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Edward Bailey shared thisDo you have a focus problem or a placement problem? Most "underperformance" isn't a capability issue. It's a person built for five things wedged into a role that only wants one. I built a framework for the other kind of person, because I am the other kind of person. The PILL framework Portfolio Career Independent Thinking Life Design Leverage Swipe through for the four-part breakdown. Which pillar is your biggest opportunity right now?
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Edward Bailey posted thisWhen you think about job security, what comes to mind, and how does it affect your short-term and long-term decision-making? What are your personal criteria to believe that your job is secure?
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Edward Bailey shared thisThere is a very important meeting over the next three days. Nine attendees. Eight figures in revenue to be distributed. A long-term negotiation that started a month ago and is continuing after a three-week cool-off period. This meeting will be conducted in front of friends, family, and allies. All of it live. All of it public. There is a clear hierarchy among the participants, built entirely off their current position on the cap table. No one in that room reports to anyone else in that room. There is no boss. There is no org chart on the wall. And yet the hierarchy could not be more rigid. One seat controls more than a third of the value at the table. It would take 4 other attendees to match their stake. The person with the most leverage has held that position for less time than everyone else in the room. He is also the youngest person at the table. Every attendee already has a guaranteed outcome most people would call the best year of their life and almost every one of them is going to leave this meeting feeling like they lost something. Nobody is getting fired. Nobody is walking away broke. And somehow, that's almost beside the point. What am I talking about? Let me know your guesses below or check out the article to find out.
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Edward Bailey posted thisA thermometer gives a reading. 68 degrees isn't wrong. It's not right either. It's just what the room is doing right now. Nobody moralizes a thermometer, but people moralize the reading a person gives off, constantly. You have fast processing. You produce in bursts. You seem to always have five interests running at once, three of them "unfinished." None of that is a temperature you failed. It's a moral judgment you were handed. My dad told me something a long time ago. I never forgot it. I'm a thermostat. Everywhere. I set the temperature. If it's too cold, I turn up. If it's too hot, I turn down. I make sure the reading lands where it needs to be to get the result. That's the whole difference. A thermometer reports. A thermostat acts. Here's what actually happens to gifted, twice-exceptional, multipotentialite, spider-web-cognition people. Nobody tells them their reading is wrong. Not directly. What they get told is that the reading is a problem. A character flaw. Too much. Too scattered. Too fast. Too many things at once. That's moralizing a preference and calling it feedback. A reading can't be wrong. It just is. The room deciding your reading is a moral failure isn't information about you. It's information about the room. Most advice in this space stops at "there's nothing wrong with you." That's true, and it's also not enough. Relief isn't the finish line. It's the starting gun, because knowing your temperature isn't broken doesn't hand you the thermostat. It just gets the shame out of the way so you can finally reach for it. The move after relief is the one nobody teaches: you don't wait for the room to approve of your reading. You act on the gap between where it is and where you need it to be. That's the whole job - making sure the temperature is at the reading needed to get the result. Nobody hands you a thermostat. You have to know you're allowed to hold one and become the person in the room who sets it.
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Edward Bailey shared thisA sitting U.S. Ambassador to Canada once offered my family the fast track: jobs for my parents and paid for private school educations. I knew about none of this until I was a full-grown adult. I asked my dad why he said no to the deal. His response: "I have a house, a job, and a family. What do I need that for?" Translation: "Nah. We good." Most of the mid-six-figure corporate operators I talk to don't have that gear. They possess 99th percentile fluid intelligence and fast processing speed, but when an institutional patron waves a golden cage, their backbone completely dissolves. They take the golden handcuffs. They trade their peak biological hours for useless alignment meetings. They beg their managers for permission slips to watch their own kid’s 3:00 PM soccer game on a Tuesday. They tell themselves they're playing it safe for "financial security." They aren't. They are waiting for a patron saint of management to validate them. If your entire life strategy relies on someone else owning the building, you don't have a career. You have a lease. When the institution decides it’s best for them, it will terminate your lease on a Tuesday morning without blinking. I just dropped the complete structural audit deconstructing: The Floor-Plan Defect: Why your W2 job is merchandising your V12 strategic judgment on the appliance floor behind bargain mattresses. The Zero Correlation Pedigree Data-Drop: Why traditional credentials carry zero statistical correlation with actual output. The 15-Hour Stealth Engine: How to fulfill your highest leverage corporate obligations in 15 hours flat, reclaim your biological bandwidth, and build parallel assets you own natively. Stop begging at their tables. Stop renting your biological hours to pay off someone else's mortgage. Read the full essay below. (Or drop the word "CHASSIS" in the comments so that I can send you a diagnostic to help you upgrade your approach to the game of life.) #PortfolioCareer #SpiderWebCognition #TwiceExceptional #2e #LifeDesign #SystemsArchitecture #TableSelectionThe Permission Slip You're Begging For Doesn't ExistThe Permission Slip You're Begging For Doesn't Exist
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Edward Bailey posted thisWe didn't come this far to come THIS FAR. You’ve spent 15 years out-thinking, out-navigating, and out-executing the room. You’ve survived the corporate filtration system, collected the titles, hit the six-figure baseline, and built a pristine professional wrapper. Yet, every Tuesday at 11 PM, your brain is cooked, your nervous system is fried, and you can’t enjoy life. You find yourself at your workstation, overwhelmed with thoughts and ideas, staring at a 40-slide presentation deck meant to justify your existence to a manager who doesn’t understand your thinking or systems. This may look safe and like what you are supposed to do, but in reality, it’s a bottleneck to the life you truly want and the work you should be doing. Here’s the trap many twice-exceptional, fast-processing minds fall into: you think making it into the room was the finish line. You keep pushing the gas pedal of a 700-horsepower V12 engine while idling on corporate black ice. You collect another certification, tweak your LinkedIn bio, try to fit the culture, play the polite compliance game, and hope your manager and leadership team will finally recognize your intelligence. They won’t. They don’t pay premium rates for politeness and compliance, nor do they reward raw, unfiltered force. The machine is designed for liability mitigation. If trading your genius reduces their risk by even 2%, they will do it without hesitation. You didn’t break through every gatekeeper in your youth just to become a high-priced retainer on someone else's estate. If your strategy relies on someone else owning the building, you don’t have a career; you have a lease. "This far" was just the training ground. It was where you collected the receipts, tested your tools, and realized the gatekeepers only have leverage at their gate. The next level isn’t about working harder inside their cage. It’s about Table Selection over Horsepower. It’s about exiting the blizzard, building your own parallel highway, and stepping up as the CEO of your own destiny. Stop asking for permission from those who can’t even recognize your true value. You didn’t come this far to come THIS FAR. If your brain is running a V12 engine inside a corporate snowstorm right now, drop the word "CHASSIS" in the comments below, and let’s talk about it. Feel free to repost this for the underappreciated operator in your network who always steps up but deserves better.
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Edward Bailey posted thisThe advice that made me feel broken: "You have to commit to one thing or you'll never be taken seriously." I believed it for years. Every time I started something new, I heard that sentence in my head like a warning label. Here's what I know now: that advice wasn't wrong for everyone. It was wrong for me. Different brain, different rules, same result eventually, just not the way anyone told me it would happen. What advice made YOU feel broken? Tell me below. I'm reading every comment on this one. And if you're ready to stop working around advice that was never built for you, comment MAP. I'll send you the exercise that replaced it for me. #PortfolioCareer #Multipotentialite #Neurodivergent #TwiceExceptional #CareerChange #ADHD
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Edward Bailey posted this5 types of portfolio career. Which one are you already running? The Group Hug: one multifaceted job, many hats, one paycheck. The Slash: several part-time roles, kept deliberately separate. The Einstein: one stable job, real projects running on the side. The Phoenix: full careers, one after another, no regrets about any of them. The Builder: a business made entirely from your combined skills. Most people are running one of these already and just don't have the language for it yet. Which one are you? Comment below. Want help figuring out which one actually fits your specific mix of skills? Comment MAP. #PortfolioCareer #CareerDevelopment #Multipotentialite #Leverage
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisEveryone said take the safe money. I signed a one-year 'prove-it' deal instead. It became a $31M+ extension. In 2013, the league passed on me until the third round, and I've carried that with me ever since, through both Super Bowl rings. By 2020, everybody was giving me the kind of advice people give you when they think they're protecting you. All of it pointed at the guaranteed years and the locked-in number. I signed a one-year deal with the Giants instead. A guaranteed contract hands the decision to somebody else. They set your number and you live with it, and I wanted to answer that one myself. I bet another season of my own film would make the case better than any guarantee could. That bet turned into an extension north of $30 million. That only works if you're willing to be wrong out loud, in front of the same people who told you not to do it. Betting on myself meant I'd have to show up and earn it again every week. I believed my own tape back then, and I'd sign that one-year deal again tomorrow.
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisA degree tells you what someone studied. It doesn't tell you if they can do the job. One of our TCA alumni, Dr. Miro Bada, makes the case for what actually matters more. Check out the full post below ⬇️ 99% of jobs can be taught (if you give people a chance) Your education doesn't define you. Hiring managers often require: ↳ Degrees ↳ Fancy credentials ↳ Years of experience ...for jobs that don't need them. They're missing out on many high performers. Here's the truth: A piece of paper doesn’t show what you can do. Most skills are best learned on the job. (not in a classroom) These 5 Things Matter More Than a Degree: 1/ Show Up When Others Don't ↳ Be the one who's always there, no matter what ↳ Even on your worst days, being present puts you ahead 2/ Do the Hard Stuff First ↳ Tackle your toughest task right away ↳ Your brain is freshest in the morning, use it wisely 3/ Learn Something New Every Day ↳ Read, watch, and talk to people smarter than you ↳ Small bits of knowledge become big wisdom over time 4/ Help Others Shine ↳ Always make your teammates look good ↳ When you lift others, you rise further 5/ Own Your Mistakes and Solve Problems ↳ Take responsibility when things go wrong, then fix them ↳ Leaders love problem-solvers, not excuses Give folks a chance! You might be surprised by what they can do. And if you get one of those chances... Make them wonder why they ever doubted you. Remember, your credentials don't define your potential. Your actions do. ___ P.S. Would you rather choose having a skill or having a degree? ♻️ Follow me and share this to help others 📌 Save this post for future reference! If you want a copy of my top 60+ infographics (free): 👉 Like, Repost, then signup here: www.PeakProtocol.co
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisYou have no experience. Stick to software. Content is a distraction. You're too old for this. You talk too fast. Nobody wants to hear a Canadian talk about business. Don't mention the jail cell. Nobody cares about your story. Business content is saturated. You missed the window. You can’t build a brand. You give away too much for free. The market is too small. You are going to run out of money. The market is too competitive. 3 million subscribers. … During your life, you’ll meet a lot of people who’ll tell you a version of this. It is important that you ignore them. Thank you for being here. This number belongs to you as much as it does to me. Onwards. -DM
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisAs an Olympic gymnast, I never imagined myself being on the other side of the mat. This weekend, I’ll open my eighth Dominique Dawes Academy in Spring, Texas—and there are many more to come! What I love most is the impact we’re making on children and families: prioritizing physical and mental well-being, building confidence, and creating meaningful relationships within our community. Success for me is not about medals, it’s about the smiles on every kids face that eagerly walk into and out of our facility each and every day. I never had this growing up, which makes it even more special to give it back. I’m so excited to bring this vision to Spring, Texas! ❤️🤸🏽♀️ Trivest Partners Houston Chronicle Adam Zeitsiff
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisIn 2021 I put money into an app where entrepreneurs were selling trading cards on livestream. It's called Whatnot, and the pitch is that you go live and sell straight to whoever's watching, except people show up as much for the seller as for the cards. It's now one of the biggest live-shopping platforms in the country. I got in on a round a lot of people didn't understand, and I understood it because I'd been watching how younger people already spend their time. If you're the store and the show at the same time, you win twice. The stuff that looks strange right now is usually where I want to be before it stops looking strange.
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Edward Bailey liked thisEdward Bailey liked thisThis photo is the last time I walked out of an NFL stadium as an "athlete." It was taken after the Bears' first preseason game of the 2015 season. August 14th. The opponent: Miami Dolphins. A few days before, on the very last play of practice, I felt a "pop" in my back. I played football for 24 years and have had the full spectrum of injuries — but this one felt off immediately. Over the next few days the sciatica set in down my left leg. It's a pain I wish on no one (if you know, you know). I can't recall if I actually decided to play in that game. But being injured at 30, entering my 8th season, with a completely new staff hell bent on cleaning house from the previous regime — and no guaranteed money on my contract — was less than ideal. Fast forward a few weeks and I had season-ending back surgery and got placed on IR (which guaranteed my salary). I retired the following spring. Watching the Bears' first preseason game on Saturday, I was reminded of this moment. Not from a place of regret or sadness but from respect for what it gave me. My life has been built by sport. And of everything it gives you, nothing is greater than who you become chasing the best version of yourself. It's not for everyone. It's not the only path. But if you're blessed to find the sport that lights your fire and aligns with your ability — go all in. Going pro would be amazing. "NIL money" sounds great. But the sauce is developing the skill and desire to take the next step, every day. And now those two little girls I'm holding aren't so little anymore. They're writing their own athletic narratives, and the student has become the teacher (and the Uber). They've tried my patience more times than I can count, lol — but those were the moments I learned the most. Many aspects of youth sports have changed, and through supporting my daughters I've become passionate about translating what I know into something that actually serves them, and kids like them. Which is why I'm building BlueChip OS. Athlete development built on three things: feedback the athlete can actually see, mental performance training, and a record of progress over time. This fall I'm working with a handful of youth sports clubs to build it alongside them. If you run a program and this side of development is important to you, send me a note!
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