Last Nine Weeks (Listen if You Want to Stop Leaving Money on the Table)

    Episode 48- $2.8MM Added to my Clients’ Paycheck in the Last Nine Weeks (Listen if You Want to Stop Leaving Money on the Table)   Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends, and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do.  Lindsay00:43 $2.8 million added to my client's paycheck in the last nine weeks. Wow. Welcome to the career design podcast. I am Lindsay Mustain and I am your host here today, and I'm recording this post-Thanksgiving, a little bit in the carb coma to tell you about what's happening in the job market. So first off, I just the reason why I tell you these stories, is because I want you to believe that it is possible for you because the more that I can instill that belief in you, the more likely you are to get up and do something about it. Because here's the deal, you can listen to me all you want, you can watch me all you want. But thinking or embodying or any of that stuff doesn't actually create the result. It's the action that creates the result. And so why I'm telling you this is that there are people who are less qualified than you with less education with less than anything that you have. And the only difference between what's happening for them in their career, and why they're being successful is that they've decided to do something about it. Okay. So when I say that it is with love, because I want to inspire you to take action. Now, most people are motivated by two things, one, the avoidance of pain. And the second is to move towards pleasure. Okay, now, we are conditioned as a society to avoid pain, right? Everything is about how do I avoid dire consequences. And when you're living at that lower end like of the poles when you're living at that in, you have a really hard time going to the other side, which is where things are in flow, and life is easier and abundance happens. But when we're so worried about getting ahead of the small things, we get really, really scared and we won't take action because we believe somehow that that's meant for everyone else. And here's the deal. The people which I just want you to take a look here are the people you most admire in the world. Did they play at that lower pole? Did they look at how do I play it safe? Or do they go out and do these big audacious things, okay, this is your calling. This is what your soul's purpose is, it's meant to do something that changes the world. It is not a coincidence that you listen to me, it's not a coincidence that you follow what I have to say. Or if you've ever listened to me before, if this is your own, never. And this is your first time, it's not a coincidence that you're hearing this message for you to know that the universe is trying to tell you to get off your ass and do something because your purpose is not a side bitch, it's actually something why you came to this planet, this is how I feel in a very spiritual way was to make a difference not to work from hand to mouth, and continue to grind for the rest of your life until you die. That is not a life, that is something people are going to be excited to tell your story at the end of your life. And I mean, when you will have all these other beautiful things about you. But I want you to like go a little bit deeper and say, What if I could do more? I want to just plant that seed in you okay? Because there are people here who I'm going to tell you, I just got a gal and she is 24 years old. And just the equity offer for her was $600,000 at 24 years old, okay, and she does not have a graduate degree. She has an undergrad. No, she isn't the tech industry. But when I say this is super easy, it really is the problem who doesn't believe it? In fact, the majority of the time, what I'm actually spending time doing with my clients is convincing you that it's not a problem. Because if you believe it's a problem, then guess who's the problem? It's you. And I say that with love because I was the problem for so long. I was the problem for so long. I had believed in this idea if I worked really hard and I gave all of my time and my energy that a company would take care of me or that if I worked really hard and went and got my education that that would actually make me more qualified when both of those things didn't get me ahead when I learned to work smart and when I learned to prioritize the business of me inc, Lindsey ink. That was when my life changed. And when I started making my money, I have a wealth mentor. And when I started using my money and making my money work harder for me, which is when I invest in my brain or my business, those are the best investment vehicles I've had in my life. And if I give you like the thought to just take a look at your life, that's likely the same thing for you. When I do those things, I take my money, and I make it work for me, instead of me working really hard to earn my money. Does that make sense to you? I'm hoping it connects. Because what I'm trying to say is when you leverage the tools of what I teach, it looks like magic. Okay, it looks like magic. And I'm gonna be honest here. We do a lot of deprogramming. So first of all, I have to get you to believe now, how do you do that? One, you join a program of mine. That's when you Okay, Lindsey, I believe enough that I'm willing to invest in myself for once, outside of the system that is literally designed to keep me poor and small and diminish my gifts. Okay, cool. We first like the first point of exiting the matrix, you took the red pill, okay. The next stage that I have to do is deprogram, the, almost the gaslighting and the brainwashing that has happened to you by being raised in the world because it happens at multiple levels. And so I have to get you to see your own gifts, be able to understand your value and be able to articulate that value. Now, this sounds pretty easy. But the chance of you being able to do this on your own is like slim to none. I have not had anybody who comes to me no matter how accomplished they are in their career. And it's like I got this, otherwise, they would be talking to me, right? Whatever your next level is, you're ready to go to it once you have clarity, and we are not very good at objectively identifying what's most valuable, what becomes the MVP? What is most valuable about what we bring to the table? And how do we have people actually bang down our doors and throw money at us, so that we can land the job that we've always been designed to do. And it's not just about the money, I use the money because guess what, that is what people want, they want the money. But what they really need underneath is to do work that fills their purpose that fills their soul that fills their cup. And so when I talk about these things, I really want you to take a little bit of a deeper look and say, Okay, can I actually get paid really well and do work that matters at a company that's going to value me? Yes. Yes, okay, this is exactly what I teach. It's the dream jobs. Um, but if you already in your heart and your gut, you go, oh, and I can feel it guys, I can feel even as I'm saying it, even me go, Oh, but I was told this and this and this, and this, and this, and this, and this, okay. And you know, what I'm gonna tell you, the education system is here to make sure that you stay small, to get in debt to always be fighting to live when you're finally 6575 95, when you finally can take a break before you drop dead because that makes us when we're at the top of the food chain, the most amount of money. Now I am in a business here, and I'll be really clear here. This is not a business I wish I was in. And what I mean by that is I love changing lives. I love transforming lives. I love watching people come back and say I got $100,000 increase, which by the way, is like the basement level of what I'm doing. At the other end, we're talking the one that graduated this last week at $350,000. Okay, so $100,000 $350,000 When I get those stories, I know it's gonna change your life. And what I'm also looking for is that I feel purpose in what I do. It's just not about the money. It's not just about the money, but the money is how I breakthrough. Because if you go oh, well, that sounds exciting. Let me hear more. There's a reason why I do that. Okay. So here's what I want you to know. $2.8 million added in our client's paychecks in the last nine weeks. How well I have a proprietary system that looks like magic. But really when you understand how to articulate your gifts, and then you understand how to navigate the most broken process that exists in my opinion, for job searching to elevate and ascend your career to the next level. That is how we land it. Okay, so it's not that hard, honestly. But granted, I've had 20 years of experience, I've helped over 15,000 people do it now. Your story at all of the things is unique, but your struggle is 100% Not you are not that different. And I don't mean that in a bad way. I mean, that's a good thing, because that means we can fix it. You don't want to be like the weird random medical case that nobody has a cure for. I have the cure. The problem is, is most people won't do anything about it. And you know what that is okay for most of my life, that is how I operated. And when I finally came, and obviously like from the dark to the light, that was when my life absolu

    Ep. 48: $2.8MM Added to my Clients’ Paycheck in the Last Nine Weeks (Listen if You Want to Stop Leaving Money on the Table)

  4. 11/24/2021

    Ep. 47: $1.9MM in 7 weeks - The Secret to Wealth in the Corporate World

    Ep. 47: $1.9MM in 7 weeks - The Secret to Wealth in the Corporate World Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death, and we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends, and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do. Lindsay 00:42 Welcome to the career design Podcast. I'm Lindsay Mustain and I'm here to tell you that we have just blown out the results in the last seven weeks at the point of this recording, I just got notification of another job offer from one of my clients, which makes $1.9 million added to the bottom line of my client's paychecks in the last seven weeks, folks, seven weeks. Now I'm going to tell you that this person who just recently graduated, I'm going to tell you that she actually went to the corporate cash machine masterclass. And this is where I'm going to tell you we're going to have another one coming up. So go ahead and go to corporatecashmachine.com, because you'll get to find out about our next masterclass. And she went through this, she actually is inside of my dream job hack program and applied to work with me inside of the corporate cash machine mastermind, which is my next level program who are all about six-figure raises or more in nine weeks, she applied to work with me but let me tell you, the moment that she showed up on camera, in my Zoom conversation, which I'm really just vetting whether or not, you're really ready to take to the next level. And she absolutely had the capability, the capacity, everything needed to land that $100,000 raise. But the person that she needed to heal first was her. So when I have a conversation with somebody, I 100%, I'm not, I don't really need you to invest with me in order for my life to get better. And I mean that in the kindest way that I'm so very fortunate, so very abundantly blessed, that I don't need someone to invest in me, it's not going to change my life. However, for the person sitting across the table from me, if they're ready, it could absolutely change their life if they're ready to uplevel if they want to get that six-figure raise. But this person has stuck this person when I looked at her, I saw amazing potential but she was so scared. She told me everything that was going wrong, and how awful the circumstances were at that moment, and I 100%respect that vulnerability, that transparency. And my daughter likes to say this thing, the only way to bring something out of the dark is to shine it in the light. Everything that goes from dark comes to light. That's what she says it's so cute. She's seven folks, by the way, she gives a lot of life lessons very powerful for someone her age. And the biggest way we can look at pain and things that are going badly in our life is when we look at them honestly and say, here's what's happening. Here's what's going on. And we just look at it in the eye because the only way to get rid of darkness is to shine a light on it. And we created a game plan. And for the next week, I said I want you to do this. And it is not., it was not let me be really clear here. It was not about doing stuff except for self-care. Say self-care for me. If you're listening, say self-care, because I'm going to tell you the most important investment vehicle in your life is the person listening to me right now? It is you. It is you like tap your chest and feel your heart and breathe. The most important investment vehicle in your life is you baby, it's you. And so until you take care of that investment vehicle, you cannot create a return with it. You cannot go out into man what you're worth because you have to embody it first. Okay, zig Zig Ziglar says, excuse me, the order that people most have is that they believe they have to have the thing in order to be the thing like I can only have wealth when I am wealthy. And therefore it's a paradox. Because if you can only have wealth when you are wealthy, therefore you'll never be wealthy unless you already have had it to start with you might see this is also the entry-level paradox where we talk about you must have three to five years to come of experience to come into an entry-level job. Well, somebody's got to give here. Okay, and most of the time we're either going to change that job or hire people who are more experienced at a higher level or will say, oh, actually we're willing to lower the bar so that we can become the thing to in order to reach that next level. So that is The entry-level paradox. Now Stephen Covey has two ways that we actually create results in the world. He said there are two steps of creation. And if you are, if you're not listening, tune in right now because I'm gonna change your life right now. Stephen Covey, one of the most powerful mindset shifts that I've ever had seven habits of highly effective people was one of the biggest professional development plans that I went through at a really remarkable organization that truly honored their people. This is why I can teach you guys what to do. Because I lived it was the very first foundational anchoring corporate experience I had in my life. And he said, This, begin with the end in mind. Okay, now what was that means and there's if you haven't picked up Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, go do it, run, don't walk, go order it, because it will change your life. It was such a powerful mindset. So what he talked about was that in order for something to be conceptualized in the tangible world meaning of the matter, the first step of creation mid it had to happen in our mind. Okay, so right now I'm sitting in front of me and I can have a balloon animal paperweight, okay. I don't know who thought of this. But in order for me to purchase it, somebody had to think of it, and then somebody had to bring it into creation in the actual physical manufacturing, in order to put it on the shelf to buy it. So the order of what Zig Ziglar said was that you have to be in order to do the thing to have the thing I'm showing you this in action. So somebody conceptualized it, Stephen Covey said in their mind that this balloon animal paperweight was super important for them to create, byline here on this would be a timeout, I know how to create these little balloon animals. It was something I learned at a convention back when I was in middle school for future Librarians of America, believe it or not very funny in my life. So this product, when I saw this, which was the doing, right, they created the results. The doing was they created this balloon animal, and then they put it on the shelf so that I could have it be do have, if you are waiting to have a six-figure increase to get a six-figure increase, you will never get there. You will never get there. Okay. Now, some of these like, this is going to be a little bit triggering. For some people, they're going to be like, but Lindsey, I need this. And I'm going to say no, you don't I in fact, I'm going, to be honest, a lot of people love to believe that they are special snowflakes, okay? And I'm going to be first off your soul, and your circumstances of where you're at today. Your life experience and blood are just like your fingerprint, that is a special snowflake, I will give you that 100%. And I honor that and I treasure that. And I love you exactly where you're at. I love you. And I know I don't know you probably in some cases here, but I do love you because we can hate without reason we can live without reason. Okay, so I love you. I see you, I hear you. But what I want you to know is whatever you want to tell me over here, Lindsey, I can't do that because it's b******t and I say that with love too. Because there is nothing after 15,000 people we have worked with, there is nothing we can get past except you. Your belief. If you believe that you can, or you believe that you can't. You're right. That's Henry Ford's My favorite quote, whether you believe whether you think you can, whether you believe you can, or whether you think you can't, whether you believe you can or can't. You're right, whether you think you can or whether you think you can, you're right Henry Ford. All right. And here's why the only person that matters, the only person's opinion in the whole world that really should matter to you. First and foremost is yours. And if you say you know what? look at myself in the mirror Lindsay, you know what, you can't do that, then you're right, you can't. But if something and you say you know what, I'm willing to give this a shot. And maybe I'm just cracking the door so that maybe I can have a little belief in here. I am not interested in selling you something that's not gonna change your life. And so right now I'm selling you the idea. You know, the idea is that you're a badass. If that calls to you right now, I invite you to go to corporatecashmachine.com and learn about my next masterclass. It's going to be intense, okay, it's going to be several hours of commitment. And I'm going to ask that you put down whatever it is your phone, your distractions, the television, Netflix, and you tune in and your watch, because right now, it's not a timing issue. It's a priority issue. If this is a priority to you, and something speaks to your soul, I asked you to go take action right now. Because in order to be the thing that you want, you have to choose to be it right now the next step is to do it, do it, do it now. Do it now and have the life that you w

    Ep. 47: $1.9MM in 7 weeks - The Secret to Wealth in the Corporate World

  5. 11/17/2021

    Ep. 46: Is This a SCAM?

    Ep. 46- Is This a Scam?    Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain, and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do.   Lindsay00:42 Is this a scam? You know what? I'm getting that question a lot these days. So welcome to the Career Design Podcast. I'm Lindsay Mustain. I want to answer this question for you. Because a lot of our lives we have been told like that's a scam, people are always out to try to get something from you. Guys, I'm going to tell you, if you listen to me for more than a hot second, you know that I have 1000s of success stories, okay. And in fact, I have a very strange business operating model, which is that when you work with me, I hope you don't ever need me again. Now, when you want to go to the next level in your career, let's talk. But for the most part, my goal is not actually to be here to try to get you to be a lifetime customer. My goal is get you out the door get you massive success, and then you can send me all your friends. Okay, I have a very strange business model. And the reason why is that I don't want to be in the business I'm in. I know, let me just be really clear here. That's that's a strange, provocative thing to say. But I'm really like, want to be very transparent that the what I have to teach you is a failure of a system that has designed you to fail 99.6% of the time. Now, I was a part of that system. I mean, it was Amazon's most visible employee, I hired 10,000 people. Do you know the percentage of times that I said, No, it's over 99%. I said no to somebody 99% of time. In fact, I did a training yesterday and somebody came on, they said Lindsey, you said no to me and Amazon. And I was like, Okay, let's talk about that. And she said, in fact, you had an actual conversation with me. This is before I started my entrepreneurial journey. And you said, this is a no right now. I want you to it's not a no for forever. It's a no for this job. But honestly, I see that there's more for you. And so I want you to keep going. And I gave her some tools. And seriously, she came back and said she's actually increased her salary three times over. Now, I love the really clear, I had never actually talked to her since that moment. So this was like an unprecedented testimonial, I have to pull it out. So I can share with you guys. But that message was so powerful to me, because I told her she told me this after I told the story about being and perpetuating the system that actually causes you to think that something's wrong with you. So I don't want to be in this business. Okay, so in the meantime, while I'm working to correct the system, I'm going to teach you how to hack it for your advantage. That is my big goal. Okay. So like, that's the first belief that you have to believe here. Now when I say it, I'm going to destroy it. I'm going to destroy your perceptions of what the system is. And I'm going to say a lot of us we're kind of like playing in the matrix, we don't understand that we've actually been perpetuating this is what I had this this was like, so, so powerful for me. So let me tell you how I got to this point, I was sitting at Amazon and I was recruiting for a job. I had like three people in the world that we're qualified for it. This job is in Singapore. And I got a message from one of the the only woman I was interviewing and she said, I just want to let you know how much of an a*****e you guys treated me like I mean, she said it a lot, much nicer way that I'm saying it. And I would never consider working for your company. And I know this is like really important to you. So it really shocked me that this was how the behavior was. And when I saw that, like I like First off, I turned completely red. I was mortified. And then you what I did, I cried. I cried. I mean, it was a Sunday. Like right now I'm recording this on a Sunday was a Sunday, I was sitting on my couch, my kids are running around. And I sat there and I just sobbed. I just saw. And it was like the most powerful moment when the realization of my paradigm completely shifted. And I realized that I was part of the problem that I was working in a system that actually is designed to make sure that you fail the majority of the time that we don't actually care about you were you are lucky to even get a shot to talk to us. That was the positioning. Notice how much that's changed now that we can't hire anybody, by the way. Like the fact that I had that conversation. I was like, Oh God, I hope it goes well. I've had to learn, you know how to we really should treat candidates which was we should always treat them with dignity and respect. After talking to millions. I mean, we're dealing with over a million resumes deal. That's a lot of people. That's just my people too. And like if you didn't go all the people my team it is millions. We always want to treat people the highest level of respect because I remember being there. I remember what it was like to be turned on. I remember it was like to be stuck. So when I got this message, I was like, Oh, I mean I was just sobbing and then I got really f*****g pissed. The point where I immediately escalated it, I immediately escalated it. I sent it off. And then you know what I did? I wrote my resignation notice, let me be really clear at the time at a stay at home husband, I was the only one making money, I did not have the money to leave my job. I did not have the ability or understanding what I would do next. I just knew that I could no longer sell my soul for a paycheck and it could no longer be a part of the same system that not only broke me but if you ever heard my story, broke the story. Broke my family. My dad was laid off, you know, like, I've watched this like, it's not just me, it's like a generational thing. My dad and then me and I'm watching all these people go through with the COVID like we are going through this change so when I say it's a scam, like I want you to like you know, I hope it's a get rich quick scam, rather than get rich slow scam because that's actually what you're playing by. No, we can dramatically Quantum Leap your results because the thing is the bottom line that you have been told is that if you go to school, and if you work really hard, you're gonna get like the magic Fastpass at Disneyland and get to the front the line and that's a big fat f*****g lie. Okay, but I'm gonna I'm gonna reframe this for you. Okay, have you ever heard the saying breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Breakfast is the most important meal today. Right? We've heard that how many times now? Okay, well, do you know who came up with breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Cereal companies. That industry and so when you think about it now, cereals also, like not genetically but engineered. Like we have food chemists that engineer the food to break down so that you were hungry in 90 minutes. And what do you eat again? Usually more cereal. There's a reason why we don't have cereal in my house. Okay. So they've told you Hey, not only is this most important meal, here's the solution and you're going to need it a lot. Okay, so if there's ever been a f*****g scam, it's your cereal. First off, okay. Now, here's me saying hey, listen, I'd like to get you massive results. And I don't want you to ever really need me again. Is that completely different? Yes. Does it sound like a scam? I can totally see why. If you've ever listen to me for more than a heart like a hot second, you know that my heart's in this and I backup everything I say with either science or proof or testimony. We have proof of concept we print out graduates. There is no better person in the world that does this than me. Okay, and I can say that I am the greatest of all time I get to be the goat in this I am the greatest of all time. Why? Because I am a student of my craft. Okay. So yes, we can Quantum Leap your results. But the first reprogramming I need you to go to you're like is this scam? Or is this too good to be true? I get that. Like let me tell you somebody told me this at that point in my life. I was like, Holy crap. Are you kidding me? So do you mind if I change your life here? I'm gonna change your life. So tune in, lean in. Listen to me here now. Stephen Covey dfcm Covey's Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Oh my god, this was such a massive reprogramming, I had the best foundation of corporate experience with my very first job. And I learned the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, sometimes Highly Effective People, I went through their development program. In fact, I was being certified to be a trainer before company got where I got laid off. And I learned all the shit that I learned about what it's like to be unemployed and nearly lose everything. I was about to go through their facilitator training because it was so beautiful. Okay, and if you haven't read that book, another book, I highly recommend Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. But he has one of the habits is begin with the end in mind. And really what Stephen Covey says there are two sources of creation, we will be like, What are you doing? Okay, on this, like, how many of you are like, what's your metrics? What are you quantifying what like, I'm trying to tell you, that's a secret of really understanding high performance. So you c

    Ep. 46: Is This a SCAM?

  6. 11/10/2021

    Ep. 45: Secrets of $100K Pay Raises

    Ep. 45: Secrets of $100K Pay Raises Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death, and we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do.    Lindsay  00:43 Yesterday, as I'm recording this, I just wrapped up corporate cash machine masterclass. And it was epic and incredible. And there were so many takeaways, I mean, massive transformation, if you want to check out the next day, go to corporate cash machine dot com. But today I want to talk to you about the traits of a high performer. Now, why this is important is that let me be really clear, there's a lot of people in the world. And I'm going to tell you that the economy is banked mostly, and on the backs of what we call sheeple and there's no disrespect for the sheeple but sheeple are part of the collective consciousness mass programming. And what I mean by that is that they've been programmed to believe that if you work hard, go to school that all doors will magically open, and then reality, they'll continue to perpetuate that belief in the things that they do, including getting multiple degrees, going back and working really hard and still getting stuck in their career until they finally reached the point of disillusionment, the enchantment breaks from the spell they've been under, which is conditioning and programming that's happened literally since birth. And they realize that the system is broken. Now, sheeple at whatever point of their awakening, which by the way, I was also a sheeple at one point, the programming I was given was the same right, education by dad, you know, he's right there, he would say education is something that you can never be can never be taken away from you. My argument to that is that while that's an important skill, and I believe that, like, I want my kids to go to college for the experience, not for the education, actually. But because I think we can all agree, you know that your school doesn't do a really good job of preparing you for real life. I mean, how did you learn how to balance your checkbook, any of the key skills like to maybe running a business, anything that would be really important?  Actually, in real life there's a lot of deficient things, and I haven't really had to do too much, you know, calculus inside of my day to day life, but that was a requirement. So when I asked you like to think about this, the point of the solution will break. And that happened for me, you know, really late. If I'm really honest, really late, when I realized, wow, something is really wrong, something is really wrong. Like I've been told all these things. And I was told to stay in my lane, stay small, like be quiet, all the things to design who I really was at my core. So I want to talk to you about the pains of being a high performer, the traits of that, and what that really like what the kind of people I work with, which are all high performers, by the way, who have had their light diminished, okay. And now they might have been a high performer all their life, and they bought into that collective consciousness belief, or they've actually finally broken free from that. And now they're starting to recognize just how powerful breaking the system and exiting the sheeple exiting the collective consciousness and creating your own rulebook that's we're gonna talk about today. So how do you know if you are a high performer? Okay, so I want to give a shout out to my high performers because first off, you've probably been told that you're kind of a pain in the ass, that you just don't go with the flow that you may not be a team player. And in general, I tend to say I work with misfits. Congratulations, last time I said to somebody, they said, Wow, that kinda reminds me of like, Rudolph. And I was like, Do you remember Rudolph? Rudolph saved the f*****g day people. Okay, so they made fun of him. And then he ended up saving the day. And that's the trait of a high performer. Now, in corporate America, being a high performer, and being a misfit, they don't usually actually create results for most people. Which is why like, first thing I need to dispel for you is not every job or every company out there is going to be good for you. In fact, 99% of what you see out there is not going to be good for your professional career and development. Okay, so how do we start to find these things? Well, first off, I would say subscribe to this podcast, because I'm going to walk you through this pathway. But I want you to first feel you're not alone here. Okay? So here's the traits of a high performer. The first thing is that they are relentless, okay, they understand that they have something to achieve. They're not really happy sitting on their couch, you probably have this friend that's just happy to, you know, play their Xbox or whatever it is that they play, and never do anything that's really substantial in the world. And for me, that feels like death. So they're relentless in pursuing betterment of some kind. Okay, so they might be like super gung ho into, I don't know, cross country skiing, whatever. I used to love aerial yoga. I still love early yoga. Really, honestly, I have one here in my house, an aerial swing, whatever it is, they're relentless in their pursuit and they will continue to be that high achiever. The second thing about them is that they're goal oriented. Okay? And what I mean by their goal oriented is I actually have something okay. And not just like, like, I would really like to start a business one day, but they're like by this point, I would like to start a business. They have written down goals. By the way, guys, if you're tuning in, you're like, I have a high performer way. I don't have written down goals. Seriously, take the next notch. Just write it down. Okay. And one of my favorite books lets you talk about the energy of money. And creating wealth in your life starts with setting goals. And let me tell you, that book is called Happy pocket full of money. Definitely one of my favorites to check out there, but goal oriented and I'll tell you a quick study here, in this 20 year review of a an Ivy League class that was graduating and they asked which of the students actually had written down goals, you would expect it to Ivy League school, there'd be a pretty significant percentage, but it was only 3% people 3%. So if you have a 3% rate of setting goals, what did that look like 20 years later? Well, that 3% rheir wealth was actually more than the whole 97 of the 97% that didn't have any combined, combined. Okay, so 3%. Now, this is something that you should see modeled in all of like, when we talk about the 1%, we can rebel against the 1% or we can say, how do we get into that? Okay, so let me be really clear here. You being a misfit is what creates that 1% Okay, nobody told Elon Musk, like, Hey, you're totally normal. They said, You're a crazy weirdo. You think that you can go to the moon, you think you can go to Mars, whatever it is, the guy is putting it into a to action. He's the first one to reach Tesla's market share, like, Are you kidding me? Be crazy. Okay, to the crazy ones. This job's Steve Jobs would say next is that they validate assumptions. Okay. Now I have a lot of intuition. I have a lot of feelings about a lot of things. But I don't make assumptions on what works or doesn't until I prove it. Now I come from a state called Missouri problem, I go with it. But we have a saying that says show me that's our state say our motto, show me. So when people are like, Well, I think this is the issue. I was like, show me or people are like, Well, I heard this question. I'm like, show me Tell me what kind of proof that person has tell me what kind of proof of concept tell me what kind of data and statistics now I use my intuition to guide what I want to prove. And then I go and validate with science which is why you find like why we literally manufacture results. It is a lean process from beginning to end and what gives you the shortcut and the fastest time possible on average right now guys, the last 60 days $100,000 increases. It's actually more than that, but it's hard for you guys to believe that first ones I'm gonna say $100,000 increases on average the last 60 days published on market enter how do we manufacture that keep printing out graduates? Well, guess what? We validated our framework and we have proof of concept and we continue to get better and we were fine. And we go even more if there's more more cool shit coming please. If you have not checked out the masterclass go to corporate cash machine dot com you will have massive reprogramming of some of the stuff that's held you back. Okay, so that's my, my next thing. Okay, so validate the assumption. And in that class, in particular, I destroy, destroy the stuff that is holding you back. And what we did is we surveyed over 500 people to get the answers. How about that? And I'll tell you what's actually holding you back, which I'm going to be really short here. It's you that's typically holding you back. So but how we break that down and what the things that you think are holding you back and what they really are we break that down the masterclass. So if you haven't a chance to register for that, or see when the next event is coming up, please do it will be literally people are saying you are changing futu

    Ep. 45: Secrets of $100K Pay Raises

  7. 11/03/2021

    Ep. 44: 1.5 Million in 45 Days (Welcome to the Hottest Job Market That’s Ever Existed)

    Ep. 44: 1.5 Million in 45 Days (Welcome to the Hottest Job Market That’s Ever Existed)   Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain, and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose, and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do.    Lindsay  00:43 Welcome to the Career Design Podcast guys, I have a special edition for you because right now we have to interrupt our scheduling program to give you an alert, (alert sound) Yes, that's my alert to tell you that you are officially entering the hottest candidate market that has existed of all time. All right, so let's break that down. And what that means to you. All right, for the first time, candidates finally have the power in the negotiation conversation or their candidacy as top talent. Now, let me break that down. top talent versus commodity talent. We'll break that down a little bit here. But top talent is blowing up. And I want to tell you like how how big this is. Just last week, I said we've negotiated a million dollars for people over the last month or so, guys, the calculations came out today in the last 45 days we've negotiated up this is an additional add to your bottom line salary, we've added 1.5 million, 1.5 million to the bottom line, to the bottom line. So imagine just adding like that kind of money to people's lives that also looks like over $100,000 on average, more than $100,000 for our clients are graduating (graduating meaning they've accepted a job offer right now). All right, so why I'm telling you this, it means it's time to get your like act together and I say that with love because you might have been sitting on this and you know if you've ever gone back and like Gosh, I wish I would have invested in Bitcoin or pot stock in Starbucks. Guys, we are in the same thing right now is the time where you are just leaving money on the table. If you are not using the tools, right, now's the time to uplevel your skills into top talent and to go out into the job market. It's like saying, yeah, no pass, I don't really like money. And let's be really clear here. It's not money that we're looking for what we're looking for truly is freedom and resources to help take care of our family. So I want you to get out of your head, I talk about money. But if you've ever listened to me for more than a hot second, you know, I care about finding your purpose and doing work that you love. It just happens to be both of those things that we can get you so get to go to work excited, energized, motivated, and we can get you lots of money on top of it. Now this I think we call that a win win. Okay. Now, why is this happening? Well, COVID changed the game and you know, I know that COVID was very hard, and we lost a lot of life there. But we also gained a lot of freedom as a society because we learned all the things all these antiquated, outmoded ideas where we can't work from home or, you know, we have to recruit locally, we turned this like old industry now into an innovative machine in order to even survive, they had to, they had to pivot they had to evolve in order to thrive. Now, the top employers out there, they're recruiting top talent and understanding that they have to do what's right to attract and hire the best talent. So some people are like, Well, I'm not seeing that. And I'm like, anecdotally I asked here about three weeks ago, if this was the hottest job market, like I did a social media survey. And 89% of the recruiters 89% of the recruiters came back and said it was it was the hottest job market that has ever existed. Now, like let's look at supply and demand, the current availability of talent and the current number of jobs, there are more jobs than there are people now if we think about this, and like the housing market, when there are more. Let's see there's less houses and a lot more buyers, which is what's happening right now, what happens with the price? Well, it goes up a lot substantially exponentially if you've ever been in a bidding war, which I have for property. The same thing goes with top talent, okay, the law of supply and demand applies right now. And I just interviewed with CNBC and they said are we have How far are we into this? And I'm like, this is a long haul situation. So right right now this is your time to move and if you do this, right, you can capitalize on increasing your salary now and if it makes sense in just a little bit of time to move on to the next thing because there's more opportunity out there, then you are going to go for that too. But the thing is, people are going to lose out on opportunity unless they do something. Okay. So this is where I want to tell you about what I have done about it. Because, again, just like my business needs to pivot and evolve, I realized, gosh, guys, if I can teach you some of these things about what's happening in the marketplace, if you want to go deeper, if this has been just fascinating to you, I'm teaching a masterclass. Okay, the masterclass is called corporate cash machine, I'm going to show you exactly how to unlock the secret to these $100,000 pay raises. And not just that, remember, we're talking about going deeper into doing work that's really meaningful, because chasing a salary alone will 100% kill your soul. So what we're really going to be diving deep into is really transforming your job search. And we're gonna go into the first thing, the intentional career design blueprint, the this you've heard, this is called the career design podcast. You've heard me talk about this. But this simple system, it's how my clients, on average, increase their salary by 53 to over $100,000 in just nine weeks, just nine weeks. Okay. The next thing we're gonna talk about is the marketability mindset method. And this is a critical methodology to effectively communication sorry, communicate your skills and experience to get recruiters and hiring managers it interviewers literally banging down your door throwing money at you and begging you to work for their company. Can you imagine how crazy that would be? Yeah, it's not a imagination. I mean, this is what happens with our clients. And then the third thing is what we call the purple squirrel workshop. This is how we instantly shift into the candidate of choice. And you're going to walk away from this part of our masterclass knowing exactly what to do to get results fast. Without any unnecessary and bogus higher education costs. That means no PMP or MBA needed. They're selling you something telling you to break through right now. We are picking up talent, we don't need you to have those things. Okay. And guys, I'll be honest, it's always been like that if you understood how to position as top talent, but right now you have market leverage on your side. And the last thing we're gonna be doing is q&a, like literal hotseat coaching, okay, and I'll be honest here at the very end of the day, you cannot buy anything for me this is completely education and transformation. I hope you don't mind if I give back and over deliver a little bit here because you might know the majority of my business I do completely for free. The reason why I have a shift in my mind of changing how talent looks at themselves and making their bigger impact in the world. So this is a leave your wallet at home kind of situation. I absolutely want you to come and I want you to come with an open heart and open mind be coachable. I want you to fill out all of the information I've given you when you go through the masterclass and we're gonna actually do an exercise is like you're going to get to fully immersive with me. So you understand how to use this market to your advantage. So if you want to be a part of this incredible masterclass four hours, we get to hang out super dive deep into this entire process. Go to corporate cash machine.com I can't wait to see you there. It's gonna be epic. Looking forward to it.

    Ep. 44: 1.5 Million in 45 Days (Welcome to the Hottest Job Market That’s Ever Existed)

  8. 10/27/2021

    Ep. 43: Why 90% of Networking Fails

    Ep. 43: Why 90% of Networking Fails?  Lindsay  00:00 I'm Lindsay Mustain and this is the career design podcast made for driven ambitious square pegs and round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not stagnation feels like death. And we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters aligns with our purpose and in turn, we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and love what we do.  Lindsay00:42 I just give you finger guns. It's Friday. Yeah. Friday, so those that are watching or watching on the replay. Happy Friday. We call this in my community. Happy FriYay. So yeah, it's been forever since I've hung out with you.   Abby  00:59 I know. I'm so excited. Welcome back.   Lindsay  01:01 You've been busy, busy. I gave you some work to do. Um, maybe you may not like me as much now.   Abby  01:09 Just a few things. It seems simple. And then you get into it. It's like, it's a lot    Lindsay  01:14 The part here where it seems simple like it the thing is, we all kind of know, it's kind of like, um, yeah, we all know how to get to Florida, right? Like, for me, for me, that's very far southwest. So there's direction. But I don't know the turn by turn directions. Like that'll get me there. And that's kind of the the pathway that we're going through. So we're talking today, and I named this one, why 90% of networking fails. And this one, this one is really like it's near and dear to my heart, because it's the thing that you guys tell me is what you struggle with the most is networking. So I am so happy to be back. If you guys are joining me live, like give me a little shout out here. I have been to Florida, which is not that big a deal. Except that came back with COVID. So I finally have recovered from COVID, where I my kids are still having some after effects with sleeping. But I am at the point where I think the only thing I have left is a little bit of congestion. And then I can't smell it as well.Oh no, the taste it's longest to get that back like smell and taste, I think, well, I didn't lose it until about I got COVID too. And I'm working from home. So like thanks to my husband for bringing that back to me. But um, but yeah, I lost my taste and smell for like eight days straight, like no smell, no taste for eight days. But it happened after like, maybe a week, week and a half of having COVID.  OMG it's 10 later. Oh my gosh, that's craziness. Yeah, the that's how I knew I had it was like I was sitting here and I'm like, What is going on? I was eating and I tested at home, which, you know, like there's an incubation period. I just went home and it wasn't anything but I was thinking I'm like, I can't taste this. And I'm like, well, I took that test and yeah, I came back. Yeah. So not as fun as I would like to say it would be so we're talking about today about networking. And so the first thing I want to get into like why networking fails. Okay, so I'm just going to tell you, I'm not always captain obvious, but when I am I make it obvious. You know that networking is the secret to uplevel in your career. Okay, so stay with me, your network equals your net worth. Okay, now, I'm going to break down some of the things that happen. Why networking sucks. I mean, it sucks is the first 20 hours it's going to happen. Some people are getting bad networks. In fact, I had to call somebody out the other day on our comments, and they're like, Can I have a job and I go, you need to go look at the post. I just wrote about bad networking. Like, like you're doing it wrong. Okay, great.   Abby  03:46 Oh, boy, it sucks. Don't worry.    Lindsay  03:49 It sucks for everybody bikes. Abbi, let me just ask you here in the time that we've been together, how and you've had some of these shifts beforehand, but how was the conversations changed?   Abby  03:59 Um, you know, I think I've just slowed them down a little bit. Um, I think that's for me the biggest change and it's not that I was not personable before but I think in in you even say like, it's kind of awkward at first to reach out to someone you don't know, because like, what do you say to them? Um, so for me, it's a little I'm sure we'll get into it. So I don't want to say too much ahead of time. But I'm just really like, understanding who I'm connecting with and why I'm connecting with them. And then directing my conversation based on those things and making sure that I'm not just saying, oh, this person looks interesting. Click Like, let's connect. But hey, like, mentioning something that drew me to them in the first place to start the conversation and just being like, a person of interest.   Lindsay  04:44 Sorry, did not mean that we're switching back a little bit here. But talk to me about that. You're having connections already having conversations because of the branding work that you're doing. Yeah, so those conversations, how are those going It's really what I want to know   Abby  04:56 Ggood um, so I mean, there's starting off a little slower, right? So and in some cases, I'm like getting a lot of organic requests myself coming in, which is cool. My views on my profile have increased a lot. My SSI has gone up.    Lindsay  05:14 Yeah, social selling index for the wind, right, which shows up how much we shot inside the feed, and how well we're doing on branding ourselves. So that's really awesome. And I know that people, so I'm gonna tell you what it comes from the person who's here just working with Abby here, is people tell me how much they love her. And they're like, I've been following and I've been listening. I can't believe it, like, rock star you are. And so I'm guessing people watch, I won't say to you what your brand is face to face like they will or they won't, right. But most of the time, we have an impression like I don't go in. I'm like, I really like live. Okay, I'm gonna give you a bad example. I'm embarrassed to say I really like Olive Garden, fettuccine alfredo. So they don't know I'm a super fan. But that is my impression. Now however you feel about it. The other day if you guys if anybody here is loving fettuccine. Let's hear about it. We know, Rich says they love me. So inside of my community, they love. They love you. Like you haven't even interacted with a lot of these people. I want you to know, your brand is what we're trying to use. We're increasing your power position through. And then we're able to have conversations and what I mean by this talk about networking. So I want you to take networking, like do not feel icky. Like, oh,   Abby  06:29 Oh, yeah. It's so awkward.   Lindsay  06:35 It is awkward. I'm the most networked person. I know. I'm also the most outgoing person like that. I know. Like the idea of going to a networking event, I don't want to go people. I don't want to go. Alright, so give me a little feel here in the chat. If you understand what I'm saying. Like, I don't want to go I don't want to do this. Okay. And now this is where we come from, and I'm gonna look at you right in the eye. I'm gonna say, you can do hard things. You can do hard things. Okay. So the reason why the only way that you weren't going to move forward is because somebody helps you. Okay, stay with me. Somebody helps me. Somebody helps me. Yes, I know. Exactly. And so, by the way, Abby didn't ask for this. Like she This happened because of her brand. That's actually the secret here. And because I was impressed with what she wrote, I was like she is she is literally like untapped potential. Like, you know, like David came from, you know, he sculpted from a thing of marble, like, you know, I get that it's like key feeling I get that. And so I need you to reprogram the thought that How about friendship? How about a relationship and I was like, kind of get into weird things with people are like really? Like it is they're all relationships that I mean, I relationship, like, I was walking in here running, by the way, because I wanted to be nice. For this. I was not, by the way, um, and the takes care of the grounds here. He was like, Would you like some leaves? I was like, I don't and I don't have the the task of what's a pretty because we have so many in like that that's a relationship. So when I like I walked out, it's gonna sound ridiculous, silly thing. But I walked out in my hair got caught in a tree that were in my car. And I was like, oh, no, Bob, can you help me out? And you know what it was done in five minutes, that tree limb was trim? And I'm like, Why? Because I had a relationship. So just stay in the chat here for me. Relationship, okay, because then you'll understand what I'm talking about. So we're gonna stop thinking about, like, who can get me something? And I want you to think about how do I build friendships and relationships? And this is where people are like, well, nobody wants to do that. So let me give you a little truth bomb here. People are the most isolated and the most efficient on the hormone inside of our brain that friendship Kindles, so let me tell you that we are looking for friends. How many of you would like a friend? Hi, by the way? Yeah, yeah. So Abby is my friend. Now. She doesn't know that. Hey, you've been promoted to friend. Oh, well, everyone has helped me somebody says that you should not want to but I'm all for it. Super comfortable. It takes time to process. Yes. Ruby is so powerful. Yes. relationship. And I am good at recognizing talent that is like my superpower here. Okay. So the programming here starts with and I am going to say something that's very provocative. Stop showing up a

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I’m Lindsay Mustain and this is the Career Design Podcast. Made for driven, ambitious, square pegs in round holes type professionals who see things differently and challenge the status quo. We obliterate obstacles and unlock hidden pathways to overcome and succeed where others have not. Stagnation feels like death and we are unwilling to compromise our integrity and settle for being average in any way. We are the backbone of any successful business and those who overlook our potential are doomed to a slow demise. We do work that truly matters, aligns with our purpose, and in turn we make our lasting mark on the world. We are the dreamers, doers, legends, and visionaries who are called to make our most meaningful contribution and LOVE what we do.

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