Meet George. He’s a fictitious client, but not that fictitious. He’s a lawyer. At school he had the ambition of getting into a top university and doing a law degree. So, he got top A Level results, and is invited to do law at Oxbridge. He gets a first. Along the way he meets Sophie…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Neil Usher (@theatreacle on Twitter.) Part property professional, part performance poet, part parent. You can find out more about Neil at the end of the post. So where do you do your thinking? This post had its roots in some tweets between @ThinkingFox and @JulesJ85 where the…
Such a simple conversation. I could have missed it in amongst all the others going on in my coffee shop one morning last week. But I was sat pondering work/life issues for some new stuff I’m planning and was attuned to what went on. A mother had come in with three children and was sitting…
No, it’s not what you think. It’s the word “soul”. But that’s the question Phil Bowermaster, of The Transparency Revolution was asking me about the other day when he interviewed me for BlogTalk Radio. It’s pretty common in career parlance to talk about the self, or the whole self. But using the word soul, as…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Adam Rico from WorkYouEnjoy.com Recently I had an exchange with someone that went like this. “How was your fifty mile run?’ “It went really well. After I finished the run I threw up for three hours. It was great!” It was great? I thought about that statement…
I hate starlings. Or, at least, I used to. Black slimy birds, who flock together and can be aggressive about their territory, stealing food that’s put out for the cuter birds. Robins, black birds, finches. Until this spring, when a starling couple started building a nest in a hole in my neighbours’ roof, left by…
So, Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold while he sorts out his personal life, following revelations of an affair. Good for him. He’s rich and can probably afford to be so focused. But what do you do if you’re at a critical point in your career, and all hell lets loose in…
It’s one of the things I love best in life. Honest to God conversations about whatever. But particularly around things in which there’s a passionate shared interest. Such a great way to build connections and real from-the-heart relationships. And I love too how social media makes it possible for conversations to happen in real and…
It’s a question I get asked a lot. How do you extricate yourself from a corporate career? One that you’ve known very well. I’m not talking about how you get your head round what to do next. I’ll leave that subject for other posts. I’m talking about navigating your way through your exit. There’s lots…
Self employment is gaining status as a legitimate career path. Now, there are a ton of bloggers out there who encourage you to quit your day job, like doing so was your ticket to a new religion. (Many of them, by the way, are still themselves in day jobs and hoping that, if you buy…
Meet George. He’s a fictitious client, but not that fictitious. He’s a lawyer. At school he had the ambition of getting into a top university and doing a law degree. So, he got top A Level results, and is invited to do law at Oxbridge. He gets a first. Along the way he meets Sophie…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Neil Usher (@theatreacle on Twitter.) Part property professional, part performance poet, part parent. You can find out more about Neil at the end of the post. So where do you do your thinking? This post had its roots in some tweets between @ThinkingFox and @JulesJ85 where the…
Such a simple conversation. I could have missed it in amongst all the others going on in my coffee shop one morning last week. But I was sat pondering work/life issues for some new stuff I’m planning and was attuned to what went on. A mother had come in with three children and was sitting…
No, it’s not what you think. It’s the word “soul”. But that’s the question Phil Bowermaster, of The Transparency Revolution was asking me about the other day when he interviewed me for BlogTalk Radio. It’s pretty common in career parlance to talk about the self, or the whole self. But using the word soul, as…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Adam Rico from WorkYouEnjoy.com Recently I had an exchange with someone that went like this. “How was your fifty mile run?’ “It went really well. After I finished the run I threw up for three hours. It was great!” It was great? I thought about that statement…
I hate starlings. Or, at least, I used to. Black slimy birds, who flock together and can be aggressive about their territory, stealing food that’s put out for the cuter birds. Robins, black birds, finches. Until this spring, when a starling couple started building a nest in a hole in my neighbours’ roof, left by…
So, Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold while he sorts out his personal life, following revelations of an affair. Good for him. He’s rich and can probably afford to be so focused. But what do you do if you’re at a critical point in your career, and all hell lets loose in…
It’s one of the things I love best in life. Honest to God conversations about whatever. But particularly around things in which there’s a passionate shared interest. Such a great way to build connections and real from-the-heart relationships. And I love too how social media makes it possible for conversations to happen in real and…
It’s a question I get asked a lot. How do you extricate yourself from a corporate career? One that you’ve known very well. I’m not talking about how you get your head round what to do next. I’ll leave that subject for other posts. I’m talking about navigating your way through your exit. There’s lots…
Self employment is gaining status as a legitimate career path. Now, there are a ton of bloggers out there who encourage you to quit your day job, like doing so was your ticket to a new religion. (Many of them, by the way, are still themselves in day jobs and hoping that, if you buy…
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Learn More About Blog Post Engineering.Meet George. He’s a fictitious client, but not that fictitious. He’s a lawyer. At school he had the ambition of getting into a top university and doing a law degree. So, he got top A Level results, and is invited to do law at Oxbridge. He gets a first. Along the way he meets Sophie…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Neil Usher (@theatreacle on Twitter.) Part property professional, part performance poet, part parent. You can find out more about Neil at the end of the post. So where do you do your thinking? This post had its roots in some tweets between @ThinkingFox and @JulesJ85 where the…
Such a simple conversation. I could have missed it in amongst all the others going on in my coffee shop one morning last week. But I was sat pondering work/life issues for some new stuff I’m planning and was attuned to what went on. A mother had come in with three children and was sitting…
No, it’s not what you think. It’s the word “soul”. But that’s the question Phil Bowermaster, of The Transparency Revolution was asking me about the other day when he interviewed me for BlogTalk Radio. It’s pretty common in career parlance to talk about the self, or the whole self. But using the word soul, as…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Adam Rico from WorkYouEnjoy.com Recently I had an exchange with someone that went like this. “How was your fifty mile run?’ “It went really well. After I finished the run I threw up for three hours. It was great!” It was great? I thought about that statement…
I hate starlings. Or, at least, I used to. Black slimy birds, who flock together and can be aggressive about their territory, stealing food that’s put out for the cuter birds. Robins, black birds, finches. Until this spring, when a starling couple started building a nest in a hole in my neighbours’ roof, left by…
So, Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold while he sorts out his personal life, following revelations of an affair. Good for him. He’s rich and can probably afford to be so focused. But what do you do if you’re at a critical point in your career, and all hell lets loose in…
It’s one of the things I love best in life. Honest to God conversations about whatever. But particularly around things in which there’s a passionate shared interest. Such a great way to build connections and real from-the-heart relationships. And I love too how social media makes it possible for conversations to happen in real and…
It’s a question I get asked a lot. How do you extricate yourself from a corporate career? One that you’ve known very well. I’m not talking about how you get your head round what to do next. I’ll leave that subject for other posts. I’m talking about navigating your way through your exit. There’s lots…
Self employment is gaining status as a legitimate career path. Now, there are a ton of bloggers out there who encourage you to quit your day job, like doing so was your ticket to a new religion. (Many of them, by the way, are still themselves in day jobs and hoping that, if you buy…