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Why I Never Negotiate My Salary

Never asked for a raise. Never negotiated an offer. For 25 years, fear and craft told the same story. Mindjacking at its finest.

Why I Never Negotiate My Salary

How I Bankrupted Two Companies

It wasn't bad decisions. It was no decisions. I had technology that could beat Intel and HP. My team waited for direction. I gave them meetings.

The stress and feeling of being a failure when you are part of the reason for two companies going bankrupt

The Jonah Complex: How to Stop Sabotaging Your Success

Hidden within us lies untapped greatness, yet many unknowingly sabotage their own success. This self-imposed limitation, known as the Jonah Complex, prevents us from reaching our full potential.

The Jonah Complex: How to Stop Sabotaging Your Success

My TEDx Talk: Do you have Impostor Syndrome … too?

What happens when you share the secret that has been feeding your impostor syndrome for more than 25 years? In this TEDx talk, I share a secret that I kept hidden for 25 years and the result of that secret being revealed on the front page of a national newspaper. Through this journey, I was forced [

Phil McKinney talk on Impostor Syndrome at TEDx Boulder 2018