Under test pressure, you will not run a five-step process. You will run whatever is simple enough to remember. So here is the one I give my clients. Four letters. Picture a red stop sign. S is slow down. Read the question once for meaning, not speed. T is target the key words. Underline only,
The Trick Words On Tests Dyslexic and Literal Thinkers Need to Watch For
There is a short list of words that quietly decide your test answers, and a literal brain reads right past them. Only. Always. Never. Must. All. Every. Except. Not. When one of these shows up in a question, the test is usually checking something narrower than you think. Not whether a method works, but whether
Why Very Literal Thinkers Overthink Test Questions (And the Process That Helps It)
written by Coach JoyGenea with supporting help from Claude Code AI. Image by ChatGPT Do you overthink test questions and talk yourself into the wrong answer? You knew the material cold and still missed things you understood? You might be a high-literal test taker. Here is what is actually happening in your brain, and the step-by-step process that helps
You Forgot You’re Allowed to Feel Successful
You deserve to feel successful. Most high-achievers forgot that a long time ago. I had two conversations this week with brand new clients that landed in the same place. Both had lost the joy in what they’re doing. Not the results. Not the title. The joy. Here’s the blind spot. If you never defined what
The Question Founders Never Ask Themselves
You can name your revenue target. Can you name who you actually want in your corner while you chase it? Most high-achieving leaders never stop to answer that question. They accumulate relationships along the way instead of choosing them, and they never ask what growth even looks like for them right now. This short breaks
What Is Success To You? No Plan Is A Plan That Lands You Nowhere
You Update the Business Plan Every Year. Your Definition of Success Is 20 Years Old. Written by Coach JoyGenea, Clude code, and image by ChatGPT You revise the forecast. You redo the org chart. You sat down and set targets for the company with actual numbers attached, and you will do it again next year, because that is what a
Talking Isn’t Change
Every founder I work with is running a process most of their competitors do not have installed. It never turns off. Asking the question. Why is this happening? Why does this keep breaking? That question runs constantly for a lot of high performer unconventional thinkers, whether it ever comes out of their mouth or
Are Your Growing Your Strengths, Even If It Looks Like a Weakness?
I don’t diagnose anyone. I don’t spend sessions hunting for what is wrong with a founder. Here is what I actually look for: what is quietly keeping someone from running on every strength they already have. Not what is wrong. What is unused. That distinction matters, because most high performers have already done
Naming Is Not Doing: Why It Matters To Get Something Defined and Named Right (part 2)
written by Coach JoyGenea and Claude AI There I was, finally holding the word I had been chasing for years. This time, it was RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria). Other times it had been words like time blindness and short-term memory deficit. It doesn’t matter what the word was this time. What matters is what comes
The Clean Up Your Business Actually Needs; Expiration Dates Are Valuable
Closing out dead work in your business takes time. Turning off old funnels, wrapping up client relationships, moving people on to services that actually serve them, none of that happens by accident. Here’s the blind spot I see constantly with unconventional leaders: the shiny new thing always wins over the cleanup. You’ll spend hours building