Wendy Rhoades
Coaching

Wendy Rhoades from Billions: The Truth About Performance Coaches

October 12, 2017 Galel Fajardo 0

If you enjoyed “The Sopranos” or “Wall Street” and haven’t seen “Billions” on Showtime, I encourage you to check it out. Aside from being entertaining, it’s a dramatic (and glamorized) look inside the world of hedge funds. More relevant to you, however, is one of the main characters, Wendy Rhoades. […]

Mindset

The Wrong Way to Coach

April 25, 2017 Galel Fajardo 3

My job involves me telling people some harsh truths. The nice part about it is that it’s done totally confidentially, either over the phone or in person… My clients aren’t told in front of anyone else how to improve upon their existing habits or behaviors. It’s one of the aspects […]

Mindset

The $549 Million Dust Pile

January 9, 2017 Galel Fajardo 1

Americans love spending money on self-help products. According to an article in the Boston Globe, Americans spend an average of $549 million on self-help books a year. If I had to guess, most of those books are never finished. Many are probably sitting under a layer of dust on a […]

Visualization
Performance Psychology

Visualizing Success: Legit or Self-Help Guru Nonsense?

January 2, 2017 Galel Fajardo 2

One of the books that bothered me over the last decade was “The Secret,” which implied that by simply focusing your energy on something, you can attain it. Oprah made this book popular by saying that it was one of her secrets to success. Here’s what Oprah left out: She […]