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Celebrating My Grandfather
My Grandfather has had numerous illnesses over the past 5 or so years, some of which I have written about on this blog and all of which he miraculously shook off. But last week his kidneys and heart failed, and even he could not go on without those. Even to the end he retained his [...]
Career Change is A Game of Inches
A client reminded me of this speech by Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday. I love it (and so does he). If you’re in career paralysis, this clip and this post is for you: The thing is, career change is also (for many) a fight for life itself. That’s how it felt for me at [...]
Who’s Really In Control; You or Your Chimp?
The brilliant psychiatrist Steve Peters talks about there being three parts to the mind: First we have ‘chimp’ mind. The chimp mind is impulsive, reactive, and very black and white and rigid in its thinking. We all have a chimp mind, in fact it is the oldest part of our brain. It is always concerned [...]
The Age of Outrospection
In my research into meaning in work, I found out that meaning is created at a particular intersection of life, best captured by Aristotle: Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. Your Talents Meaning is generated firstly by introspection. We need to become aware of our unique skills [...]
To Be Free You Must Feel Like a Loser
One of the reasons I gave up my safe, well paid ‘good’ job in consulting is that I wanted to be free. I wanted freedom to work on things I felt mattered more than selling some crappy IT system to a client who didn’t really want it. (Sorry – I should have said ‘even more’ [...]
The Heroes of Spring
And suddenly it’s light outside. It’s strange that here in the UK we only really notice that the days are getting longer some time in February (apologies to readers from overseas). That’s because it’s lighter when we wake up and lighter when we leave work. Suddenly we notice. But the days have been lengthening since [...]
“I Don’t Have Enough Money”
A client of mine is recovering from a bout of depression and is now thinking of starting his own business. He was describing the dark days where he felt all he could tolerate was his own bed, in darkness, whilst the sun shone brightly outside. Now he is wondering what could be beyond the curtains. [...]
The Role of Psychological Flexibility in Work Performance…and Career Change
In this video my old supervisor Frank Bond talks about a ‘sea change’ happening in terms of our understanding of mental health and behavioural effectiveness. (And in the context of work, behavioural effectiveness equates to work performance). Why sea change? Beacuse for many years psychologists believed that thoughts determine behaviour. However, evidence is growing that [...]
Conscientiousness – the downside
Conscientiousness has been linked with a whole range of desirable work outcomes. It’s linked to job performance, productivity, satisfaction, the works. Although theoretically it is neither good nor bad, most people see it as highly desirable. But I believe my own conscientiousness has hampered my career. There is no doubt that my gratitude for a [...]