Today on Productive Joy, Dr. Christie interviews career development strategist, mentor, and author Jerry Goldstein about building a career rooted in confidence and happiness. Jerry shares how people often feel stuck because life layers “software” of experiences and expectations, and explains how to decompress, connect past experiences, and identify a personal unique value proposition. 

He describes discovering his own strengths during the pandemic—networking and helping students—after his wife noticed he was happier coaching than practicing law, which led him to pivot into professional development and eventually Fordham. Jerry explains his coaching approach using active listening, reflecting back “what I’m hearing,” and finding a path of least resistance. He discusses writing Spilling the Career Tea from recurring themes in hundreds of his sessions..

Episode Highlights:

00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro

00:48 Career Confidence Hook

01:43 Rebuilding Career Software

04:30 Unique Value Proposition

06:40 Ask Your Network

09:45 Pivot From Law

12:50 Defining Productive Joy

15:18 Coaching Through Listening

17:55 Writing the Book

19:17 Spilling the Career Tea

23:26 Rapid Fire Round

24:38 Final Career Gold 

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