Nada Buhendi

Yes, this is a real photo of me taken by mom after my pancreatic surgery and it was all because of a job…If you are burning yourself out, I am BEGGING you to stop and read my story.

Over 11 years ago, I was working at a highly toxic environment. My boss posted my position without informing me. Happened 3 months after receiving an award for leading a successful software implementation…

😟 I was working 12 hour days across 3 timezones
😟 I was remote and had 0 social interaction (pre-pandemic)
😟 I experienced severe stomach pain I couldn’t explain

UNTIL I ENDED UP AT THE HOSPITAL…

Navigating my career by parachuting and crashing from one job to another without a plan or concept of a “NORTH STAR” clearly wasn’t working.

I figured trial and error would be my best teacher and the concept of career coach was foreign to me.

I never shared this photo with anyone before. I’ve kept it in my archives to remind myself why life is short and everyone deserves a job they love:

😀 Where they feel appreciated
😀 Feel happy & fulfilled
😀 Are Respected as human beings

That is the REASON I take my career of helping people land jobs they love VERY VERY SERIOUSLY.

If you are or know someone in a harmful work situation, please understand there is HELP out there. DM me.

I had $0 in cash and no car. So I gave up my winter coat to keep my dog warm at a bus shelter. We were waiting across the emergency vet to be seen after he ruptured his disc.

That month I needed to pay $8K to save my dog’s life. I also did not know how I was going to pay my mortgage.

I never felt so alone in my life during that moment. And I had no where else to stay.

I was 6 months into starting my own practice as a career coach.

Clients were talking to me about interview rejections. Little did they know the rejection marathons I went through. Every. Single. Day.

Every inquiry from a client lasts 1.5 hours. At the end of it I would get a rejection. I went through 27 of those that month.

Sometimes I’d get hung up on. Other times I would be compared to a car wash service.

I felt uncomfortable “selling”. The whole point I got into this was to help people and I really didn’t like talking about myself.

But That day at the bus shelter was my turning point. The desire to save my dog pushed me to STOP CARING about REJECTIONS

Somehow, my prayers were answered and a $20K law suit settlement for a broken foot fell on my lap after 5 years of waiting.

I reinvested that $20K into working with sales coaches, branding coaches, business coaches, career coaches…all kinds of experts because I’m NEGATIVELY MOTIVATED.

I decided not only was I going to be GREAT at conveying my value and branding but I’m also going to TEACH people how to be GREAT at it.

And that’s how the DOCTOR FRAME TECHNIQUE I presented at the SCRUM ALLIANCE came to birth. Using that technique, I helped 70+ clients convert their interviews into offers.

The common mistake: thinking CEOs are great at interviews.
The truth: they become CEOs because they stop caring about rejections.

So my advice to you: STOP CARING ABOUT REJECTIONS and put yourself out there, just like I am doing right now.

And if you are looking for a framework that will help you convert your interviews into offers, send me a DM with the word “BRAVE”