Hello, world. Welcome to Discover Your Talent to Do What You Love, number 260. I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered

her talents to do work she loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

Once a week, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development

who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along their journeys.

Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured expert, Dr. Susan Bernstein.

Welcome, Susan.

Hi, thanks for having you, Don.

Good.

It's my pleasure.

For over 20 years, Dr. Susan Bernstein has delivered career and executive coaching

for smart, high-performing professionals seeking to boost their career satisfaction.

She guides her clients to create work that fits on their terms.

Her deep understanding of the workplace and career transformation comes from her pioneering

research as well as her own radical career reinvention, from management consulting to executive

coaching.

A veteran of leadership roles at Franklin Covey, Intel, and Accenture, Dr. Bernstein earned an MBA at UC Berkeley's Hask School of Business and a Ph.D. in Semantic Psychology at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.

Well, Susan, you and I discussed before the show, or actually last week, that today's topic is how to be your true self in an interview.

I don't know a topic that could be more relevant in these turbulent and stressful times for our listeners.

So why don't you set the table for us and start off by telling us why this is so important.

It's obvious in some ways, but probably not so obvious in others.

Well, Don, you know, I think about interviews, and particularly when two people are sitting down to talk about a role that somebody needs to fill,

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