How to Get The Boring Work Done

By Filed Under: Being Your Own Boss, Career Change & Reinvention, Living With Confidence and Courage
fromideatobloom

Disclaimer: this isn't a lecture in productivity and time management. Ha! I've been waiting patiently for 4 months. Yesterday was the day of glee and surprise. I popped into the greenhouse and there it was...the colour green. Popping up everywhere from the seeds sown in January are … [continue reading]

Why The ‘Googling Career Change I’m Feeling Lucky Coaching Method’ Isn’t Such A Great Idea

By Filed Under: Career Change & Reinvention
googlecareer

You know the type. She hates her job, so she nips online and types into Google 'I hate my job' or 'how can I change my career', perhaps she's hoping the Internet Goddess will return the perfect answer to 'help, my career is the pits, I'm so unhappy'. She goes clickity happy for a while and … [continue reading]

Personal Branding and a Lesson from Picasso

By Filed Under: Being Your Own Boss, Career Change & Reinvention, Employee to Entrepreneur
personalbrandingdawnstyle

Client says to me: "I'm not applying for an executive role, and the people on Linkedin are in more professional jobs than I'm going for, so why should I bother about personal branding?" I drew them this picture (it wasn't exactly this one, the one I created was on a Costa Coffee napkin which I … [continue reading]

7 Things To Do The Day Before, The Day Before, The Day of The Interview (Phew!)

By Filed Under: Career Change & Reinvention
whattodobeforeandinterview

Before we begin, just a quick reminder about what interviewers are really like, the results may shock you: They go to the loo, like you. They may hate Mondays, like you. They are showing their 'best' self, like you. They have yuckie stuff going on their life, like you. They have good … [continue reading]

You Have a Brilliant Idea, Now What?

By Filed Under: Being Your Own Boss, Career Change & Reinvention, Living With Confidence and Courage
ideas

“The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time"  Henry Ford 'Wanna play? Let's assume you have a 'Oh, what a brilliant idea' brain flash: a moment of sheer fecking genius, inspiration on tap, creativity bounding, what do you do with it? A. Sit on it. B. Act … [continue reading]

Who Else Needs More Self Discipline?

By Filed Under: Being Your Own Boss, Career Change & Reinvention, Living With Confidence and Courage
discipline and wasted wishes

Do you have self discipline? Many don't, no shame, mainly because they haven't worked out yet what to get self disciplined about. They wish to be able to play the guitar like Jack White or Jimi Hendrix, but they won't put the time in to learning the chords and notes. They wish to pen the … [continue reading]

21 Tips For Smarter Networking

By Filed Under: Being Your Own Boss, Career Change & Reinvention, Living With Confidence and Courage
21 Ways to Network Smarter

Are you are a networker or a collector? Are you a sharer or a stalker? Do you give 10x more than you take? Are you the same person online as off? Do you network for what you can get, or what you can give? Are you in it for the long haul or take it and leave? … [continue reading]