Category Archives: Loving what you do

How To Get Paid For Eating Chocolate Cake

I was already mulling over the idea of treating you to a more personal post for the August Bank Holiday weekend. But it was my friend Eleanor who gave me the call to action. Writing about how to earn a crust doing ...

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The Vocation Myth

Lots of people get sucked into the current new age wisdom that we all have one unique thing we're called to do in life. They spend years, not to mention thousands of pounds, on the ...

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Is Yours A Job, Career, or Calling?

Monday morning. How did it feel to get out of bed and anticipate another week? Much of your answer will depend on how you choose to see the work you do. Job If you see your work as a job, you consider ...

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Change Your Career While Keeping Your Job

Today I'm delighted to introduce you to Marc Winitz, who's a Vice President of Sales and Business Development for a US based information technology company. His thinking about work, which he captures in this fascinating article, turns some of the accepted ...

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Who Else Wants A Free Worklife Makeover?

If you're feeling now would be a good time to take a few hours off of the hamster wheel and review how work and life are stacking up, you've landed on just the right blog page today. On the 18th of June in Central London I'm ...

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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – What Monty Python Can Teach Us About Life And Business

Today I'm delighted to welcome Adrian Swinscoe. A couple of weeks ago, he shared some thoughts about optimism in a comment to my  Why New Work Pioneers REALLY Bother post. I invited him along to tell us more. Enjoy! Many of us will have heard of Emotional Intelligence over the course of the ...

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A Conversation With Nick Williams

Not long after I quit my corporate job, a book sitting on a shelf in Waterstones Piccadilly, grabbed my attention. Its title, The Work We Were Born To Do; its author, Nick Williams. I was so captured by the content that ...

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The Challenges Of Doing What You Love And How To Overcome Them

photo credit: thekmochs Today I'm delighted to share this guest post ...

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Split Work-Life Personality? Join The Club!

"The schism, the disconnect, that the traditional model of work represents seems neither physically, emotionally nor spiritually healthy. Also, not sustainable. Behavior has to line up with values." Chrysula Winegar, who wrote the above words, has recently ...

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A Different Kind of Blog Review: March 2010

Believe it or not, another month has passed since I posted my first blog review results. Which means that I recently skipped down to my local Costa again and spent a morning with a latte or two analysing things. Based on some of the ...

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