3 Non-Negotiables for Building a Meaningful Career

I naturally asked him what stood out, look at what he shared:

“It was mainly the mindset”

After that came the frameworks and systems that we teach.

He wasn’t the only one either. Almost each of our clients credits their mindset to what they achieved.

Here’s one from someone who recently landed a Senior Manager of Program Management, followed by someone who landed a Senior Project Manager role.

Okay…. so why is mindset or belief so important? Well, the belief-equation sums this up perfectly:

Now the next natural question is: Alright… I believe I can do it… now what?? How can I keep my mindset vs. having it waver?

This where Non-Negotiable #2 enters: Skillset

Once you believe you can achieve your desired goal (let’s assume it’s a $200k-$500k+ salary), you can’t rely on that alone.

Now you have to equip yourself with the right skills to actually achieve it.

Because, believing in yourself is only 1 part of the equation (yet a vitally important one).

But for that belief to last, you have to make sure you know what to actually do.

It’s like saying:
Believing you can get to “where you’re going” is the Mindset + Belief
Knowing how to get there is the Skillset
WIth me so far?

This is where systems come into place.

I’ve said this many times before, and I’ll keep saying it:

Landing a $200k – $500k+ offer doesn’t come from a hope and a prayer. It comes from systems.

Here’s what the person who went from $42k to $260k had to say:

So what is the skillset (aka system) required to landing a $200k-$500k+ job offer (for a company you admire, doing what you enjoy)?

It requires 5 components:

1. Getting clear on the ONE role you’re going to target next
2. Marketing yourself to speak to that one role via your Resume & LinkedIn profile
3. Generating high-quality interviews w/o applying
4. Knowing how to turn interviews into offers
5. Knowing how to negotiate intelligently

That’s the system.

I talked about in-depth here, too.

\Alright, so now:

• You believe you can land a $200k – $500k+ job offer = Mindset
• You know what is required to get there, too. = Skillset
• What’s next?? Enter Non-negotiable #3

Non-Negotiable #3: Toolset

Think of it like this:

1. If the destination is the Mindset
2. The step-by-step GPS is the Skillset
3. Then navigating each terrain you’ll experience along the way is the Toolset

This means, having the right resources for each step of the system described above:

1.  Skillset: Getting clear on the one role you’re going to target next

     Toolset: The Career Audit

2.   Skillset: Marketing your skills experience to speak to the one role via your Resume and LinkedIn profile

     Toolset: High converting Resume & LinkedIn templates

3.   Skillset: Generating high-quality interviews w/o applying

      Toolset: Intentional Networking: knowing who to identify / how to identify them / what to say to them

4.    Skillset: Turning interviews into offers

       Toolset: (this one has a lot, btw…) the overarching Toolset for this is: Consultative Interviewing

5.    Skillset: Negotiating your worth intelligently

       Toolset: The Chinese Menus philosophy

Hope the analogy makes sense now, but to drive hit home here’s the TL;DR

TL;DR: 3 Non-negotiables for landing a $200k – $500k+ Job Offer

Mindset + Skillset + Toolset

1. Believing you can get to where you want (absolutely key) = Mindset
2. Knowing how to get there = Skillset
3. Knowing what to do at each turn = Toolset

Adopting these 3 non-negotiables prior to starting your job search is exactly what is going to help you:

• Remove the doubt
• Avoid the frustration
• Eliminate the uncertainty

And replace it with: Ease. Flow. And Grace.

Coincidently: Mindset + Skillset + Toolset are the 3 things we equip each of our clients with inside of our 1-on-1 Coaching Program.

It’s the main reason that we have fortunately been able to guide 800+ of our own clients to land meaningful offers, too.

And now that you know it, I hope it serves you too.