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THE MISSION: Get You Hired - Let's Create Miracles In Your Work And Life | High Performance Career and Leadership Coach For Professionals, Teams, and Organizations - Washington, DC And Worldwide

08/11/2026

How are you training the people in your life? 🤔
Because you most definitely are. 💯

Training your boss how manage you.
Training your team how to work for you. 🛠️
Training your friends how to be friends with you.
Training your kids how to be YOUR kids.
Training your significant other how to be your partner.

Every time you show trust, inspiration, courage, integrity, empathy - you show them that’s how you roll.

Every time you break trust, buy into limiting beliefs, give into fear, break your word, put up the emotional guard rails - you teach them that’s the way you operate.

In any moment we can teach others around us that we expand, or we shrink. 🌱
That we’re playing to win, or just playing not to lose.

Every time you fall into the trap of people-pleasing, or not saying the thing you wanted to say, you’re teaching the world a lesson.

”That’s ok”
”I’ll go along with that”
”I’ll accommodate”

Somebody communicating with you in a way that doesn’t work for you?
”Hey, the way you’re communicating with doesn’t work for me. How can we communicate better?”

Relationship where connection seems to be faltering”
”It feels like we’re disconnected, how can we get back in sync?”

Work getting funky?
”Hey boss, the way we’re working together doesn’t seem to be working, how can we do it better?”

Teach. 📣
Because you’re always teaching, all the time.
Might as well teach lessons that work.

Not worried about AI 🤖How bout you?Here's why... 👇In an increasingly automated world ⚙️An increasingly artificial world ...
08/10/2026

Not worried about AI 🤖
How bout you?

Here's why... 👇

In an increasingly automated world ⚙️
An increasingly artificial world 🧪

AI isn't gonna be an advantage
It's gonna be a homogenizer 🧊

Large language models....
Equal average

Best practices....
Equal mediocre

What an opportunity. ✨

At this moment where there is so much attention on AI 👀
So much hype.

The opportunity is to be more human. ❤️

I don't fear AI
I'm not angry at it
I kind of don't think about it

Is it fun to play with?
Absolutely 😄

Is it useful?
It can be.
And so can a screwdriver 🪛

So it's not something to fear
And definitely not something to build a business around
Or a life
Or a career
It's just a cool thing

And there are so many cool things

It's nothing that's gonna replace being human, though, because that is irreplaceable

And as more people lose sight of that.
What a freakin' opportunity 🚀
For me
For you
For anybody willing to be more human in this moment, not less. 🙌

08/06/2026

Some people communicate with **invoices.** 🧾
Others communicate with **receipts.** ✅

Here’s the difference.

An invoice says:
💬 *"Here’s what I could do."*
💬 *"Here’s what I plan to do."*
💬 *"Here’s why you should believe in me."*

Nothing inherently wrong with that.
A lot of projects start with a promise.
And if your goal is to build trust, invoices can only take you so far.

Receipts are different.

A receipt says:
✅ *"Here’s what I did."*
📈 *"Here’s the outcome."*
🏆 *"Here’s the evidence."*

Think about how this shows up at work.

Instead of:
📧 *"I’ll get back to you."*

It’s:
✅ *"I took care of it."*

Instead of:
🤝 *"If you hired me, here’s what I’d do."*

It’s:
📊 *"Here’s how I solved this problem for 16 other organizations."*

One asks people to imagine your value.
The other tells them how it already happened. Past tense. 👀

Trust isn’t built by making bigger promises.
It’s built by giving people proof. 💯

**Less invoices. More receipts.** 🧾➡️✅

08/04/2026

You probably know what to do next.
You’re just afraid to do it. 😬

People often come to me feeling stuck.
They have too many options.

A challenge they can’t solve.
A decision they can’t make.

They tell me:
“I don’t know what to do.”

Sometimes, that’s completely true.
More often?

They know exactly what to do.
They just don’t like the answer.

Because the answer might involve:
Having the sweaty 10-minute conversation. 🥵
Asking for the opportunity. 🙋
Setting the uncomfortable boundary. 🚧
Telling someone what isn’t working. 🗣️
Doing something badly before doing it well. 🌱
Risking a “no” from someone who matters.

Fear has a remarkable ability to disguise itself as confusion. 🎭
It sends us searching for more information.

Another book. Another podcast. Another opinion.

Meanwhile, the answer is sitting in the one place we keep avoiding.

So when you’re unsure what to do next, ask:
“What am I most afraid to do?”

Then consider walking toward it. 👣

Unless it’s an oncoming locomotive. 🚂
Please walk away from that.

The point isn’t to do everything that scares you.

It’s to notice when fear is pointing directly at the conversation, decision or action that could change everything. 🧭

And if fear doesn’t offer a clear answer, try another compass:
“What would make me feel most alive?” ✨

Fear and excitement are close cousins.
Sometimes the path that makes your stomach flutter is also the one that makes your eyes light up.

So you may not want another answer.
You may want 10 sweaty minutes of courage. 💪

What conversation have you been avoiding?

07/24/2026

4 Ways To Follow Up

Read the room, cowboy. 🤠

You sent the message...and now you're waiting. 📬

1 day. 2 days. 3 days. ⏳

Sure, you can just wait and hope. 🤞

Or you could be assertive and get this thing moving. 🚀

Here are 4 great ways to follow up when that colleague isn't getting back to you.

**1. The question mark ❓**

I learned this one from my awesome Coach Carolyn Freyer-Jones.

Find your last email and hit reply. Delete the subject line. Type one single character.

Subject: ?

Then write this:

"Hi Sarah, just making sure I haven't missed anything from you."

That lone question mark stands out in any inbox. It's simple. It's weird. It works. 👀

**2. The bump 👆**

This one is even simpler.

Subject: Bump

"Hi Sarah, bump! Just wanted to make sure I haven't missed anything."

No apology. No long explanation. Just a friendly nudge.

That's it. ✅

**3. The wanted poster 🪧**

This one is my personal favorite.

Subject: Wanted

Use AI to make an Old West wanted poster with their photo. 🖼️

WANTED: A RESPONSE FROM SARAH

Send it with a short note saying their reply would be greatly appreciated.

It's funny. It's memorable. It works. 🎯

Just don't send it to a stranger after one cold email. Read the room, cowboy. 🤠

**4. Proof of life 📰**

Subject: Proof of life requested

"Hi Sarah, it's been a while. Please send proof of life when you get a chance."

Bonus points if you attach a photo of someone holding today's newspaper. 📸

Again, know your audience. This works when they already know you a little.

Following up doesn't have to feel like pulling teeth. 🦷

A little personality goes a long way.

Try one of these next time someone goes quiet on you. 🦗

Hope you find fortune in the follow-up, 🍀

Eric

P.S. Want to communicate better with clients and the people you lead? That's exactly what I help people do. Just hit reply and let me know. We'll find a time to talk. 💬

Todd got laid off without warning. 😳10 weeks later, he landed a job he likes. 🎉A merger happened. His position disappear...
07/22/2026

Todd got laid off without warning. 😳
10 weeks later, he landed a job he likes. 🎉

A merger happened.
His position disappeared.

He hadn’t looked for a job in years.
While he was working, the entire job-search game had changed. 🎯

Todd came to one of my sessions. Something clicked pretty quickly. 💡

He realized there wasn’t anything wrong with him.
He just wanted a different system.
One that worked better.

So he joined Get Hired FAST and got to work. 🚀

He got uncomfortable.
He joined calls with people he didn’t know and shared his story.
He learned to build real trust instead of pitching himself. 🤝

About 10 weeks later, Todd landed a job he genuinely likes. 🙌

The biggest shift wasn’t his resume.
It wasn’t even the job-search tactics.

Todd said it was learning to handle rejection without losing hope. 💙
Because once “no” stops scaring you, “yes” tends to arrive a whole lot faster. ✅

Most job seekers think they need a better resume. 📄
That may be part of it.

What they really want is a better system.
One that helps employers trust them, not merely notice them. 🔑

If your job search isn’t working, let’s talk through what’s happening.
I’m opening a few spots for complimentary one-on-one coaching calls. 📆

Some people who schedule these calls end up working with me.
They get hired real #$% # fast like Todd did.
Others don’t.

Either way is completely fine.

You’ll leave with a clearer understanding of what’s getting in your way and what you can do next. 🧭

Book your complimentary call here: https://gethiredfast.net 🔗

07/22/2026

You may be aiming too low to get hired.
Because being overqualified works against you. 🎯

Imagine two candidates:

Just barely qualified.
Massively overqualified.

Given the choice, employers often prefer the person who is just barely qualified.

Why?

They have room to grow. 🌱
They’re more likely to stick around.
They won’t cost as much to hire.
They see the position as a step forward.
They’re open to learning how this employer does things.

The massively overqualified candidate creates a different set of concerns:

Will they leave when something better appears?
Will they expect more money? 💰
Will they get bored doing the actual job?
Will they resist doing things our way?

None of those concerns may be fair.
They’re still real.

So if you’re overqualified for every position you’re applying for and you’re not getting hired, stop aiming lower.

Aim higher. 🚀

Look for opportunities where YOU’RE just barely qualified.

That’s where you have room to grow.
That’s where an employer can see your potential.

And it’s probably exactly where you belong.

The Quiet Confidence That Gets You HiredThere's a type of confidence that gets people hired. 🎯And it's not the loud kind...
06/26/2026

The Quiet Confidence That Gets You Hired

There's a type of confidence that gets people hired. 🎯

And it's not the loud kind.

It's not the person who dominates the room, talks over questions, or sells themselves like a used car.

It's quieter than that. And it's way more compelling.

Here's what quiet confidence looks like in an interview:

✅ They pause before answering. Not because they don't know - because they're thinking. That pause says: "I take this seriously."

✅ They give concrete examples, not vague claims. "I'm a strong communicator" tells me nothing. "I rebuilt the way my team ran stand-ups and meeting lateness dropped 80%" tells me everything. 💡

✅ They ask great questions. Not "what are the growth opportunities?" but questions that show they've thought about the role, the team, the challenge. Questions that make the interviewer lean in.

✅ They're comfortable with silence. They don't rush to fill every gap. They let their answers breathe. 🔥

Quiet confidence isn't about being low-energy.

It's about being grounded.

Practice it before your next interview.

👇 Want to prep for your next big interview? Let's do it: https://value.winatwork.io/interview-prep

What Leaders Do When Everything Feels UncertainNobody told you this part of leadership. 🙌The part where you don't know t...
06/25/2026

What Leaders Do When Everything Feels Uncertain

Nobody told you this part of leadership. 🙌

The part where you don't know the answer.

The part where the market shifts, the strategy changes, the team looks to you for certainty - and you don't have it.

Here's what I've watched the best leaders do in those moments:

They stop pretending. Not publicly panicking, but also not performing false confidence. "I don't have all the answers right now, but here's what I do know" is one of the most powerful sentences a leader can say. 💡

They shrink the horizon.When the long view is foggy, the best leaders get very clear about the next 30 days. What do we know? What can we control? What do we do this week? Small clarity beats big uncertainty every time. 🎯

They stay visible. Uncertain times are when leaders disappear into meetings and close their doors. The best ones do the opposite. They walk the floor. They have the conversations. They stay present even when it's uncomfortable. 💼

They take care of themselves. This one gets skipped. Leaders who run on empty in a crisis make worse decisions, show up worse, and burn out faster. The oxygen mask rule applies here. 🔥

Uncertainty isn't a leadership failure.

Running away from it is.

Your team doesn't need you to have all the answers.

They just want you to be in the room. 🚀

👇 Can’t find the right roles in your job search? Watch this: https://value.winatwork.io/ca ideasnt-find-the-right-roles-in-my-job-search

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