Tag Archive: loving work

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 Finding Your Ideal Job Is Like Finding Your Soul Mate

The news on jobs – at least here in the UK – just seems to get worse. Yesterday The Guardian shared news of how 100,000 public sector folks will be put on notice of redundancy over the Christmas period. It’s the last in a long line of announcements about job losses, and there’s a real…

Worklife Makeover In-A-Box: Your Feedback Please!

Following the superb feedback I’ve had for my Worklife Makeover event, I’m developing a digital version of it, to add to the site in January. If you are not familiar with it, the Makeover is an experience which gives the structure, content and challenge to create a happier, more meaningful relationship with your working life….

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…

Doing Your Real Work

Today I’m delighted to welcome the super-talented Tara Sophia Mohr. Her beautiful piece challenges us to consider what our real work is – and how we can do it, irrespective of what job we might currently be doing. Work Worthy of You There you are. You. A sacred human being, with your particular form of…

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 wisdom about finding meaning at work on its head. Read and enjoy! Although economic…

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

photo credit: thekmochs Today I’m delighted to share this guest post by Ben Lumley. Ben is a Motivational Speaker and Trainer from the UK who writes about personal development at 6aliens.com. Why not connect with him on Twitter @6aliens or if you liked this article then why not subscribe to his RSS Feed? It’s not…

Deviation From The Norm – My Different Kind Of Work

Today I’m delighted to welcome Linda Wolf. Linda writes Insanely Serene, a blog devoted to her passion for peace of mind and serenity. Through her blog, she offers practical suggestions for moving from low self-esteem to powerful self-confidence,  carved from honest and touching reference to her own, real experiences. Here she shares how personal crisis…

Paving Your Own Path

When I asked Jen Smith to write for me a few weeks ago, she could not have known that I was thinking of running an occasional series of guest posts, profiling people who are finding their own “different kind of work”. But serendipity being what it is, this is the theme that she herself chose….

The Virtual Office of Self-Selected Colleagues

Many of you know that I spent a few days in bed during the early part of this week with what was either flu, or the cold from hell. Yes, I did a little blog reading and emailing, but by and large I didn’t work and was away from social media. In fact, I set…