The Career Success Doctor

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The Power Of Vulnerability And Authenticity In Connecting With Others

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The Power Of Vulnerability

This TEDX video on The Power Of Vulnerability from Brené Brown is superb. She’s a scientist who studies human connection. “I want to make messy topics not messy”. She set out to understand and outsmart vulnerability, and came to realise its importance in making human connections. And she talks about it in a very funny, yet very authentic way. She also makes some key points about how we numb ourselves from our fear.

SO relevant to finding success in life and in your career.

For years my shame was my depression. My family didn’t do mental health problems, and there was I with clinical depression. Only after I started out to talk about it did I discover that depression is rampant in my family, on both sides. My paternal grandfather had ECT for it in the ’50s. But nobody EVER talked about it.

After watching this video I have a new insight: the depression it wasn’t a breakdown, it was the start of my spiritual awakening!

I numbed myself with alcohol and over-eating in my depression.

How have you numbed yourself from the fear?

Lean In Makes You Think!

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Lean In By Sheryl SandbergI’m reading Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, just now, and I’m finding it a fascinating, thought-provoking read.

Sandberg is on a mission to encourage women to step up, and to step in to leadership roles. She’s clear that one of the main obstacles to women achieving this is self-doubt. We are bombarded by  messages concerning all the things it’s wrong for us to be, like: more powerful than men, assertive, or high earners. As women we are extremely good at taking these messages on board and feeling ‘not good enough’. [Read more…]

How To Have A Career That Really Works For You

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Book Cover smallI’m so proud to say that I have finally created my first ebook, ‘How To Have A Career That Really Works For You’, which is all about how to find career success in your dream career.  You can read more about it here.

It is the product of 15 years working in the executive career coaching field, and it takes you through everything you need to know in order to have clarity about what you want (and whatyou don’t), find your own sense of purpose and get into the right mental space for career success.

If you’re expecting to read about CV writing or interview skills or how to write your LinkedIn profile, that’s not what the book is about, because it focusses on having the right career success mindset. I plan to write an ebook on CV writing in the near future, where I’ll also talk about aspects of performing well at interview and what to do about LinkedIn (and why it’s worth paying attention to LinkedIn in the first place).

How To Have A Career That Really Works For You is on special offer for a limited period only.

So grab a copy while you can.

What Freedoms Do You Take For Granted?

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Manal Al-Sharif Saudi Women's Rights ActivistManal Al-Sharif is a Saudi women’s rights activist who was arrested in 2011 for driving a car in Saudi Arabia, where it is not illegal. The story went global at the time, and she has subsequently received various awards and accolades. I felt motivated to make this video blog when I read her story while waiting for my roots to develop at the hairdressers.

Here’s the link to the video she shot which got her arrested for doing something that was, in fact, legal.

Since the original video was made, Manal has appeared on TED talks, and continues to spread her message around the world.

 

 

Internet Marketing – A Suitable Career For A Woman?

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Internet MarketingIt’s long been my contention that internet marketing is a highly suitable career for a woman, so I was interested to hear a (male) internet marketer remark recently that ‘we need more women tekkies, we need more female internet marketers’.

I am a member of Martin Avis’ Internet Marketers’ London Lunch group.  It’s a group of Internet Marketers, and people with an interest in Internet Marketing, who meet about once every two months in London to have lunch (!), share hints and tips and just get out of the house. It’s a friendly, mixed experience group, and people are always more than generous with their time, advice and, very often, their purchasing of drinks. And it was at this month’s lunch that I heard that comment. [Read more…]