It’s a beautiful book. With an empowering message. Transformative actually. And yet the birth of the message….How does it come from there? Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. It can unlock your potential. It can free you from your inhibitions. And yet the birth of the message…..Is from the depths of time spent in […]
It feels like there are four certainties in modern life. Whatsapp messages, taxes, e-mails and death. Everything else is up for grabs. We’re not great with uncertainty. Why? Because from an early age, the world paints us a ‘picture’. It looks a little like this: Work. Career. Money. Steady. Marriage. House. Kids. Secure. Black. White. […]
Pending one’s outlook, I may have been perceived as having a ‘thriving career’. I ticked many of those boxes that traditionally implied success; I was a qualified accountant, working for an internationally recognised company, being relatively well compensated, with ample opportunities to travel and a visible career ladder to take me to the highest rank. […]
….the only solution is to measure (and pursue) it. A thriving career has a different meaning for every individual, as everyone is motivated by different factors, which change and evolve throughout their career. It is not an exact science, nor does one size fit all! However, if you feel you have the answer to it, then […]
Know that you are going to do things this week that people are going to view as brilliant; Rest assured that you are going to bring strengths to the table this week that nobody else possesses; Be sure that the work you do this week is laying down the foundations for future success; Recognise that […]
“It’s never too late to be who you might have been.” George Eliot I believe that learning to thrive is learning to explore; both by ourselves and with others. I like to look at thriving through three lenses: the lens of you, the lens of others and the context lens. I believe that we can […]
Aged 12, I set off on my journey. 26km on my bike (a first-time excursion) from the seaside village where we spent our summers to my Grandparents house. After around 10km, I was greeted by a steep 1.5km hill. After 1km of the hill I was off the bike. I walked the next 250 metres. I stopped and stared […]
For me it’s simple – people thrive in their career because they achieve the mix of extrinsic and intrinsic reward that is right for them. Extrinsic reward is easy to define; it’s the monetary value of your compensation (salary, bonus, pension, healthcare etc…). Extrinsic reward is what drove people for generations and continues to drive […]
Why being lost in thought is not lost time…. Much of the writing around work and achievement comes with inbuilt assumptions about the kind of work that we value. In particular, it’s assumed that the work produces some form of measurable output – and the more of it the better. So, we read about how […]
..Operate in the Now. The final reason in the Inspo 10/10/10 series on why people thrive in their career relates to their ability to perform ‘in the now’. In his book, “In Pursuit of Excellence”, Terry Orlick cites how ‘distraction control’ is key to thriving in your career. In addition, Orlick states that those who ground themselves in the […]