Category Archives: Reaching Your Potential


From accountant to green tourism: Kate’s story

By Sarah Cooper | Published April 4, 2011

One of the best pieces of being a coach is seeing the initial germ of an idea become something tangible.
Kate Rodde took part in one of my first Find Work You Love group coaching programmes. I’m so pleased to share with you here the story of how a passion for travel has translated into a [...]

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Changing career with a bump: 5 tips for about-to-be mums

By Sarah Cooper | Published March 2, 2011

I get a lot of telephone calls from heavily pregnant women wanting to reassess their career.  You’d be forgiven for thinking that these women would have other things on their mind…maybe their birth plan, or getting the nursery ready, or stocking up on nappies and frozen ready meals.
However as someone who flew to Beijing at [...]

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Kerry’s Story: From Business Analyst to Yoga Studio Owner

By Sarah Cooper | Published November 15, 2010

A few months ago I started doing some coaching with Kerry, a remarkably can-do Australian living in London. I’m so proud of what she’s achieved in a very short space of time and delighted to share her story with you today.
 
What is your professional background?
I worked as an analyst in a big four accounting [...]

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Please accept my free coaching gift

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 1, 2010

It’s a disgustingly rainy Friday morning as I write this - I hope it’s better in your neck of the woods!
Hopefully this post will add a little sparkle to a dreary day. I’ve cooked up a brilliant project (if I say so myself!) that is rolling out over the next few months - the Do [...]

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Astonish me

By Sarah Cooper | Published September 30, 2010

“Astonish me” was the catchphrase of Alexey Brodovitch, the famous Russian photographer.
“Astonish me” he’d say to the photographers, designers and artists under his wing at Harpers Bazaar magazine, where he was art director in the 40s and 50s. And they’d be inspired to produce their very best work.
I love these two simple words. When [...]

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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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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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How To Be Brave When You’d Rather Hide Under the Duvet

By Sarah Cooper | Published January 18, 2010

“I’m very brave generally” he went on in a low voice,” only today I happen to have a headache.” So said Tweedledum in Alice Through a Looking Glass.
The key to successfully changing career isn’t understanding your values, identifying your favourite skills and passions, creating a killer action plan and gathering support and inspiration to keep [...]

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