Six essential moves for making peace with your inner critic
Approach the edge of your comfort zone, and your critic will be waiting. What if your intuitive inner mentor was there to tell you, ‘you’ve got this’, ‘go on, try it,’ ’whatever happens next, you’ll handle it.’
4 future focused ways to change careers during COVID-19
Are you crazy to change careers in these anxious, uncertain times? Actually no! Now is as good a time as any to get going.
Curious about changing careers? 6 tips for turning interest into action
Curiosity is high on the list of traits you need to handle the ‘change’ in career change . The good news is, even if you haven’t exercised your curiosity for yonks, once you give it a workout, it’ll get up to speed quick smart.
Make the right break – how to take time out to change careers
Bored witless at work? Daydreaming about doing something totally different? Considering career change?
10 lively online groups for career changers
If you’re keen to connect to like-minded career changers online, here are some places I recommend. Only two of these online recommendations are directly connected with changing careers. But any of them could connect you to sparky ideas or people or events or courses.
Waiting for a career change epiphany? Try this instead
Career change epiphanies are rare. So, what if we swapped waiting for light bulb moments for seeking out things and people to spark our shift?
Gretchen Rubin's 4 tendencies. Career change tips for your type
Gretchen Rubin’s 4 Tendencies quiz may give you an insight into how you get stuff done and how you might do things differently and better.
7 ways to know you’re in flow – how this helps you change careers
When were you last so absorbed in doing something that you lost track of time? As a career changer finding your flow can help you to figure out what meaningful work looks like for you.
Think archaeologically – how to unearth your new career
Successful career change means expanding your horizons. When you’re ready to start exploring possibilities, get archaeological.
Kick start career change – how to ask for different hours
Less time tied up in your day job makes space for reviewing your current career and exploring new options
Undervalued at work? 4 tips to try before you change careers
A 2018 study found that around 46% of Australians feel underappreciated at work . But before you call it quits on a job where you’re underappreciated, see if you can change things.
3 essential checks before you accept a job offer
You’ve got a job offer. Brilliant! Before you accept and break out the bubbles, take time to check that it genuinely fits your bill.
My 'give 'it' a go' career change lessons from paragliding
Most of us have a wish list of intriguing, unexplored ‘its’. How often do you cross things off? What happens when you give one of your ‘its’ a go?
Searching for a career change? 3 reasons to get off Google
How I learnt you can’t Google your way out of career change stress.
How not to change careers - five ways to fall at the final hurdle
Once you know what you want to do, the next hurdle is how to make career change happen.
How not to change careers - 4 ways to stuff up your success
If you’ve been trying to change career but keep getting stuck, check if any of these four acts of self-sabotage are blocking your way.
Why ‘no experience’ needn’t stop you making a complete career change
How can I move into a totally different career? I often get asked this by clever, capable people whose hearts are set on a new career and whose heads are telling them, ‘No way! You’ve got zero experience!’.
How to make a gracious exit from your job
Whether you’re about to quit with class or negotiate new conditions, these are the skills that will serve you well.
Four decisive ways to deal with analysis paralysis
Analysis paralysis causes us to overthink everything we know that may have a bearing on decisions little and large. It drives us to take refuge in research as a substitute for action. If analysis paralysis is undermining your career change momentum, these four tips will help you stay on track.
Six ways to deal with fear of career change failure
For lots of us, fear of making a wrong career choice is the thing that holds us back. If your career change is stalled by fear of failure, here are four ways to get unstuck.