Jun
27
If you do one thing before you embark on your job search do this!
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REFLECT
Think about what you have done in your life so far.This applies whether you are 16 or 60.
Maybe start with your job history - education history if you are just starting out.
Remember what you did. Write it down. Tell a friend. Talk out loud. Identify what happened and your role in that.
Think about feedback […]
May
16
Working right to the wire
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4pm today is the deadline for the hand-in of my son’s final project for his design degree. This week he has worked straight up to 20 hours at a time and he has spent the past 24 hours in the studio. Not that this is an isolated incident though. Over the 4 years of his […]
May
13
Dress for success - what does that mean?
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Recently the young people who I am coaching on the Space Unlimite project chose to make a presentation to the client when he visited the school. The meet on a Friday afternoon which is out of school time here in this area of Scotland. Classes finish at 12 on a Friday! Normally when I arrive […]
May
9
Some time ago I blogged about the great little book ” Who moved my cheese” which deals with people and how they cope with change in a humorous but thoughtprovoking way. Today I read this post by Jo entitled “Who moved my mouse” which made me smile too..
No matter what you do for a living or […]
Apr
25
More on reaching for those goals
Filed Under Leadership, Fulfilling potential, Reflection | 5 Comments
For those who do not follow soccer Cristiano Ronaldo is a wonderful young player in the Manchester United team. Hugely talented he is usually at the heart of any Man U success and is widely regarded as one of the best players in Britain - maybe even the world.
So…. when he turned up to take […]