Author Archives: Sarah Cooper

Who am I? Answering the eternal question

By Sarah Cooper | Published July 5, 2010

I’ve just taken a look at the first answers back on my Summer Newsletter Reader Survey. I realise I forgot to place the link on my blog , so here it is if you would like to take part:
Click here to take survey
I’ll post a full breakdown of your responses and what I’m going [...]

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Doing It Now …

By Sarah Cooper | Published June 30, 2010

Occasionally, something lands in your in box which really makes your day. Here’s an extract from one such email, the inspiration for this recording:
“Dear Sarah
It has been just about a year since we met, briefly, last summer. I wanted to let you know of the big change I’m about to undergo, and thank you for [...]

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Free event on achieving dreams

By Sarah Cooper | Published June 20, 2010

Hi everyone
A real quickie to let you know about this free event on the topic of dreams that I just found out about. I’ve no idea what it will be like and I’m not affiliated with it in any way - but I wanted to pass it on as it’s on the subject [...]

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What are your dreams for a life off the beaten path?

By Sarah Cooper | Published June 8, 2010

I’m so excited to have just finished recording the latest podcast in the 20×20 Your Money Or Your Life series.
I’m interviewing someone who nurtured a dream of an off-the-beaten path life for 12 years…and has finally made it happen.
I’ll be sharing it next week so do sign up to the series if [...]

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Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

By Sarah Cooper | Published May 23, 2010

…not too sure where I have been to not have watched this before now, but for those of you that have also not seen it, here is the powerful and touching Last Lecture - on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - by Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.
Randy Pausch gave [...]

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Are you having fun?

By Sarah Cooper | Published May 10, 2010

One of my former bosses had a peculiar but endearing habit. I’d be working away at my computer one so-so afternoon, marooned in my depressing office-for-one at the very end of an interminably long corridor.
Suddenly I’d hear a rapid foot shuffle and a head would appear round the doorway:
“Are you having FUN?” the head [...]

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Childhood dreams…where do they go?

By Sarah Cooper | Published April 28, 2010

Over the last few weeks I’ve been mulling over how to take Cows to a different audience.
My clients, usually now halfway through their lives and careers, often recall their childhood dreams. For whatever reason - poor careers advice, absence of a suitable role model, lack of confidence, parental or societal pressure to do something [...]

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Your Money Or Your Life: Pam Slim on the 100 dollar business

By Sarah Cooper | Published February 17, 2010

I’m delighted that Pam Slim of Escape From Cubicle Nation is launching the series.
Pam writes a thought-provoking and entertaining blog about how to transition from corporate prisoner to thriving entrepreneur. With Chris Guillebeau from the Art of Non-Conformity, she recently launched the 100 Dollar Business Forum to help aspiring entrepreneurs start a business for 100 [...]

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Don’t wait for an epiphany before making a change

By Sarah Cooper | Published February 8, 2010

“How can I be sure that this time I’ve got it right?”
One of the fears that keeps would-be career changers paralysed is that the new direction will prove no better than the last. Having got it wrong before, we don’t trust ourselves to be wiser the second (or third) time around.
That’s why I [...]

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Do fears around money keep you tied to unfulfilling work?

By Sarah Cooper | Published February 1, 2010

Money - ugh! I’m British and as you fellow Brits will know, money is not something we tend to openly talk about.
It’s very different here in China, where it’s common for a taxi driver/shop assistant/random acquaintance - in fact anyone you engage in casual conversation - to ask you what you’re earning [...]

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