Category: Career Development
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Many of my clients come to me feeling fed up and frustrated with their careers. They have this niggling feeling that there must be MORE. They might not be miserable, but they’re not thriving. If this is you, on a Sunday evening, you might have a nagging feeling of dread, that another busy week on…
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People think that the first step to getting a new job is brushing up their CV and sending it out. BUT this should only come once you know what your long-term career direction is, and what makes you uniquely amazing. This combination makes it easy to influence others to help you to get that perfect…
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You will only excel by maximising your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses marcus buckingham This goes in contrast to what we learn at school, and every personal development plan ever written. But a focus on our weaknesses just keeps us mediocre, because our intersection of strengths is unique, and while they may seem mundane…
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You know how Gen-Zers are all about manifesting? And bringing things into being? This is like that, but in corporate speak. 66% of people don’t have one. And your boss probably isn’t the best person to ask about it. If you want to be the pilot of your career, this is the bit where you…
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Lots of people have been getting new jobs lately which is great news! But if you’re not one of them and you’ve been looking for a while, it can all feel a bit… deflating. There are plenty of people looking for jobs BUT 30% of travel industry jobs go unfilled. Hiring managers claim they can’t…
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September is a time of renewals, fresh starts and goal-setting. For those of us in the northern/western hemisphere, it is closely linked to the new school year. Meaning new uniform, new pencil case, new teachers and new possibilities. It’s time to reap the rewards of the harvest that has been ripening throughout the summer, and…
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Time is a funny one. We know it’s limited (although it’s also a social construct). We spend it, waste it, save it, while it away. They say time is money, but I believe that time is even more valuable. You can always earn more money, or borrow it, but you can never get back the…
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Herbert the Roomba was stuck “near a cliff”; frozen so he wouldn’t fall to his doom. He sent out a distress signal to his owner. The owner discovered that Herbert had mounted a doormat. Sometimes, we can be a bit like Herbert. What we think is an insurmountable peak, or a deadly drop, is actually…
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If I asked you who you listen to the most, maybe you’d say your mum, or your partner, or maybe your boss. If I asked you if there is someone you listen to multiple times a day, who knows you intimately, and who constantly tears you down and belittles you… you would probably say no.…
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More than half the year has gone and with that weird time of school holidays and the August exodus in Southern Europe coming up, you might be thinking, “shit, how am I going to get everything done this year?” Yes, I know the numbers need to be met, as a minimum. Yes, I know people…