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The Importance Of Being Selfish

By Piya Khanna

An even more important reason to be selfish in following your heart’s desire is that if you don’t, you will eventually end up being miserable and resenting the people and reasons that you allowed to talk you out of doing what you want. It’s a strange aspect of being human – we are brought up to please others and not hurt their feelings, so often we don’t say no to others and then hurt ourselves in the process. The question I invite you to consider is, is it worth it? More

The importance of reflection while testing out new careers

By Sab on 31 August 2010 at 12:11 in Careershifters Blog

Throughout this process of trying out career areas it’s really important to give yourself credit for taking these trials and testing things out. Every new experience is a lesson and something to build on, even if you’ve tried something and it felt like a complete waste of time - it never is, there’s always a lesson to be learnt.

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How to tackle limiting beliefs when changing career

By Stephanie Mount

Limiting beliefs are what I refer to as ‘interference’, the stuff that gets in the way of our true potential, our talents and what we truly want in our lives.  Depending on the moment, it may use fear, worry, what if, angst, frustration, procrastination, impatience, I can’t, self doubt and a few others. The second you notice or become aware of the voice babbling away in your head, using negative thoughts to create a horror story and seduce you in to watching and listening to it, try the following steps... More

Finding Your Best You

By Marianne Cantwell

Your strengths are all that count in the new world of dream careers. Weaknesses can always be compensated. Focus on the things you do exceptionally, and you will suddenly find your career change advancing in leaps and bounds. More

How to make a career change safely

By Rosie Walford a...

Do you want to change career, but have a mortgage to pay, family to feed and can't risk a huge drop in salary?
Well, there is a way of changing career without taking huge financial risks: Career coach, Rosie Walford, is a huge advocate of staged careershifting and here she explains how it can be done More

Going travelling!

By willow on 14 June 2009 at 04:16 in ShiftLogs

It's been a long time coming, but I have accomplished a major life dream - living, working and travelling abroad. More

Getting your self-belief back on track

By John Gloster-Smith

Leaving your old job behind, whether you've been made redundant or have chosen to leave your job, can be a real challenge and it's not uncommon to temporarily lose your belief in yourself, in your self-worth, your ability and confidence. So what do you do to get that confidence back? Career coach, John Gloster-Smith, explains why leaving a job can knock your confidence and how to get that confidence back on track by understanding what's really going on in your mind...

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Mothers returning to work - how to boost your confidence

By Helen Slingsby

Lack of confidence is a key factor stopping women from returning to work after taking time out. Helen Slingsby, a professional career coach who helps women return to work, offers some confidence boosting exercises. More

Sabotaging Success

By Sonia Lakshman

Many career shifters will say they don't have a clue what they want to do. However ften we do have clues but shoot them down before we've even given them a chance. Career coach, Sonia Lakshman, takes a closer look at the saboteur in us all. More

My job is crushingly dull, but I'm too much of a coward to do something like stand-up comedy or writing. What shall I do?!

Careershifter question

By count von count

My current job is crushingly dull, it's destroyed my confidence and I'm struggling even to come up with a compentency-based cv as suggested by my career coach. I must have some transferable skills - I'm just struggling to get them down on paper.

ShiftDoctor answer

By John Williams in ShiftSurgeries

I must say I'm not a great fan of transferable skills and core competency lists. Think broader than "skills" - maybe you're a natural networker, a great systematiser, a killer dealmaker, or brilliant at generating bags of new ideas (even if you never follow through on any of them). All of these things are of value in the workplace if you know how to use them.

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