REMEMBER! What you say ‘YES’ to today, you are saying ‘NO’ to something else… Time is a zero sum game. If one of your meetings overruns by 10 minutes – something or someone will have to be sacrified later on. If a collegue or employee comes to you with something ‘urgent’, whatever you’re doing will […]
Category: Career Advice
What will this time next year look like for you…?
If you are sat in the office ruminating what has happened to your once promising career. Don’t blame anyone but yourself. You’ve put yourself in this position – nobody else. Lose the victim mindset and ‘man up’! – take responsibility. It doesn’t matter how old you are or how many mistakes you’ve made – it’s […]
Make ‘looking for a new job’ a habit
‘Every habit and capability is confirmed and grows in its corresponding actions, walking by walking, and running by running…therefore, if you want to do something make a habit of it.’ -Epictetus The old cliche is that ‘looking for a job is a full-time job’, well that’s because it’s largely true. If you want to find […]
When to stick and when to quit…
If you are not happy in your current job, There’s nothing wrong with Job hopping if the overall effort is to live a better life. Equally, if you don’t put in the effort then don’t complain if you only live as you’ve begun. If you’re recently into a new job and it’s not as what […]
So good I did it twice…
Back when I was 28 years old, I took a career break and decided to travel Asia and Australia for a few months…alone and in the unknown, I fell in love with Thailand and decided to stay. It was easily the best decision of my life. Around 8 years later, I decided to take another […]
10 Commandments for Leadership failure
You are a great leader or so you think. Here are 10 things you may be currently doing that are guaranteed to be demotivating your staff and ruining your business! 1. Lack humility You probably have a nice office with the door shut most of the time because you are too busy! You usually take […]