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- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
Why you shouldn't turn your weaknesses into strengths (and what to do instead)
If you’ve ever been to an interview, you’ll know to prepare an answer to the What’s your weakness? question. You may have been given...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
6 reasons it’s OK to be different (and not feel oppressed by the system)
Breaking with convention is not for the faint of heart. And yet, it’s the inevitable path of those who innovate and lead in the world....
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
When your inner-demons are raging and you can’t get anything done: 3 appeasements.
It’s 3am. You’re trying to fall asleep, but your mind is whirring like an overheated computer. So many scenarios to model, so many...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
When you feel overwhelmed: 4 steps to break out.
When I found myself working in my dream job in global health (the job I’d been working towards for almost two decades), needless to say I...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Stop planning. Start making decisions. [Letting go of perfectionism]
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans” - John Lennon. How many times have you had a brilliant idea,...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 5 min
When they say it can’t be done…and you prove them wrong: how to do the impossible.
“The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it” Chinese proverb A few weeks ago, a friend who works in...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min
Imposter syndrome and toxic work cultures: an unhealthy marriage requiring skilful intervention
“Should I leave my job?” - a common question for many of us, today. The era of the job for life and secure employment is coming to an end....
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
The most dangerously useful word in our work culture
Ever heard of the “No man” or the “No woman”? Probably, not. But you’ve heard of the “Yes man”. You’ve probably also heard of the...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Are you overworked but "underemployed"? Time to break out!
Do you feel like you’re working hard but spinning your wheels? Or that the tasks you’re carrying out day-in and day-out are meaningless,...
- Feb 1, 2022
- 5 min
3 things that changed when I stopped trying to be someone else
Yay! Your mother said it, Jesus said it, Tolkien said it and neuroscience says it: life’s a journey. We see life through our brain and...
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