I’ve recently conducted a little experiment at work, which has completely changed my work and personal life. I was stuck in a bit of a rut, not enjoying coming to work so much, struggling to balance my relationship with the overtime I had to do and feeling a bit out of it in general. There…
Category Archives: Self Development
Book Review: StandOut by Marcus Buckingham
It was always going to be tough for Marcus Buckingham to trump his own work. His StrengthsFinder assessment, hot on the heels of his paradigm breaking First Break All The Rules, began to allow us to create both the mindset and language for focusing on what’s right with us. Rather than on the weaknesses that…
The Cult Of The Working Dead (And How To Escape It)
It’s easily done. Start out in life so energetic and full of great ideas. Then find yourself in a career, a job, a way of life to which you’ve given over your ability to think. Hard to say how or when it happened. And if you look back it was probably not just one event…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
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…
Why You Need To Trust Yourself When The Wheels Come Off Your Career Wagon
What do you do when the wheels come off your career wagon? That’s a question that brings a lot of people to me. People who’ve expected their work – and lives – to go in a certain direction. To have just the same enthusiasm today as they always had yesterday. But then something happens. Someone…
What No One Tells You About Being Off Work Sick
So, I’d started a series on recession proofing your career in 2011, planning to hit January with a blast of upbeat thought pieces for those of you determined that work be a rich and meaningful part of your life, no matter what the economy throws in our direction this year. But then something unplanned hit…
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…
Category Archives: Self Development
Want to feel better? Then, smile!
I’ve recently conducted a little experiment at work, which has completely changed my work and personal life. I was stuck in a bit of a rut, not enjoying coming to work so much, struggling to balance my relationship with the overtime I had to do and feeling a bit out of it in general. There…
Book Review: StandOut by Marcus Buckingham
It was always going to be tough for Marcus Buckingham to trump his own work. His StrengthsFinder assessment, hot on the heels of his paradigm breaking First Break All The Rules, began to allow us to create both the mindset and language for focusing on what’s right with us. Rather than on the weaknesses that…
The Cult Of The Working Dead (And How To Escape It)
It’s easily done. Start out in life so energetic and full of great ideas. Then find yourself in a career, a job, a way of life to which you’ve given over your ability to think. Hard to say how or when it happened. And if you look back it was probably not just one event…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
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…
Why You Need To Trust Yourself When The Wheels Come Off Your Career Wagon
What do you do when the wheels come off your career wagon? That’s a question that brings a lot of people to me. People who’ve expected their work – and lives – to go in a certain direction. To have just the same enthusiasm today as they always had yesterday. But then something happens. Someone…
What No One Tells You About Being Off Work Sick
So, I’d started a series on recession proofing your career in 2011, planning to hit January with a blast of upbeat thought pieces for those of you determined that work be a rich and meaningful part of your life, no matter what the economy throws in our direction this year. But then something unplanned hit…
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…
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Category Archives: Self Development
Want to feel better? Then, smile!
I’ve recently conducted a little experiment at work, which has completely changed my work and personal life. I was stuck in a bit of a rut, not enjoying coming to work so much, struggling to balance my relationship with the overtime I had to do and feeling a bit out of it in general. There…
Book Review: StandOut by Marcus Buckingham
It was always going to be tough for Marcus Buckingham to trump his own work. His StrengthsFinder assessment, hot on the heels of his paradigm breaking First Break All The Rules, began to allow us to create both the mindset and language for focusing on what’s right with us. Rather than on the weaknesses that…
The Cult Of The Working Dead (And How To Escape It)
It’s easily done. Start out in life so energetic and full of great ideas. Then find yourself in a career, a job, a way of life to which you’ve given over your ability to think. Hard to say how or when it happened. And if you look back it was probably not just one event…
Tired Of Thinking Like An Ugly Sister? Step Into Your Cinderella Slippers and Rock!
It’s epidemic. Smart, talented people, out of touch with how capable they are. Waiting for some fairy godmother to come along and make it okay for them to wear the coveted crystal slippers. You know how it is. The boss you want to endorse you. The client you want to adulate you. The community you…
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…
Why You Need To Trust Yourself When The Wheels Come Off Your Career Wagon
What do you do when the wheels come off your career wagon? That’s a question that brings a lot of people to me. People who’ve expected their work – and lives – to go in a certain direction. To have just the same enthusiasm today as they always had yesterday. But then something happens. Someone…
What No One Tells You About Being Off Work Sick
So, I’d started a series on recession proofing your career in 2011, planning to hit January with a blast of upbeat thought pieces for those of you determined that work be a rich and meaningful part of your life, no matter what the economy throws in our direction this year. But then something unplanned hit…
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…