Mondays aren’t always such fun. But I was privileged to spend an hour or so of mine today with El Edwards, interviewing her as part of my occasional series on purpose and meaning. If you haven’t met El, she’s the woman behind the site Truth Passion Joy. She’s a writer & digital strategist on a…
Category Archives: Loving what you do
When Work Becomes Love (And Why That’s Not Always Healthy)
Ever have the feeling that work is playing a bigger role in your life than it should? You know, that haunting sense that you’re expecting more of it, and it’s demanding more of you than seems healthy? That it’s got your psyche by the balls, dulling your ability to attend to anything else? Of course,…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
How To Make This Your Last Ever Bad Day At Work
Do you confuse what you do for a living with who you are as a person, so that when something bad happens at work it affects the whole of your life? This is a theme that has come up in my work this week, and one I thought I’d share with you. My people are…
Stop Making Excuses Already!
Those people who aren’t prepared to take step one, never take step two. Zig Ziglar So you’ve decided you want to make a change to your life. You’ve decided that after all this time of working for ‘the man’ and being down trodden, you’re going to do this whole ‘creating your perfect life’ thing. You…
How A Year In The Country Has Revolutionized My Work Life
Can you believe that a year ago this week I was loading a van with all my stuff and heading from my much loved house in Wimbledon, to a cottage in the Buckinghamshire countryside? (Well, technically, I wasn’t loading the van, but you get the picture.) The whole purpose was to allow me to create…
How To Use Child Magic To Rock Your Fledgling Business
I was sitting in Costa first thing Monday morning, lost to my blog week planning thoughts, when a dad walked in, pushing his toddler daughter in a buggy. I watched as the pair of them got their respective latte and babyccino and sat at the table next to mine, her in a high chair that…
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 what you love, and picking up on a frivolous comment I’d left about…
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 next book, coach or workshop that offers the key to the holy grail. Meantime they feel pretty miserable doing whatever…
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 it primarily as something you do for money. That’s not to say that,…
Category Archives: Loving what you do
When Work Becomes Love (And Why That’s Not Always Healthy)
Ever have the feeling that work is playing a bigger role in your life than it should? You know, that haunting sense that you’re expecting more of it, and it’s demanding more of you than seems healthy? That it’s got your psyche by the balls, dulling your ability to attend to anything else? Of course,…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
How To Make This Your Last Ever Bad Day At Work
Do you confuse what you do for a living with who you are as a person, so that when something bad happens at work it affects the whole of your life? This is a theme that has come up in my work this week, and one I thought I’d share with you. My people are…
Stop Making Excuses Already!
Those people who aren’t prepared to take step one, never take step two. Zig Ziglar So you’ve decided you want to make a change to your life. You’ve decided that after all this time of working for ‘the man’ and being down trodden, you’re going to do this whole ‘creating your perfect life’ thing. You…
How A Year In The Country Has Revolutionized My Work Life
Can you believe that a year ago this week I was loading a van with all my stuff and heading from my much loved house in Wimbledon, to a cottage in the Buckinghamshire countryside? (Well, technically, I wasn’t loading the van, but you get the picture.) The whole purpose was to allow me to create…
How To Use Child Magic To Rock Your Fledgling Business
I was sitting in Costa first thing Monday morning, lost to my blog week planning thoughts, when a dad walked in, pushing his toddler daughter in a buggy. I watched as the pair of them got their respective latte and babyccino and sat at the table next to mine, her in a high chair that…
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 what you love, and picking up on a frivolous comment I’d left about…
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 next book, coach or workshop that offers the key to the holy grail. Meantime they feel pretty miserable doing whatever…
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 it primarily as something you do for money. That’s not to say that,…
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Category Archives: Loving what you do
When Work Becomes Love (And Why That’s Not Always Healthy)
Ever have the feeling that work is playing a bigger role in your life than it should? You know, that haunting sense that you’re expecting more of it, and it’s demanding more of you than seems healthy? That it’s got your psyche by the balls, dulling your ability to attend to anything else? Of course,…
How Safe Is Your Brilliant Career From Delusion?
What makes for a brilliant career? Many people will tell you it’s about the quality of their CV: the brand names they’ve worked for, the job titles they’ve had, the progression they’ve made through the ranks; the businesses they’ve driven to success. But if you buy into this picture, could you be deluding yourself? Once…
How To Make This Your Last Ever Bad Day At Work
Do you confuse what you do for a living with who you are as a person, so that when something bad happens at work it affects the whole of your life? This is a theme that has come up in my work this week, and one I thought I’d share with you. My people are…
Stop Making Excuses Already!
Those people who aren’t prepared to take step one, never take step two. Zig Ziglar So you’ve decided you want to make a change to your life. You’ve decided that after all this time of working for ‘the man’ and being down trodden, you’re going to do this whole ‘creating your perfect life’ thing. You…
How A Year In The Country Has Revolutionized My Work Life
Can you believe that a year ago this week I was loading a van with all my stuff and heading from my much loved house in Wimbledon, to a cottage in the Buckinghamshire countryside? (Well, technically, I wasn’t loading the van, but you get the picture.) The whole purpose was to allow me to create…
How To Use Child Magic To Rock Your Fledgling Business
I was sitting in Costa first thing Monday morning, lost to my blog week planning thoughts, when a dad walked in, pushing his toddler daughter in a buggy. I watched as the pair of them got their respective latte and babyccino and sat at the table next to mine, her in a high chair that…
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 what you love, and picking up on a frivolous comment I’d left about…
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 next book, coach or workshop that offers the key to the holy grail. Meantime they feel pretty miserable doing whatever…
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 it primarily as something you do for money. That’s not to say that,…