Tag: career
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Communicating our dreams
“Understand: those who’ve also gone for their dreams will never think you’re crazy for doing the same. Only the ones who are desperately trying to fit in will have an opinion about the sacrifices you’re making to transform your life.” – Light Watkins. Soon enough, you have to communicate your dreams and plans to others.
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Watering down our dreams
“Each day, we’re either watering down our dream so we don’t look too crazy to other people who’ve given up on their dreams, or we’re steadily working to transform our life in a way that matches our dream.” – Light Watkins We shouldn’t water down our dreams. It only holds us back from our potential,…
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The disease of ambition
“The ease of having an ambition is that it can be explained to others; the very disease of ambition is that it can be so easily explained to others.” David Whyte I have been pondering David Whyte’s thought-provoking chapter on ‘Ambition’ in his book Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words. It…
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Create a safe space for magic to happen
“It’s not necessarily down to me to save, rescue and support, but if I can find a safe space to bring in and host, and allow the wisdom in the room to connect and share, and come with a similar spirit of generosity and helping each other, magic happens.” Michael Bungay Stanier It’s amazing what…
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A career with no regrets
“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.” Lucille Ball Do you ever think about the things you might regret in the future? I was out at lunch today. Someone at the table asked about how my career is going. Here we usually default to a generic response like…
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Getting out of the shadow career
“Sometimes, when we’re terrified of embracing our true calling, we’ll pursue a shadow calling instead. The shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalisingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a shadow career, the consequences are meaningless to…
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Investing in yourself
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin It always seemed short-sighted to me that leaders in many organisations were hesitant to spend money on learning and development for their staff. During tough economic times, training budgets were always one of the first to be slashed. Another problem with organisational learning is…
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Reinvent yourself
“He not busy being born is busy dying.” – Bob Dylan Many of us have had to find ways to reinvent ourselves during these difficult times. I know I have. What I have found is that through struggle and then reinvention also comes great meaning and fulfillment. Although it has been challenging, it feels more…
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Journaling can change your life
“I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.” Anne Frank The cost of busy We get so caught up in the business of our lives that often we don’t really know what is going on inside. How are we?…
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Release the non-essential
It’s not the daily increase, but the decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” BRUCE LEE Western society generally promotes the idea of accumulating more. Advertising and marketing messages bombard us. The common thought seems to be earn more and spend more. It’s all about visual cues of “success” through a bigger house, a nicer car…