Reflections on personal and professional growth. A weekly project for 2018.
Self Awareness = Success When I want to be, I can be incredibly driven and determined. The problem is, like most people, I lose focus quickly. I get side-tracked with the next big idea or scheme before I really get started. When it comes down to it, execution is all that matters. The greatest plan…Continue Reading “How To Stick To A Plan Or Goal #18”
Life After Graduation Is Scary Entering the real-world and facing life after graduation is a lot like being parachuted onto a desert island wearing your interview suit and pointy shoes. No matter how high you throw that hat, no one’s going to rescue you. You have no idea where you are, where you want to…Continue Reading “Life After Graduation – A 5 Year Window #17”
Working For Free: The Debate In my first summer of university, I worked three different jobs a week. For 3 days, I worked on an unpaid internship doing mainly admin work for a disabilities charity. As they didn’t have enough work for me the rest of the week, I volunteered in a charity shop for…Continue Reading “Working For Free – 10x Your Impact And Growth For Nothing #16”
My Girlfriend Took Me To Auschwitz For My Birthday I was quite scared to go to Auschwitz. Only a naive tourist could pen such an understatement. At 7:50am on a wet, grey and cold Tuesday morning, we were collected from our comfortable Airbnb apartment in the Old Town of Krakow. Clambering into the back of…Continue Reading “Lessons from Auschwitz and Birkenau #15”
Why work for a startup? When someone asks me what I do for a living, I don’t tell them I sell digital signage or software-as-a-service. I say I work for a tech startup. It’s easier and much cooler. On the surface, this might seem like a self-evident question. Working at a startup has become something…Continue Reading “Why Work For A Startup Company? #14”
7 Interview lessons Job interviews are a unique experience. It’s not often in life that you are encouraged to talk about yourself—to tell everyone just how great you are. Precisely because it’s not something you do very regularly, it’s easy to feel underprepared and anxious. Especially if your dream job is on the line. This week…Continue Reading “Interview Lessons From Both Sides Of The Table #13”
How much should I charge as a freelancer? The prevalence of this question is only increasing as we transition towards a “gig economy” with self-employment and part-time work on the rise. Freelancers face a lot of challenges. How to find and win clients… How to manage deadlines and juggle projects… From personal experience, however, the thing…Continue Reading “How Much Should I Charge For My Time? #12”
You can change your life in an hour. I’ve got one in mind: Your lunch-hour. This isn’t a post about upgrading your diet and cutting out that daily bag of crisps. It could be but it isn’t. It is simply about employing your break time a little more thoughtfully and some of the changes I’ve…Continue Reading “Change Your Life Over Lunch #11”
So You Want To Promote Your Blog On Facebook? You Might Have Come To The Right Place. Here’s My Actionable Guide To Maybe Achieving *Some* Traffic… The Coming Out Post You have penned that first blog post and need some peer approval, attention and reassurance. The go-to next step is posting a link to Facebook. Depending on…Continue Reading “How (Not) To Promote Your Blog On Facebook #10”
A Masters in Procrastination Most students spend university putting off the future they are hurtling towards one hangover at a time. You couldn’t possibly make it to that career fair because you had a deadline, right? First, you have to get the 2:1 after all. Test-driving a career with a summer internship might have helped,…Continue Reading “A Real-World Masters Degree #8”