It used to be that if you wanted to have a certain profession, you had to have completed your formal education in that particular field. This still stands if you want to be a surgeon, if you want to be a professor, if you want to be an engineer. However, when it comes to a whole lot of professions, positions, […]
A few days ago I was telling a friend why a job I held over 10 years ago, was the best JOB I ever had. And then I compared it to other jobs I held, jobs where I was unhappy and disappointed, jobs that left me feeling unfulfilled, dissatisfied and robbed of my own time with little to show for. […]
Chris Guillebeau is one of the bloggers and entrepreneurs I’ve been following for years, mainly thanks to his extensive travels around the world while building his business. When I first heard he was coming to London to speak at the World Escape Day, I spread the word among my friends and booked my ticket Funnier, wittier and wiser than expected, […]
The proliferation of the ‘work-life balance’ concept in the last years has led to the creation of many articles and books in the personal development sphere, providing advice on how this can be achieved. Lately though, entrepreneurs and coaches seeded doubts whether achieving work-life balance is possible, or whether such balance actually exists. Hopping back in time with about 20 […]
When one needs to make decisions, or more precisely decide between A & B, they usually have to choose between what their gut instinct tells them to do and the other, seemingly more sensible solution. The sensible solution revolves around the “should’s”, “must’s”, “have to’s”, “expected of me to…” It’s a compromise between what you truly want and what you […]
Life has never before been so busy, we have never before had so many choices and neither have we previously been so disoriented. I have been meeting people who’s professional lives seem to be amazing – great education, good jobs, promising careers, financial growth. Yet, they find no joy in what they are doing. Does this sound like you? – […]
