Unstuck with Jay Abbasi

Every time you say yes, you’re saying no to something else. Meet Carl. He’s a successful real estate agent with no shortage of ideas or opportunities. But behind the deals, billboards, and growing business, he’s exhausted. He struggles to delegate, takes too much on himself, and every new idea adds another responsibility to an already crowded life. Carl wants to keep his ambitio...

If you want people to trust you, don’t wait for it to happen. Build it. In this solo episode, Jay breaks down five practical strategies for becoming someone your colleagues, leaders, stakeholders, and direct reports genuinely trust. Because when people see you as credible, they’re more likely to invite you into important conversations, listen to your ideas, and give you a seat a...

Not every performance problem is a training problem. Meet Lucy. She works in learning and development at a nonprofit she believes in, yet leadership repeatedly asks for quick PDFs that rarely change behavior. She wants to stop taking orders, ask better questions, and solve the real issue. Today, Jay sits down with Heather Burright, nonprofit learning and development consultant, ...

You don’t have to believe everything the voice in your head tells you. In this solo episode, Jay shares an unconventional strategy for dealing with the inner critic: give it a name. Inspired by an experience at a silent meditation retreat, Jay explains how a character from The Incredibles, Jack-Jack, became a powerful way for him to create distance from difficult thoughts and em...

What if being harder on yourself isn’t making you better? Meet Dwayne. He’s a respected COO who appears calm and confident, but internally he second-guesses himself, replays conversations, and feels like he should always be doing more. His instinct to help also leads him to take on too much, leaving him drained.What Dwayne wants most is to quiet the inner critic, trust himself, ...