What does your UX job search have in common with Peloton? A lot more than you think. In this episode, Sarah shares the behind-the-scenes story of how a treadmill class in NYC and a Peloton bike helped her design Career Strategy Lab. You’ll learn how the principles of group fitness at scale inspired the structure, energy, and effectiveness of this UX job search accelerator—and how applying those same principles to your career can help you get out of your own head, stop procrastinating, and finally make progress.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

✔️ The UX behind Sarah’s early inspiration for Career Strategy Lab

✔️ How “perceived effort” can help job seekers at every level thrive in the same space

✔️ Why group coaching helps beat procrastination and self-doubt

✔️ What Peloton and portfolio reviews have in common (hint: shared energy)

✔️ The power of community, cognitive offloading, and normalization in your job search

✔️ Why DIYing your career might be the thing keeping you stuck

Timestamps:

00:56 The Inspiration Behind Career Strategy Lab

01:29 The Concept of Group Fitness at Scale

04:51 Applying Group Fitness Principles to Career Coaching

06:50 Benefits of Group Coaching

10:20 Normalization in Group Settings

13:40 Cognitive Offloading in Group Coaching

16:10 Community, Accountability, and Belonging

17:49 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

23:32 Call to Action and Additional Resources

24:47 Encouragement for Job Seekers

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Welcome to the Career Strategy Podcast with Sarah Doody, a UX Designer & UX Researcher with 20 years of experience who founded the UX job search accelerator, Career Strategy Lab. She's been doing UX career coaching since 2017.

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