That’s it, everybody! The 50th and final episode of the Forward Tilt podcast. Over the last 50 weeks, we covered one lesson every week–one way to get off the conveyor belt and take control of building your career and life. Now that Forward Tilt is coming to an end, Isaac gives his recommendations for more…
We call it baby steps when you take small guarded steps forward. But babies take the exact opposite approach. They flail, take big risks, and learn as they go. When babies start crawling they don’t cautiously ease their way into it. They get up, fall down and crash into things. They’ll walk off the top…
What truly matters for attracting opportunities is your reputation. Your connections, friends, coworkers, and customers who know the type of work you do. So many young people obsess over making a good looking resume—they go for impressive sounding internships and seek out volunteer experience. This might help with getting through gatekeepers in big companies. But…
Statistics can be very illuminating in aggregate, but individuals are not aggregates. Statistics tell a story about what happened in the past for a certain group of people. But, whether it is average college graduate salaries or income levels for types of professions, people mistake past statistics for guarantees about the future. They forget that…
This week on Office Hours, TK and Isaac talk about the power of daily challenges and answer four listener questions: How do I get a job after a failed startup? How do you answer a question about weaknesses in a job interview? I’ve been at my current job for three years and my boss has never…
Whether you are writing a blog post, creating a video, or making a marketing plan, if you sit around theorizing about the perfect way to do it, you won’t get closer to a high-quality product. We like to imagine that the longer we have to do something the better it will be. That the more…
This week’s Office Hours is all about communication. Whether it is at work, for a large audience, or for someone who doesn’t share your beliefs, communication can create great challenges or opportunities at work and in your day to day life. In this episode, TK and Isaac break down questions about communication in three different contexts…
This week’s Office Hours is all about communication. Whether it is at work, for a large audience, or for someone who doesn’t share your beliefs, communication can create great challenges or opportunities at work and in your day to day life. In this episode, TK and Isaac break down questions about communication in three different contexts…
This week on Forward Tilt, Praxis COO Cameron Sorsby guest hosts to share three key traits that separate great young professionals from the pack. These are skills that are extremely valuable and set you up for long-term success, but don’t require a degree, a good job, or any gatekeepers permission to learn. No matter what you…
Whether its a church, a workplace, or a college campus, the status you have in any small setting is different than your status in a larger context. It is easy to forget that though and get stressed about your lack of status in a specific environment. This is especially common for young people at school and…
“There is nothing that is a greater expression of your personal power than your day job.” – TK Coleman In the second episode of Office Hours, TK and Isaac break down two questions that focus on taking an empowered approach to your work. First, how do you approach a situation at work where you are…
Vague and general questions get vague and general answers. If you want valuable input from others, create something first and then ask for feedback on it. In this week’s Forward Tilt Isaac talks about the rough draft mindset–an approach to getting more valuable feedback from others by creating first and then reaching out for support. Whether…
Lot’s of people are afraid of sales jobs because they don’t come with a guaranteed monthly salary. The uncertainty of working for commission makes them so nervous that they opt for the “security” of a salaried role. But the job security they think exists in marketing, operations, or other roles is a myth. No matter…
Too many new employees are too eager to get out of grunt work. They are right to want to focus on creating more value, but they miss the opportunity that grunt work provides. On this episode, Isaac shares a story from a conversation with a CEO about a young employee asking for a raise. He…
Tiny daily acts of creation have immense compounding power. Something as simple as committing to blogging every day can lead to a complete change in direction. For Isaac, daily blogging started as a way to break out of a period of dissatisfaction. But the small commitment led to massive changes and directly to the decision…