People Stack Podcast

Do you ever just feel...empty? Like there has to be more to life than just Zoom meetings, Slack messages, Netflix, and the occasional fun dinner with family? Do you ever feel like you have WAY more to give in your work - but you don’t know what or how? You can’t quite put your finger on it - you just know you were destined to build your dream career... ...and you’re not living your dream right now! Ready to make it a reality! Check out this episode now!

What happens to your mind when you don’t have time off from work? What happens to your body when you don’t give it time to recover? What happens to your spirit when you don’t relax? They all deteriorate. Slowly but sure, it happens. And this will surely make your tech career deteriorate as well. How do you stop this cycle? Check out this episode right now!

How much do you enjoy your weekends? How much do they leave you feeling relaxed, restored, and ready to take on a new work week with unbridled optimism and energy? Or are your weekends low-quality? Do you spend the whole time dreading Monday? Do you try to have fun with your family but your heart’s not in it? Do weekends feel like the same old thing over and over and over again? If you want to upgrade your tech career, you have to escape this low-quality weekend cycle! I talk about how in this episode! Check it out right now!

Money scarcity - the feeling of not having enough money - is the cause of major heartache. It affects us even deeper than that. As one of our clients put it - “My soul feels heavy.” The heaviness, that heartache, that broken spirit that you feel around money is causing career disaster for you. If you don’t fix it soon, you’re going to end up permanently under-recognized, permanently under-paid, and permanently over-stressed. How do you escape money scarcity so you can build your dream tech career? That’s what I talk about in this episode! You don’t want to miss this one.

Does money feel heavy to you? Do you think about money and it makes you contract, cringe, or feel tight/resistant? This is actually really common and we hear it a lot from our tech manager clients. Here’s the thing, though: If you don’t remove your resistances around money, you’re never going to make more of it! You’re never going to upgrade your career and earn the salary you’re really capable of earning. Ready to make money feel light so that you can make even more of an impact? Check out this episode right away!

Our tech manager clients often tell us that they no longer want to be pushovers. Or, that they’re people-pleasers. To a fault. Whether you’re oozing with confidence or still figuring it out how to call it forth, you’re gonna want to check out this episode! I reveal our #1 greatest fear - and how overcoming it is the key to unleashing your confidence and building your dream tech career. Tune in right now!

Clients often ask us how to build their confidence. I find that the best way to approach this is to first explain what NOT to do. Because if you build your confidence in the wrong way, you’ll decimate it. You’ll completely obliterate your chances of earning that raise or promotion - or land that new job. So what’s the wrong way and the right way to build your confidence? Give this episode a listen right now!

The theme for the week are the massive achievements that our clients are creating! And the reason they are able to create them is because they stopped stabbing themselves with knives of doubt. What does that look like? And how can you stop stabbing yourself so you can build your dream tech career? Do not miss this episode!

One of our clients just celebrated getting a 46% raise!!! We are so stoked for him and so proud. This is actually a really common outcome for our clients. How do they make this happen? I talk about that in this episode so don’t miss it!

Four-time Fittest Man on Earth Mat Fraser is an unstoppable force. He’s human (we’re pretty sure) - so what’s his secret? In a hashtag: #HWPO Hard Work Pays Off But does it? How does Mat turn this hard work into an amazing life with impossible victories? And how does this relate to creating impossible victories in your tech career? Tune in now to find out!

Hard work pays off, right? Not always. I know you work hard. You’re committed to advancing in your career and being the best tech leader you can be. And yet...you still feel under-recognized. You’re still earning way less than you’re worth. The truth is, hard work isn’t enough. If it were, every tech manager would be living their dream. What’s the missing piece to building your dream career that the top 1% of tech managers know that you probably don’t? Tune in right now!

If you’re feeling stressed or overwhelmed because of your job or your career… I guarantee it’s affecting others in your life! Your team. Your family. Your friends. They’re suffering due to YOUR suffering. It’s selfish NOT to address this! Ready to gain tools and strategies so you can manage your sense of overwhelm, upgrade your tech career, and build loving relationships in your life? Tune in for this episode!

If you’re burnt out, you can’t SEE it. Maybe you can FEEL it... But the thing is, we’re so good at coping with stress, we often miss it. Are you TOO burnt out and you don’t even know it? And - is it silently killing your tech career? Do not miss this episode!

How would you respond if someone told you to make a decision - right now!!?? Probably not so well. You’d at least contract or cringe a bit. But, if you want to live your dream right now, don’t you need to embrace the cringe? On this episode, I talk about how to make decisions as a technical leader that will help you build a high-performing team AND a high-performing life. Check this one out - right now! ;)

I have an entrepreneur friend. His name is Norbert and he’s one of the most inspiring people I’ve ever met. I’ll share more details of his story in the podcast. The gist of it is: He started his business with his wife, they were living the dream every day. Then she passed away suddenly. Through his grief, he came out on the other side with unbridled joy. One of my favorite Norbert quotes is, “Live your dream NOW!!!” What does this mean for you and your tech career? Check out this episode to find out!

We’re on a winning streak here at The People Stack! Every day, clients are celebrating all of their successes, big and small. Really, there are no “small” success because each one stacks up to create amazing results. In this episode, I ready through DOZENS of our recent client wins from our internal Slack group. Get ready for a massive dose of inspiration! Check it out right now!

How do you know if a brownie recipe is good and that the chef knows what she’s doing? The proof is in the pudding! ;) It’s the same thing with us. I know you want proof that our systems work and that we can REALLY help you transform your tech career. Wait no more. Here’s your proof - in the form of the outstanding results our badass tech manager clients are creating right now! Check this one out immediately!

One of our clients had a major breakthrough this week that I want to share. It’s given her an extraordinary shift in perspective and I know that many of you will benefit from hearing about it. It’s about money. The meaning of money. And how it’s often connected to our self-worth. If you have ANY negative money beliefs - and we ALL do - you’re gonna wanna catch this episode. Get ready to unlock a new way of seeing money, wealth, and value so that you can show up as the amazing tech leader you are… ..while you reap the financial rewards with humility. Check out this episode right now!

Every day, I’m hearing from clients and friends about layoffs, downsizing, forced furloughs, and zero financial resources. To say that we’re living in uncertain times is an understatement. We need another level worse than uncertainty: foreboding, suffering, nail-biting uneasiness And this time, my friends - this is the time that champions are made! Ready to take on that new perspective so you can see the world right now with a completely new set of glasses? Do not miss this episode!

When you’re facing career challenges, the urge may be to solve it on your own. But, at some point, you look for help. And that can take the form of talking to another human - preferably an expert. But, how do you know you’re ready to talk to another person about your career troubles? Maybe it would be better to just keep trying to solve it on your own? I talk about these important questions in this episode. Check it out right now!