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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Christine Livingston is a coach and writer, who helps professional people wanting to work and live on their own terms. With a successful career both inside and beyond the corporation to draw from, Christine gives the support, challenge, tools and inspiration that enable people to thrive. -
Category Archives: Work and life
New Work Pioneers Reframe Success
Today's post is the fourth in an emerging series, writing The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. It looks at how, by redefining success for yourself, you can switch your whole relationship with work and life. If you're anything like me, you were schooled ...
New Work Pioneers Answer A Call To Adventure
Today's post is the third in an emerging series, writing The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. Last week we were talking about the desire for soul-felt joy that drives gutsy, professionals to challenge career norms. Today we're looking ...
Revealed: Why New Work Pioneers REALLY Bother
I was pretty excited as I sat down at the Mac to write this, the second in an emerging series, creating The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. Why? Because I'd ...
Building A Blog Or Building A Business?
That's been the question on my mind as I've done my April blog review. As regular readers know, I have a process for reviewing my blog that is now becoming pretty well established. I share the results ...
Introducing The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers
Welcome to the first in an unfolding and to-be-developed series of posts, creating The Manifesto For New Work Pioneers. To kick off, I want to share three things: My intention in writing The Manifesto Some thoughts on ...
Why Pushing Through Is Not Always The Way To Get Ahead
I'd hoped this week to be able to share with you The Manifesto for New Work Pioneers as a PDF download. And I do have a document sitting here on my Mac with that title. But, I ain't going to be putting it ...
Five Things That Help New Work Pioneers Make Real Change
So, I've introduced you to the (not so) silent rise of the New Work Pioneer; I've shared how New Work Pioneers use times of crisis as catalysts for change; and indeed how New Work Pioneers come into being. Today I ...
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 ...