What if the biggest obstacle in your job search isn't the market, it's the story you're telling yourself about it? In this episode, Kevin Cameron sits down with Joshua Green, entrepreneur and narrative intelligence coach, to talk about the mindset shift that separates candidates who land roles from those who keep spinning their wheels.
From narrative intelligence to the decision matrix from cognitive behavioural therapy, Josh brings a practical framework for breaking the mental loop that keeps job seekers stuck and replacing it with a strategy that actually works.
Key Takeaways
Your brain is a story machine, not a truth machine — and the story you're running is shaping your results.
Identify your limiting belief, choose a more empowering one, and find 63 days of evidence to support it.
Stop mass applying and go deep on one company a day - find the decision-maker and start a real conversation.
Target companies that aren't currently hiring — no hiring fatigue, and they'll remember you.
Treat your job search like a sales job with structure and breaks.
Purpose and mission matter more than another application click.
Episode Highlights
The newspaper experiment that explains why "unlucky" people miss opportunities in plain sight.
How Josh landed a management role at a company that wasn't even hiring by showing up with curiosity.
Why easy apply is the job search equivalent of shouting into a void.
The "crayon map" analogy: how childhood stories become adult blockers.
Why the last two hours of applying are always the worst — and what to do instead.
Timestamps
00:35 — Introduction: Joshua Green and his background
01:06 — Growing up with a lemonade stand mentality
08:01 — What job seekers and entrepreneurs have in common
09:14 — Narrative intelligence explained
11:09 — The story loop: how limiting beliefs shape results
12:31 — The newspaper experiment on luck and opportunity
15:00 — How Josh landed a job at a company not yet hiring
16:35 — Why hiring managers hate the process too
19:21 — How to reset your mindset on a bad day
20:33 — The decision matrix from CBT explained
22:01 — 63 days to build a new neural pathway
25:42 — How to structure your job search like a sales team
28:14 — Go deep on one company a day instead of mass applying
33:06 — Why targeting companies not yet hiring is a genius move
36:29 — Joshua's why
42:10 — Where to find Joshua
Connect With Joshua
Website: joshuaowengreen.com
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