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10 websites to speed up your career change

It wasn’t that long ago that I was in a job that made me miserable. But although I knew what I DIDN’T want, I wasn’t exactly sure what I DID.  I had some ideas but they were vague and unformed, and anyway I had no idea about how to go about achieving them.
Moreover I was plagued by [...]

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Are your small steps holding you back?

When it comes to making a career change, the commonly held view is that small steps are the best way forward.
Small steps are great because they reduce overwhelm and counteract that awful feeling of paralysis. It is true that tiny actions over time can add up to a big result.
Take learning a language for example. [...]

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One of my favourite reads

This might sound a little implausible, but reading a 70 page e-book curled up on my sofa one morning last week was honestly one of my favourite experiences since starting my coaching practice two years ago. (Clearly I don’t get out much).
Some of you may know that I’m a coach, writer and workshop leader for [...]

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Identify Those Elusive Transferable Skills: The 3 Pronged Attack

Not long after starting my coaching practice I delivered a workshop to young Chinese professionals on creating the perfect CV.
I was shocked to discover that the majority of participants were simply incapable of naming something they were good at – despite them all being competent English speakers with better jobs than most of their peers.
Half-way [...]

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7 Ideas For Funding Your Dream Work

One of the main reasons we stay stuck in a job we don’t like is that it pays us well, or at least adequately. We reason, “well, maybe my job isn’t so great, but at least I can pay the mortgage/fund my kids’ numerous after school activities/go on that Caribbean holiday/justify my daily cake habit.”
Understandably, [...]

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Are You Cinderella or The Ugly Step Sister When It Comes To Your Career?

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You remember the classic fairy tale. Cinderella flees the Royal Ball at midnight, accidentally leaving behind one glass slipper.  The captivated Prince Charming picks it up and searches the land to find its beautiful owner.
All sorts of hopeful candidates, including Cinderella’s evil ugly stepsisters, try to force their feet into the [...]

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The Importance of NOT Being Earnest (with apologies to Wilde)

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As a relatively new blogger I know it’s important to spend some time getting acquainted with the experts. My favourite is Pamela Slim of Escape From Cubicle Nation. She always manages to sound like a real person, which is harder than you’d imagine.  This “living your dreams” territory can be a minefield [...]

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Ann’s Story - Why You Should Never Give Up

One of the few downsides of my coaching practice is not always knowing how things turn out for a client.
People come to coaching when they want to make a major change - and that’s not easy. In an ideal world, we’d continue the coaching until the client successfully made all the changes they wanted. But [...]

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