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ONE space left for Get A Career You Love 8 week programme

By Sarah Cooper | Published January 27, 2011

Just a quickie to let you all know I’m running a great programme for Careershifters, together with fellow coach Sonia Lakshman. Over 8 weeks we will help you move from stuck and fed up to inspired and liberated! Find out more here http://www.careershifters.org/coaching
It’s run over the phone so it doesn’t matter where in the world [...]

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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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NEW Find Work You Love course Sept 29th

By Sarah Cooper | Published September 17, 2010

Hi everyone
Just a quick note to say I’m running another Find Work You Love group coaching programme.
FWYL starts Wed Sept 29th and runs for 8 weeks up to and including 17th November.
You can find out about the impressive career changes made by past participants, and more details of the programme here:
http://www.cowsfrommywindow.com/findworkyoulove
I hope to be [...]

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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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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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The best career-change present you could give yourself this Christmas

By Sarah Cooper | Published December 23, 2009

“We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.”
Fulton Oursler, American writer
One of the hardest things I’ve seen career-changers grapple with is making peace with yesterday so that they can move on in a new direction today.
It’s hardly surprising that this is difficult. My clients tend to [...]

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Why you really don’t need to fear failure

By admin | Published October 18, 2009

Although we don’t always like to admit it, one of the biggest reasons we don’t always go for what we want in work - or life - is that we are afraid of failure.
Why does the idea of failure hold such power over us? Actually, we recover from failures all the time. Consider this:
How many [...]

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Why Getting Happy is the Best Career Change Strategy

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 6, 2009

What we do for a living is such a big part of our lives that if work isn’t going well, our career-related unhappiness often spills over into other parts of our lives.
Our relationships suffer because we moan all the time
Our finances suffer because we keep making extravagant purchases to cheer ourselves up.
And our life balance suffers [...]

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Are you accommodating or bulldozing your career obstacles?

By Sarah Cooper | Published October 1, 2009

When it comes to changing career, no-one can deny that you’re likely to meet a lot of obstacles. But are these barriers set in stone?
Early this morning I was struck by an apt analogy. I live, as many of you know, in a Chinese courtyard house, full of charm but somewhat tatty around the edges.
Half [...]

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