Despite a glamorous and exciting-sounding career in adventure travel, Lamorna Trahair was getting tired of being constantly on the move. An almost fatal brush with Typhoid drove her to seek out a new kind of challenge, and she's now very happy in her new role as a trainee Police Officer. Find out how she did it...
People call it 'the work of your dreams' for a reason. If you think you've looked everywhere for clues to your perfect career, you could be missing one of the most important voices in the conversation: your childhood self. Brian Cormack Carr explains how to mine your youthful reveries to find the key to work you love.
Louise has been working hard on her career change for 18 months, but feels like she's still treading water. How can she regain her enthusiasm and keep moving forward?
Are you being offered voluntary redundancy? Has this put you in tail spin? Not to worry. Jessica McGregor Johnson shows how you can make a clear decision about whether to accept or not, and if you do accept, how to best make the use of the opportunity.
Do you feel as if, given the chance, you really COULD do the work you would love to do, but have no idea how to convince someone to hire you to do it, based on your current work experience?
Here's what you need to do if you want the outside world to recognise you for who you really want to be...
If you're bored senseless trying to find work you love using old-school job-hunting techniques, rejoice! It doesn't have to be such a struggle. Natasha gives us the lowdown on how to find your perfect career and have fun at the same time.
This speech from Alan Watts gives us the chills.
Money is one of the biggest blockers when it comes to being honest with ourselves about what we want.
We keep our ideas small by allowing financial fears to consume our biggest dreams.
This week, we want you to forget about the money -- just for a minute. What if you allowed yourself a moment to simply dream; uncensored and undiminished?
Think you are too old to pursue your dream, as it is too late? Or do you think you are too young to do what you love, as people won't take you seriously? Age doesn't have to be the deciding factor when it comes to doing what you love....
Since taking voluntary redundancy, Vlad has been trying to make sure his next career move is one that truly makes him happy. But no matter how much he thinks about what he'd like to do, he can't be sure that any of his ideas are worth following up. How can he break out of his own mental mazes and start moving forward?
I hate IKEA. Building your own furniture could be a blast; there’s potential for the process to be fun and challenging. But instead, thanks to IKEA, you find yourself counting 324 wooden pegs, starting again at least four times because you dared to deviate from the ‘process’, and growing a deep, acidic resentment for those smug little bubble-men in the illustrations. Jane Barrett and Camilla Arnold’s book left me feeling the same way.
