Posts tagged new career
How to stop believing your gremlins - and start creating a better career

When you’re stuck in a frustrating job but can’t escape your fears about creating anything better, you might be trapped by your gremlins. These limiting beliefs hold you back and stop you from changing direction towards a much more fulfilling career. In this article I suggest common career change gremlins and how I help my clients escape their hold and start believing in their career change. You can too!

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The two faces of career change: internal shifts and new directions

When you’re stuck in the wrong job and can’t see new options, change can seem an impossible dream. But instead of finding it overwhelming or out of reach, here are ways you can bring about the internal shifts necessary to make changes in your work life a possibility - and then reality! These clients are now doing work that lights them up - so can you.

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6 key life moments to ask: what do I really want?

When life gives you lemons - make lemonade! Even better, work out what you really need and want to thrive in the next phase of your life, and start creating something wonderful. Whether it's after a divorce, bereavement, redundancy, a big birthday or a health scare, each of these is a nudge to choosing what comes next.

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How to get lucky in your career change

We all need a bit of luck right? But how about if you can work on creating more luck for yourself - especially when you’re trying to explore or create a new career? Yes, in this article I show how luck helped me make an important career transition, and what you can do to bring luck firmly into your corner!

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How to create the right conditions for a career change

How can you set yourself up for success when exploring a new career? These three vital ingredients will ensure your career change stands a chance to take root and flourish: a positive and open mindset, self-awareness, and curiosity. Here’s how you can prepare the ground for making the changes you really need to feel happy and fulfilled at work.

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Finding life in the career transitions

What is it that drives a change in career direction? When you know WHY a new direction is perfect for you, you’ll also find the belief and energy to make it happen. Try these 5 questions to help you identify that spark of inspiration to make a revitalising new start.

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Is your company's culture making or breaking you?

What do you need to be your best and do your best work? When you understand the conditions you need to thrive in your career, you can start making some important changes. When you belong and can be yourself, you are going to flourish - and everyone will benefit. Here’s how to identify what you need to be your best at work.

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Between a rock and a hard place: desperate to leave your work but cannot take the next step

When you feel desperate to leave your current work but cannot find what it takes to act, you know that the status quo always wins. So here are 3 things you can do to gain the clarity you need to understand what’s really going on - and how to take step one, step two, step three.. until you have the momentum to make the career changes you really want.

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Why your personality plays a part in a great career choice – but is not the whole story

How can knowing your personality type help you choose a better career? There are clear links between individual personality and what makes a fulfilling career. But knowing your ‘type’ is not enough - you also need clarity on the kind of life you want, what you value most, and what meaningful work looks like to you before you can find a career that finally inspires you.

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Do you feel pigeonholed or trapped in a career you’ve outgrown?

When you feel that you’ve already done your best work in your current career and yearn for something more fulfilling, how can you get beyond the fear that there’s nothing else you can do? Those feelings of being pigeonholed - whether as an accountant, a CEO, a media executive, a teacher - can keep you trapped and unable to act. So here’s how you can take a fresh view, open up new possibilities, and make a choice for something new!

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How to activate and use your strengths for greater fulfilment in life and work (Part 2)

In part two of this article I suggest how you can put your strengths into daily action to create the life you really want. Instead of banging your head against a brick wall, use your natural talents and the skills you love using to solve problems, create a more fulfilling life or open up new careers that are totally you.

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Achieving work you love – for once, it really IS all about you

When it’s a matter of creating a truly fulfilling work life, you have full permission to make it all about you - at least as a starting point! What keeps so many people stuck is lack of clarity about what they really want - and why. This article helps you gain that vital clarity so that you can start to move in the right career direction for you.

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Stuck at a career crossroads? How to swap eternal agonizing for clear, authentic choosing

Instead of agonising over your new career options and never making a decision, develop the mindsets that will free you to launch a fulfilling new working life. How to see what’s really holding you back and get the clarity that makes great choosing possible.

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Your post lockdown career audit

If the pandemic has left you feeling disorientated about your career, make some time to take stock and get to the bottom of what’s driving your dissatisfaction. These 6 thought-provoking questions will help you uncover the cause of your uncertainty and signpost what you can do next to create a more fulfilled working life.

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Belonging: the search for home

BELONGING is central to our wellbeing - but what does it mean to you? In this article I suggest questions you can ask and actions you can take to bring your own sense of belonging into focus. And then you can start to grow that sense of ‘coming home’ in your own life and work.

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Career Change Stories from a Pandemic

It may seem like we have very little control over how we live and work these days, but many people are still re-creating their working lives to honour what they value most. In this article, I’m sharing some of the career change breakthroughs my clients have achieved since Covid knocked us all for 6! Grab some inspiration and get ready to make the changes you really need.

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Should I stay or should I go? Why career decision-making is so difficult and how to choose well

When you’re hooked on a tough choice, how can you break free and make a confident choice that takes you in the best career direction for you? This article offers new ways of looking at the career dilemmas that have you paralysed, and ways you can make the best possible decision for you right now. Stay or go? that may be the wrong question!

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How to make 2021 the year you finally rethink your career – despite the pandemic

When you've reached your tipping point - despite that voice in your head telling you this is the worst time to change careers - here are 6 ways you can prepare yourself to make the leap into a new career. Do the thinking now so that when the economy is more vibrant, you'll be ready to launch a working life that suits you much better!

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The 'Big Magic' in designing a new career

What does it take to create a whole new career? When I read Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear’ I could see her creative life had a huge amount in common with what inspires career changers I work with to build a better future. Courage, permission, hard work and a generous dash of inspiration all have a part to play in designing a working life that has a touch of magic.

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