Come And Meet Me At The ‘One Life Live’ Event: 18th-21st March

Career Change, Career Goals & Planning, Meaning & Purpose, Work Life Balance, upcoming events 1 Comment

One Life Live

Are you looking to:

- Shift careers?

- Start a business?

- Take a career break and do some travelling?

- Re-train?

- Take up some volunteering?

If so, come along to the One Life Live event at Earls Court next month. Featuring various free seminars and workshops, it’s the biggest  event in the UK for individuals looking to make major changes in their life.

Like last year, I’ll be at the event  alongside some of the UK’s leading career experts to offer free career advice to visitors at the Career Clinics stand.

I’ll be running a Career Clinic:

Thursday 18th: 1.00-5.00pm

Friday 19th: 2.00-6.00pm

Saturday 20th: 2.00-6.00pm

So if you decide to come along, please come and say hello!

For all the details on how you can book your free tickets click here

This year, the One Life Live event takes part alongside the Vitality Show – the UKs largest health, fitness, beauty well being show.

So come along and give both your health and your career a boost!



19 Steps To Screwing Up Your Career

Career Change, Job Searching, Networking No Comments

1. Get caught up in your own world and busy life

2. Don’t bother keeping in touch with your network of friends, ex-colleagues, ex-clients and contacts

3. Lose your job / find your job may be under threat / or get stuck in a rut with your career

4. Get back in contact with your network because you’ve heard the mantra: “network is best way to find a new job”

5. Jump on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter to broadcast your “hi, I’m looking for a job – please help!” message

6. Suddenly get on every social media site connecting, friending and poking

7. Request LinkedIn recommendations from people you’ve lost touch with (without making any effort to re-establish the relationship first)

8. Run around telling everyone “oh, I love networking it’s so great to reconnect!”

9. Keep asking for leads, help and advice from your network

10. Don’t bother taking a genuine interest in their needs or goals. Instead focus only on what you want

11. Eventually find a new job and tell everyone how clever and important you are

12. Don’t bother thanking all the people who have attempted to help or informally advise you through your career transition or job search

13. Tell everyone “….oh we must catch up once I’m settled into the new role. I’ll call you”

14. Get busy with the new job and forget to contact them

15. Just disappear off the radar and forget about your contacts and network once again

16. Keep going for a few years whilst things are going well

17. Then eventually get caught up in a rut again or lose your job

18. Get back in touch with your network, return to the top of this list and follow the same cycle once again

19. Start moaning and whining about how unhelpful and ‘cold’ your contacts and network have become

In an age where job security no longer exists, your network and relationships play a huge part on your career success. So follow these 19 steps and you’re guaranteed to damage your network and screw up your career.



Final Reminder: “Rethink, Reposition & Thrive In 2010″

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FREE TELESEMINAR

“Rethink, Reposition and Thrive In 2010″

Saturday 6th February 2010

3pm UK Time

4pm Central Europe, 10am Eastern Standard Time

Learn more and book your spot now

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During this 75 minute call, you’ll discover:

• 3 big shifts we’re beginning to see within the workplace during 2010 which will accelerate by the end of this year and into 2011

• Key predictions I’m making for the employment market in 2010

• 3 biggest challenges every employee and freelancer will have to adapt to this year

• One big mindset shift you must make in order to thrive in the coming year

• The 5 key steps you will need to take to reposition yourself and ensure you’re one of the winners who thrive in 2010. Which means you’ll learn:

• How to reinvent yourself without having to change job or careers

• The 2 keys to standing out in what is still a very challenging job market

• 3 ways to increase your income this year (even if salary budgets are capped)

• The key to finding meaningful work (without taking a pay cut and making a huge change)

• The 2 time-tested principles you must follow in order to achieve that elusive work-life balance you’re searching for

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Whether you’re working in a permanent role, consulting, freelancing or looking for a new job or career – this is a must-attend free teleseminar. I’ll demystify all the changes going on this year and ensure you thrive in 2010.

Don’t miss it!

Click here to learn more and reserve your space on the complimentary call.



3 Ways To Get Passionate About Your Work

Career Change, Career Goals & Planning, Engagement, Job Satisfaction 4 Comments

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
- Howard Thurman

Last week I attended the London School of Economic Alternative Investment Conference featuring an impressive line up of speakers from the world of Hedge Funds and Private Equity. With students flying in from 75 countries, it was the biggest student conference of its kind in the world.

Whilst listening to a panel discussion about the future of Private Equity Finance, one of the undergraduates from audience asked a question about career prospects within the industry. Interestingly, the overwhelming feedback from the 5 highly successful people on the panel was:

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Reserved Your Place..?

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FREE TELESEMINAR

“Rethink, Reposition and Thrive In 2010″

Saturday 6th February 2010

3pm UK Time

4pm Central Europe, 10am Eastern Standard Time

Learn more and book your spot now

During this 75 minute call, you’ll discover:

* 3 big shifts we’re beginning to see within the workplace during 2010 which will accelerate by the end of this year and into 2011

* Key predictions I’m making for the employment market in 2010

* 3 biggest challenges every employee and freelancer will have to adapt to this year

* One big mindset shift you must make in order to thrive in the coming year

* The 5 key steps you will need to take to reposition yourself and ensure you’re one of the winners who thrive in 2010. Which means you’ll learn:

* How to reinvent yourself without having to change job or careers

* The 2 keys to standing out in what is still a very challenging job market

* 3 ways to increase your income this year (even if salary budgets are capped)

* The key to finding meaningful work (without taking a pay cut and making a huge change)

* The 2 time-tested principles you must follow in order to achieve that elusive work-life balance you’re searching for

=====================================

Whether you’re working in a permanent role, consulting, freelancing or looking for a new job or career – this is a must-attend free teleseminar. I’ll demystify all the changes going on this year and ensure you thrive in 2010.

Don’t miss it!

Click here to learn more and reserve your space on the complimentary call.



Don’t Give Up: It’s A Hurdle, Not A Brick Wall

Career Change, Career Goals & Planning, Handling Change, Inspiration, Personal Stuff 2 Comments

“Every adversity carries within it the seed of equal or greater benefit”

-  Napoleon Hill

In 2005, when I ran a half marathon for the first time, I tore my calf 8 weeks before the race and was advised to pull out of it. But I kept telling myself that it was a hurdle to overcome and not a brick wall. So I found an amazing physiotherapist who I visited twice a week, radically changed my diet and started visualising daily so that I was mentally prepared to complete the race.

And it worked.

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The Perfect 10: There’s No Such Thing

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Fitness Headlines

“Become A Perfect Size 10″

“Create A Dream Six Pack in 6 days”

“Lose 10 pounds in 10 Days”

Career Headlines

“Find Your Ideal Career”

“Find The Perfect Job”

“Find Your Dream Career”

What Have the Two Sets of Headlines Got in Common?

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Stop Worrying About What Everyone Else Thinks

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Fredy (the student), Sital (with his eyes closes) and Laura (one of the teachers)

“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody”
- Bill Cosby

I’ve recently returned from spending a week in Colombia (South America) for a friend’s wedding. It was, of course, a lovely sunny place to spend the new year whilst the UK was experiencing the worst winter weather for 30 years.

Before returning to ice-cold London last weekend, I spent an afternoon volunteering with an amazing NGO in Colombia’s third city – Cali. Forming Futures (Fundación Formación DeFuturos) is a charitable foundation which helps 16 – 20 year olds make the transition from state-funded foster homes to becoming successful, independent adults.

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Taking The First Step To Your 2010 Goals

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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

-  Confucius

If you’re looking to achieve something big in 2010 or to make a change this year, don’t do too much planning and thinking.

When it comes to career management, planning is over rated. So is thinking. Over-planning and over-thinking usually overwhealms you and creates a disease called ‘Perfection Paralysis.’ Your desire to have things perfectly planned out paralyses you into taking no action and so effectively ensures you make no changes whatsoever.

A better strategy is to be clear about where you are heading and then simply taking the first step as below:

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How To Gain Greater Control Over Your Career Destiny

Career Change, Change & Uncertainty, Job Searching, Recession & Downturn, Redundancy No Comments

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Reinhold Niebuhr

You’re employer is going through a major restructuring process and you don’t quite know what will happen to you or your job.

You’re department has reorganised and you’ve ended up in a make-shift role that is unclear.

You’ve been given (what seems like) a pointless project to work on. You get the distinct impression that you’re being ‘frozen out.’

Your firm is cutting costs and you feel vulnerable

Sound familiar?

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