Category Archives: Useful Tools and Techniques


Finding Out What You Really Want: How Getting Naked Helps

By Sarah Cooper | Published June 4, 2008

 
Most of my clients tell me that although they’re not happy in their current career, they just don’t know what they’d like to do instead.
 
I can relate to where they’re coming from.  I worked for over 10 years, first as a solicitor and then in various marketing roles in the voluntary sector, knowing that what [...]

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How Balanced Is Your Life?

By Sarah Cooper | Published May 2, 2008

One of the best tools I’ve found for creating a richer, more fulfilling and balanced life is the “whole life grid”  by personal development author Susan Jeffers.

 
Taking this as inspiration I’ve developed the exercise below. If you feel like you spend too much of your time in too few areas and you’d like to [...]

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Getting Started – When You Don’t Know Where to Start

By Sarah Cooper | Published April 5, 2008

 Whether you want to change career, set up your own business, or start a project such as writing a book …sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to start.
 
One of the easiest ways to break through this psychological barrier is to use a wonderful technique called informational interviewing. This is simply asking people for [...]

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Leading With Your Strengths: 7 Steps To Greater Happiness And Success

By Sarah Cooper | Published January 3, 2008

No doubt like most people at this time of year you are making some New Year resolutions. I’d be willing to bet most of them are about “fixing” something you’re not happy with: your weight, fitness, financial situation, job, or lack of time to yourself perhaps.
 This year, why don’t you think about building on the positive, instead [...]

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5 Steps To Leading The Life You Want

By Sarah Cooper | Published September 8, 2007

 
You’re probably reading this because you want to make changes in your career or another important area of your life. Maybe you don’t know exactly what those changes should be - or perhaps you know but are having trouble actually carrying them out.
 
I’d like to share a simple 5 step process that will help [...]

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