Career Change, Career Development, Career Management, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
Career change is ultimately about loss. It’s no surprise that the root meaning of choice is ‘to cut off’. After all, by choosing we are cutting off the alternatives. In the context of career change,…
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Career Change, Career Development, Career Management, Developing Coaches - ACT Training, Getting Unstuck coaching
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Paul Gauguin was a painter who made a mid career change. He was initially a stockbroker, but art was his passion. He realised that money wasn’t buying him the life he wanted, and he wasn’t…
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So, I went to Lake Tahoe. It was breathtaking. Everything about it was vivid – the brightness of the drive from San Francisco, the chill in the air as we ascended the mountain range, the…
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Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning. A man with a violin plays six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people passed through the station, most of…
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Due to changes at work, I was looking at what I actually wanted to do and the types of organisations I wanted to work for. I completed a NEO-PI-R personality questionnaire to assist me. To be honest, I was slightly apprehensive but I have to say that the results were really interesting. I would recommend it to anyone wanting more direction in their professional life.
