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Hi, I’m McKay—a Fear-Slaying Executive Coach & Leadership Strategist. I work with high-performing professionals who look confident on the outside—but feel stuck, stalled, or unseen on the inside.
I help them dismantle fear-driven decision-making, reclaim their authority, and lead, negotiate, and rise with unshakable clarity.
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I was rewatching The Office recently—because comfort rewatches are a love language—and landed on the Halloween episode, Spooked.
Andy’s trying to impress Robert California (an underrated leadership icon, in my opinion), while Robert wanders through the office asking everyone:
“What’s your biggest fear?”
At first glance, it seems ominous. But to me? It’s brilliant.
He’s absolutely being a weirdo… because Robert doesn’t flinch around fear.
He collects it. Names it. Uses it.
And by the end of the episode, he tells a horror story that touches every single fear he’s heard that day.
Then he says:
“Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us. How dare we let it into our decision-making, into our livelihoods, into our relationships.”
That part stuck with me.
Because fear doesn’t just show up when things are falling apart.
It shows up when things are “fine.”
It disguises itself as being realistic. Professional. Strategic.
It’s why people stay in roles they’ve outgrown.
It’s why smart, capable people shrink their wins, pad their resumes, or wait for “perfect” timing.
I see fear show up constantly in job searches.
Not as panic—but as hesitation.
Not as “I’m not ready”—but as “I don’t want to seem like too much.”
So I built something to interrupt that.
After weeks of work, I just finished building a mega GPT system designed to help high performers lead a job search that actually reflects their power.
🧠 It’s called the Job Magnet System.
And it’s built to make it literally impossible to diminish your own leadership.
It’s structured to reflect your real value back to you—clearly, powerfully, and without fluff.
If you’re ready to make a move—or even think about making a move—you can now access the full system for $137/month.
Fear doesn’t go away.
But once you see it for what it is?
It doesn’t get to drive anymore.
—McKay
