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Try something new for 30 days and make a lasting change

It turns out that if you really want to make lasting change all you need is around 30 days. Great news! This is not a dress rehearsal. This is it. It is what you make it. It doesn’t have to … Continue reading

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Don’t let age be a barrier to your career goals.

Age should not be a barrier to the realisation of your career goals. Take the appointment at 33 of Andre Villas-Boas as Head Coach at Chelsea Football Club. If you are good enough, determined enough, focused and purposeful, then don’t … Continue reading

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Bounce-back-ability Rory McIlroy Style!

“Bounce-back-ability” is a phrase I love. Nowhere was that phrase epitomized more keenly this weekend than by Rory McIlroy. Huge congratulations to a young man who yesterday became won his first golfing major at the age of 22, becoming the … Continue reading

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Career lessons from Sepp Blatter

I love Association Football. Soccer. The Beautiful Game. The pinnacle of the club game, The Champions League Final, played last weekend was one of the most exhilarating examples of how the game should be played and one of the most … Continue reading

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Feedback for your career choices

Life has an interesting habit of throwing the curve ball. You plan your career, you set your destination, you set off and BANG! Just when you thought things were great, something comes along that you just had not seen coming … Continue reading

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Careers Advice – You never to old to learn

Learning does not stop when you leave school.  You are only just getting started.  If you really want to progress your career, make every day a learning experience. Every day is an opportunity to learn.  Every scenario you are presented … Continue reading

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Career Change Advice – Find out what makes you tick

When considering our career choices, so many of us start from the premise of “who do we want to work for, what job do we want to do”.  Wrong. Start from the premise of “what makes you tick”.  What really … Continue reading

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Beyond the Ferrari

A friend of mine left school at 16 with little by way of qualifications, high hopes and a huge amount of ambition.  His ambition was simple.  To own a Ferrari. By the age of 23 he’d done it.  Blood sweat … Continue reading

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Inspiration for your career. How to live before you die. Steve Jobs

Everybody faces challenges. Without exception. What shapes us, what shapes our future, is how we deal with adversity. We all have a choice. When something hits you, hard, what do you do? Do you stay down? Do you bounce straight … Continue reading

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What’s holding you back? Make that career breakthrough.

Whats holding you back? What’s preventing you from really breaking through in your career? What’s preventing you making that job change you know you want to make? Is it fear? Fear of making a mistake? Fear of what could go … Continue reading

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