Protestant Work Ethic! That’s my careers guidance UK opening gambit today. I’m talking here about the mayhem a work-ethic can cause us when it runs riot through our everyday lives. I found these words in The Independent “I think 2008 made some differences. People who had followed the work ethic for years found themselves without […]
My basic careers guidance is this: “There. Is. No. Harm. In. Quitting”. In fact sometimes quitting is the very best thing that you can do. Often it is the best thing for yourself. It can also be the best thing for those that you believed that you were serving. Quitting is not just ‘giving up’ […]
There will now commence a short blog vacation whilst I lie on a Cretan beach………….. Back soon! Rebecca aka the Daemon Career Coach
Defined back in the early ‘70s, Career Management was a revolutionary idea. A high level of career self-management is ordinary and essential today. There goes the career for life then, and, nobody ain’t gonna do the work for you. “Career management is the combination of structured planning and the active management choice of one’s own […]
Towards the end of our work together, when a client had decided that they may indeed extricate themselves from the working culture that has been causing them unhappiness, they suddenly realise that they have chosen to go it alone. With our working relationship drawing to a close, ‘ALONE’ can shout right out! This is the […]
Professional Development Plans: Sometimes pushing harder doesn’t get you any further than pausing, or even surrendering. Progress is enhanced by replenishing in the long run. Whilst I recognise I am stating the flipping obvious it doesn’t feel like a solution in my moments of frustration. I’m not very good at playing the long game. I […]