Last week I had a conversation with a lady (Suzi) who was highly educated (3 degrees!) but was struggling to find a career she loves. She was convinced that her passion was in the general area of analytics but needed some help in identifying the specific area. I wasn't as convinced as Suzi that analytics [...]
I had an interesting conversation with an ex-work mate who left the organisation she was working with. There are 3 lessons I took away that I wanted to share - 1) don't overthink things, 2) take action and 3) lean on your existing network. Check out this video to learn more:
Lots of people have commitments - mortgage to pay, bills upon bills and kids to look after. Juggling all these commitments is hard at it is, let alone having to find and pursue a career you love. Thankfully it's not as difficult as you might think - check out this video where I share the [...]
I have been getting a lot of questions recently about transitioning into a career you are interested in. Lots of people have skills, experience and qualifications for careers or roles that are very different to what they want to do. With some career changes it can be quite a challenge to acquire what is necessary [...]
I read a stat recently which said that online videos are going to make up 74% of all online traffic in 2017 - 74%!! So I figured if we are reading less and watching more videos then I should jump on that backwagon. This is my first video log on my 3 learnings from this [...]
When I am working late I often catch a taxi home. I try to use my travel time productively particularly if I have a lot going on. At times I may continue working or catch up on basketball news from the day. Other times I might be in a bit more of a chatty mood [...]
Last week I posted an article on connecting the dots looking backwards which people seemed to really enjoy. It featured Steve Jobs commencement speech to Stanford's graduating class of 2005 and the core message is you have to trust "your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever" that things will work out in the end. This week I [...]
In 2005 the late Steve Jobs delivered a moving commencement speech to the Stanford graduation class. He shared 3 stories from his life and if you haven’t watched it I highly recommend you spend 15 mins – it’s well worth your time. I wanted to talk about one of the stories he shares – connecting [...]
Two weeks ago I was in a position that a lot of parents would envy – I had 10 days to myself whilst my wife and daughter went overseas to celebrate my mother in laws 60th. This was the first time in a long time we would be apart for so long and so I [...]
I have learnt a lot this week…I attended a social media training course, networking events and an entrepreneurs forum. Yes all in one week – amazing what you can get up to when the family is out of town! There are so many things I’ve learnt and I wanted to share one in particular that [...]