tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75336105793825013052024-03-13T22:43:05.122+00:00Career Sustainability - Inspiration for Questions In: Purpose, Careers, Motivation & Leadership.Welcome to DuncanBolam.com.
The 'Go-To' blog for anyone seeking coaching sparks for questions regarding their: Purpose | Careers | Life/Work Balance | Personal Growth |
I’ll help you nourish your #work-life over the long haul...
Plus help you discover meaningful work that you will love!
My aim is to help you answer:
* What is my purpose?
* Why life needs meaning?
* What are we here to do?
* How do I tell my story so people believe in me?
* How to turn negativity into opportunity.Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-36858806473315438182022-04-27T16:45:00.007+01:002022-05-09T14:39:46.701+01:00Building Purpose Through Savvy Self-care & Owning *YOUR* Words:<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3hx_B9uMJBCmIYe7f_QRmKA1dXrzkLbCC4jUyHP9H4DUTrlIoJFESf-uUrUi68tKpKDJq6hCzB4dNtWArwLSPpPS0KXQ3fL18wvERInOqmcNC5N6FM4hYR-sRIjRq8HB2HyFRTvL5hTQrypFHetcJAxzdCMFSsZS_IIa17gut1T-YXvmH6Ov9K4p/s870/Work%20Aesthetics%20Symbol.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img alt="Work Aesthetics" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="870" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3hx_B9uMJBCmIYe7f_QRmKA1dXrzkLbCC4jUyHP9H4DUTrlIoJFESf-uUrUi68tKpKDJq6hCzB4dNtWArwLSPpPS0KXQ3fL18wvERInOqmcNC5N6FM4hYR-sRIjRq8HB2HyFRTvL5hTQrypFHetcJAxzdCMFSsZS_IIa17gut1T-YXvmH6Ov9K4p/w640-h530/Work%20Aesthetics%20Symbol.jpg" title="Emanating beauty through love of labour." width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="color: #cc0000;"><u><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">'Work Aesthetics - radiating beauty through love of labour'</span></u></i></div><p></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the back of a number of recent </span><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">coaching breakthroughs, I found myself analysing those pivotal insights that </span><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">unlock the epiphanies that tap-in to potential and achieve the breakthrough </span><span face=""Segoe UI", sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">moments so many of us seek on our journey through life. </span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">Since
1998, I have accrued data and insight, </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px;">firsthand,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"> that continues to convince me that 90% of the people I meet are in the wrong job
or not engaged by their work at all. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px;">With my own tenuous journey to unlocking my true vocation bearing out these discoveries.</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px;"> Having burnt-through 35 jobs in the first 32 years of my work-life certainly wasn't satisfying. But by process of elimination, I discovered my <i>'calling' </i>in the end! </span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Aside to the massive issue of employers not valuing the fit between employees and their occupations,
the primary reason for huge misalignment between workers and their work is so few people have taken ownership of their <i><b>‘self-story’</b></i>. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Derived as the key output of
<i><b>‘self-inventory’</b></i>, <i>'self-story'</i> is the unique compendium of terms with which they can understand themselves, value who they truly are, act compassionately towards and <b style="font-style: italic;">self-encourage. </b>In the most important act of <b><i>self-care</i></b> a person can achieve during their whole life. For them to be capable of looking into
the mirror and not just accepting themselves. But genuinely liking (and, hopefully, ultimately, loving) the person looking back. To be enabled. By themselves. For themselves. Encouraged. Accountable. Responsible. Empowered. </span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">As a
pathway to facilitating positive contribution, assiduously, industrially, <i>‘care-lessly’</i>,
too many of society's structures discourage this healthy inner dialogue. Education. Employment. Family-life. Religion. Conventions. Attitudes. Orthodoxy. Normality. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Each step in the one-size-fits-all process of producing citizens, discouraging the pivotal acts of self-discovery, encouragement and identity-finding. Possibly,
for fear of creating ‘big-heads’, misfits, mavericks, narcissists and egomaniacs. </span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">When what employers are alleged to seek are compliant, malleable, dutiful, work ready conformists. Ignoring the fact that almost <b>all of the economy's value</b> flows from that minority group of courageous agitators capable of original-thinking, creativity, rule-breaking, innovation that challenges the status quo and rewrites the rule-book. </span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Segoe UI, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 15pt;">But my half-Century of findings are that so many of society’s conventions and attitudes actively
legislate against people constructing a healthy, self-sustaining and progressive sense of <i><b>individuation</b></i>.
Alongside the necessary <b><i>self-esteem</i></b> to effectively <i><b>self-actualise</b></i> and maximise
our potential along this </span>majestical<span style="font-size: 15pt;">, mythical, magical mystery tour this all-too-fleeting-freak-of-chance
life has us embarked upon. </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">So, on
the basis of recent research into pattern-recognition, performance analysis and breakthrough
moments, here are some of the reflections that chime truest. <i>Questions that inspire answers, are steps towards enlightenment, empowerment and encouragement.</i> Thought-sparks
that might assist you and yours in pausing to reflect, to take stock - <i>constructively</i> - about who you are
now and who you seek to become in <u>your</u> future: </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If you suspect there is another, better way, there probably is. </span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- <span> </span>Your <b>gut-instinct</b> is arguably your <b>best friend</b> in the whole universe. If only you took the time to tune-in and listen to it. </span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">-<span> </span>Therefore, if it/ life/ existence feels broken in whatever way, it probably is broken. So, <u>you</u> need to fix it. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- <b>Step One: </b>is the stopping, the retreating, the listening and being <i>'still'</i>. </span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- <b>Step Two:</b> Have you given yourself <b>permission</b> to be the you <u>you</u> strive to be? If not, do so now. Make a pact with yourself to maximise your potential. </span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In taking <i><b>self-inventory</b></i>, how many departments are there in <u>your</u> life to audit, e.g. career, work/life balance, emotional / spiritual wellbeing, fitness, happiness, meaningfulness, financial freedom/ security, living to a purpose, sustaining the pace of life, authenticity, freedom of choice, values-alignment, connection, community, <i><b>'worthwhileness'</b></i>?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Being conscious of the dangers of comparing ourselves to others, by whose gauge do we measure ourselves? <i>What does your gut-instinct say? </i></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What truly is important to you, may not be important to others. What is important to others, may not be important to you. But this is <u>your</u> life. You drive it. It is your conviction to build. Your responsibility. You are accountable. </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">Authenticity is yours to discover. </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; text-indent: -18pt;">No one else. Ever. Only You. </span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What does success look like to you? How is it manifest in your deepest Self? Do not be discouraged to consider your dreams blueprints for turning your desires into reality. </span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Have you ever allowed your imagination to run wild on just how maximising your potential might look and feel like to you if you invested the self-work to seize-upon and optimise all of your talents, capabilities, attributes and opportunities? </span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- <span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 20px;">Do you capture these innermost thoughts in a journal? If not, do so now. Pause - Reflect - Take Stock - Plan - Prepare - Deliver - Grow - Repeat. </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Did you decide how your life would be or someone else? <i>(Back to the pitfalls of comparing ourselves to others and measuring ourselves by other people's standards)</i>? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Who invites the necessary (constructive) criticism into their life to rectify the ingredients that are not running smoothly? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Who can you trust to ask? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Are they impartial? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Are they qualified to know? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If a <i><b>'Feedback Loop'</b></i> exists, how can we ensure it is constructive? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> <span> </span></span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Against whose performance do we measure ourselves? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Where are the errors? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How do <u>you</u> find them? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How do <u>you</u> correct them? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If you don't know what <i><b>good</b></i> looks like from the outside, how will you change it on the inside? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Are there patterns in your performance – good or bad? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Can you change them? </span></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- Would you benefit from objective, expert guidance - <i>thinking-partnership - </i><b>coaching</b>? </span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">In the midst of all of this fog, who is the authentic you?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">What is changeable?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Why change?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Do you care enough to want to change? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">When change might mean you are not <i>'the old you'</i> anymore... </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Can you just be happy as you are? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Have you sparked your passion? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Are you dedicated and devoted to your goals? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If not, what does this tell you?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Do you believe in yourself? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If not, why not?</span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Where does self-acceptance fit into personal-development? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="--artdeco-reset-typography_getfontsize: 1.6rem; --artdeco-reset-typography_getlineheight: 1.5; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background: white; border: var(--artdeco-reset-base-border-zero); box-sizing: inherit; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; line-height: var(--artdeco-reset-typography_getLineHeight); margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: -18pt; vertical-align: var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline); white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">How do you value your mistakes as lessons and not beat yourself up about the faults you make? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Is perfection a standard that helps anyone,
least of all your Self? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">- <span> Can you tell your story in a way that supports your goals? </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If
there is one thing, one component, one action almost all of my clients have in
common, it is that they are making a decision. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 1 is informing it. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 2 is weighing-up / prioritising your
options? </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 3 is deciding. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Segoe UI";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 4 is acting - </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 20px;"><i><b>with conviction</b></i>.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 5 is learning, <i>error detecting, error correcting...</i></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Step 6 is persevering…with <i>The Feedback Loop</i></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">… and
so on and so forth. Generating energy. Contributing Good. Radiating Love of Self, Work and Others. </span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The <b><i>‘Feedback
Loop’ </i></b>plays its part constantly as an indicator of <i>‘error-detection’</i> and <i>‘error-correction’</i>. During the whole process of refining aim and intention, what
happens on the basis of falling short or successfully fulfilling objectives is
an increasing body of <i>‘knowledge of performance’</i> on the basis of refining one’s
<i>‘knowledge of results’</i>; known, collectively, as <b>‘tacit insight’</b>. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Which
is borne-out of the living of life and the making of mistakes. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Which are
reduced by practice. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Which
make us who we are. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><i><b>Work flows. 'The Feedback Cycle' </b></i>continues. Potential is maximised. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The
magical ingredient is knowing and taking ownership of your purpose in life and
being able to differentiate this overarching ‘beacon on the horizon’ from your
mission. With your purpose being your <b>‘Why’</b> and your mission being your <b>‘What’</b>
you do to fulfil it. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">This
whole process is a constantly evolving action plan that shifts your life from
the <b>reactivity</b> of the ~90% of the population struggling to comprehend the
meaning of their lives. To the <b>proactivity</b> of the ~10% who know their story is a
river flowing towards a destiny they own, believe in, live for and aspire towards. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Take stock. Do the </span><span style="font-size: 20px;">Self-inventory. Learn to k</span><span style="font-size: 15pt;">now you. <b>Own YOUR words</b>. Believe in YOUR story. Design your purpose. Live Life. Self-actualise. Know meaning. Contribute Good. Leave a legacy.</span></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">If this
message is lost. Find out why. </span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Know your Why.</span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 15pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><i>Work
Aesthetics<sup>©</sup> = radiating beauty from love of your labour. </i></span><span face=""Segoe UI",sans-serif" style="font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> </span></o:p></p>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-26801024670737671652021-08-31T11:00:00.001+01:002021-08-31T11:00:10.558+01:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fCiqZMWJVBo" width="320" youtube-src-id="fCiqZMWJVBo"></iframe></div><span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><br /> Launching my second book: <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'I'm so, so Sorry':
This is a real-life story of love.
Realising that the people who distil the purest sense of purpose, redemption and healing are the most likely to navigate the most challenging of life's sadnesses and disasters, my book is the culmination of 7-year-long battle.
For the cost of a cappuccino, all I ask is that you share the messages contained herein, as I strive to make good for my failures past and contribute good for others in the future.
To accompany me on my writing voyage, click this link:
</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1098887">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1098887</a></span></span></span><p></p>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-48920840281564085642021-08-11T16:41:00.002+01:002021-08-11T16:52:07.167+01:00Divining The Power of Purpose and Intentionality - Bury Your Dogma - How to Believe In & Know The Divine: Step One, Fall In Love With You!!<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-8P0ODqrGCM" width="320" youtube-src-id="-8P0ODqrGCM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I argue in my upcoming book, we have to learn to see with our heart. To get our 3 work chakras in alignment, our head, heart and gut. If our brains are our computer hardware, our guts and hearts are the operating system (software), where the guidance system lives.
The notion of 'meaning' is an holistic effect derived from living our lives intentionally. Our Mission in life is borne-out of our authentic mission in life as we ascend towards our defined Purpose.
When Purpose is the central constellation in the heavens of Human Endeavour. Towards which we both derive from and invest in our energies. We are complex electrical generators created and evolved to do work. With which we are rendered pointless, purposeless and stuck. Devoid of meaning, creativity and the need to decide, we risk devolving back to the swamp.
Our Mission in life is the collection of tasks we perform in the attainment of satisfying the values our experiences have invested in us. Satisfaction is the biproduct of fulfilling those values in the process of energising our lives with positive intentionality - self-determination.
Self-determination can only be derived from deep introspection and self-inventory - the taking stock of who we are. Which is pivotal in navigating the voyage of life and choosing the bearing-point upon which we set course. With our guiding star being the central vocational axis-point in the Great Constellation of Human Endeavour. Each day we rise, we focus our energies on working towards that goal.
The act of divining purpose - using our intuition and insights to locate 'The Light' - humans have to access the 'Maze of Maximised Potential'. The traction of owning our purpose is the birthchild of knowing the bite-point between the cogs of our Nature and Nurture. The internal transaction invested in us by epigenetics and experiential learning. Whereby, we forge our identities, preferences, knowledges, capabilities, gifts and talents.
The sensation that our lives are moving forward, building momentum and generating traction is derived from the sense we are contributing to the collective, common good. Ultimately, success is derived from cooperating and sharing in the process of helping others in the attainment of their own sense of purpose, mission, meaning and ascent.
Complete Faith in Self, is the prize of self-knowing and self-determination. In itself, a knowing of the Divine resulting from divining intention. And through Faith in Self, we create love, reduce waste, live sustainably (because we are not squandering the potential invested us by Creation) and perpetuating the circularity of Existence.
This is a Big Conversation - want to take part?</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#purpose<br /></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#career<br /></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#selfcare</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#selflove</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#doinggood</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#confidence</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#selfesteem</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#themeaningoflife</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#maximumpotential</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#worklove</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#productivity</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#society</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#gifts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#talents</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#skills</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#powerofintention</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#lifeworkplanning</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#epigenetics</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#natureandnurture</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#sustainability</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#causedriven</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#ascent</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#enlightenment</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#antidogma</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#guidance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#careerguidance</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#commongood</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;">#lifemystery</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-79668169192205143862020-04-15T20:40:00.000+01:002020-04-15T20:40:40.045+01:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Introduction:</b></u> Disrupting the status quo - by design - I'm here to help you while-away August's doldrum with 'thought-food' to inspire harmony, meaning and fulfilment; maybe even challenge your thinking. Bear with me whilst I 'build' my point... stay with me! You know how I like to weave a backdrop...</span><br />
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-40282316902188949922019-01-23T14:45:00.000+00:002019-07-31T20:36:27.004+01:00The Whynapse© - Most Lives Have A Hole in Them. Does yours?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why Sparking your </span><b style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Whynapse</i></b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> will be the second most important hole you fill in your whole life!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most people have a
hole in their life where their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©</sup></i></b> would sit. If
only they knew what and where their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©</sup></i></b>was. So, how do
I know? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;">Obviously, I am
borrowing the basis of my term from the scientific origins of synapse; which is
the minute gap in the brain’s communication system which transmits nerve impulses
to achieve thoughts, reactions, movements and memories. The word
"synapse" is derived from the Greek words "syn" and
"haptein" that mean "together" and "to clasp,"
respectively.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In my <a href="http://careersustainability.blogspot.com/2014/03/">Career Dovetail
Formula™,</a> I define the anatomy of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘The Ahah Moment’</i></b> when a person '<i>clasps'</i> what work they were born to do. This is achieved by bridging that
elusive gap between our vocational identity and marrying this to a destination
in the World of Work which complements these ingredients. The Career Dovetail process implies a <u>journey</u> of docking the two sides of the career decision together.
In the same way, that ‘love at first sight’ is a rare occurrence. This rarely,
if ever, happens in an instant. Hence, I use the pieces of a jigsaw to denote
self-awareness because the picture is not always revealed until we piece each
ingredient together. There is a viscerality to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the falling
in love metaphor works really well in this instance. Before we meet our ‘life-partner’,
there is a period of, inevitably, being apart. When we become aware of a person
who is receptive and accepts us for who we are, completely. Then we experience
the union of the two separate halves. People frequently liken this as, meeting
our match, realising my better half, instant attraction, passionate chemistry,
to mention a few phrases related to this sparks flying moment. I once heard a
helpful definition of this love of a life-partner; which went something along
the lines of: a person who makes that significant other person complete by enabling the
fulfilment of their potential. And so it is with the notion of finding one’s
calling to do a particular occupation.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before we encounter
our better half, we know there is a hole deep-down inside each of us which
could be said is a yearning, a longing, a void in our lives which compels so
many of us to quest for the answer. With the answer, in the context of love-matching,
being a person.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;">Does the same dynamic exist in the world of work? </span></b><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;">Unless
we inherit a fortune and literally never have to work in our lives, the vast majority
of the population will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">need</i> to construct
some form of livelihood / work / employment / vocation. In essence, each of us supplies
our ‘talent’ to a market need. In the last twenty years, I have written
extensively on this dynamic of supply and demand. Back in 2004 I started to recognise
that what folks were questing for was their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">purpose</i></b> in life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000;">The biggest obstacle to finding matches such as these, is
their intangibility: </span></b><span style="color: #c00000;">Perhaps not quite so portentous as finding our life-partner,
discovering our purpose in life is important, nonetheless. Equally so, is appreciating
our mission. Our purpose is over overarching guiding star; which, we must
accept, will never be held in our hand. Whereas, the skills of learning to
navigate towards it forms the palpability of our mission. Thus, we sculpt our mission
around our character traits, skills, competencies. Our purpose derives from our
values, aspirations, attitudes and dreams. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For example, my favourite
architect, American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright">Frank
Lloyd Wright’s</a> purpose was designing structures that sit in harmony with
humanity and the environment. As such, he pioneered whole architectural movements
and schools of thinking, such as <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘The
Prairie School’</i>. Although he achieved far more than this in his remarkable lifetime,
I love his work because he took an holistic approach. Underpinning his unique
purpose, were the ingredients forming his mission. As a game-changing
innovator, among his repertoire of skills (verbs), he mastered drawing, designing, harmonising,
envisioning, sympathising, researching, synthesising and leading, in accomplishing
the widely acknowledged greatness we recognise as his legacy still. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #c00000;">Much like another of
my all-time favourite innovators and design pioneers, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Rennie_Mackintosh" style="color: #c00000;">Charles Rennie Mackintosh</a><span style="color: #c00000;">,
he based much of his inspiration in the organic structures found in nature. In
doing so, he built a reputation for blending ingredients in the blurring of architecture’s
usual delineation points between structure and situation. His designs typify
the bridging of synapse into… as I say in </span><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/330301"><span style="color: blue;">my book</span></a><span style="color: #c00000;">… </span><i style="color: #c00000;">“Work Aesthetics<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><sup>©</sup></b>, …the delight-filled fusion of fabric, function, form
and ‘flow’.” <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©
</sup></i></b>is a phrase I coin to define that space in your life which you yearn
to fill with a sense of mission, purpose and one’s ability to contribute. In
Maslovian thinking, it is defined as one’s ability to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">individuate</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">self-actualise</i>
and grow <u>through</u> time in such a way that implies progress. Put simply,
to build traction between the Self and the society of which we are all parts. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;">Ahead of docking the two-sides of the purpose equation
together, there is a divide:</span></b><span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"> The chemistry of
love and passion has yet to occur. We know this deep-down in our souls because
there are forces which instinctually tell us there are things are still to
happen. This sense of </span></span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">anticipation</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> fuels our </span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">quest</span><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. We all have it. I experienced this longing to identify
my purpose, to satisfy the longing to maximise my innate potential throughout
the course of my teens and twenties. For me, it was not until I had torn through
35 jobs in the first 32 years of my life that I experienced my epiphany.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> (</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">#Gratitude!</b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">People have met me after
a long gap of 25 years and asked what on earth happened. What happened was, I
plugged the hole where once there was the void of my <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©</sup></i></b>. More
via trial and error than good judgement, I fell upon my calling. Beyond blunder,
I built belief. My purpose, to help as many people as I could in my lifetime to
avoid the toxic pitfalls of not knowing. The holes leading to low self-esteem,
confusion, vicious circles, self-doubt, distraction, frustration and reactivity.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yet, much like the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘before and after’</i> version of a person who
has found their love-match, so it is for the person who decodes their occupational
DNA in the alchemy of epiphany. Tuning-in to their raison d'être. Sparking
knowingness. The most interesting reaction to which is always, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“Of course! It’s obvious what I am going to
do with my life! How come I didn’t realise this before now?!”<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It would be unrealistic
of me to completely define the notion of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>© </sup></i></b>here in this
short post. Frankly, because it is such a fresh thought and such a subjective topic,
I feel it would be insincere of me to even try. My task right now, is to get it
out there so that you, the reader, can use it as soon as possible to diagnose
that career itch that you have been trying to scratch for such a long time. The
trick in life is knowing what the holes are and where they are; if ever we are
going to be able to take action. Hence, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>© </sup></i></b>leapt from deep
instinct. Designed as an umbrella-term covering a multitude of malfunctioning working-lives;
with so many slaves to the mundane. It is the word which defines a hole that so
many people in the population endure day-to-day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the result being
so utterly enticing, the point of this post is, ultimately, what are you going
to do about interpreting your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©</sup></i></b>? How big is the
gap between you and meaningful work? How in control are you over the direction
of travel of your work-day? Do you value your career attributes? Are there
better-fitting opportunities in the labour market that match your skill-set,
experience, insight, passions, interests, values, qualifications, drive, traits
and work-preferences? Have you been inspired to complete the self-inventory? Are
you career ‘fit’? Above all else, what is your mission, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your how?</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> A</i>nd what is your purpose – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your why?</i></b>
What difference would it make? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Should you need any
guidance in deciphering your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whynapse<sup>©</sup></i></b>, please get in
<a href="mailto:duncan@careeradvise.me">touch</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The above video is aimed at getting your mind ticking on self-inventory and who you truly are. Then, we take a look at the following question: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we approach the 'turn-of-the-year', why not take a moment to inspire your career planning, objective self-assessment and once-a-year 'look under the hood' of your work/life balance, with a read of my latest Career Dovetail Newsletter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Is Your Career Beautiful?' is an evangelical 'essay' on the ups-and-downs of zeroing-in to that vitality giving sweet-spot that can lead us to discovering a truly meaningful working life. Plus all of the benefits that go with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So with a New Year fast-approaching, why not take a look and please do share with your networks and friend circles if you feel you uncover useful tips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Click following link for newsletter 'essay': </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/3fa415d8d5ff/your-turn-of-the-yearcareer-dovetail-newsletter" target="_blank">https://mailchi.mp/3fa415d8d5ff/your-turn-of-the-yearcareer-dovetail-newsletter</a></i></div>
Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-81127654346970167122018-09-05T17:02:00.000+01:002018-09-05T17:06:11.599+01:00Career Dovetail Autumn 2018 Newsletter: The Power of Your Intention, Prizes & The Mechanics of Love!This month's newsletter informs readers about the seasonal trends we need to be aware of if we are to manage our careers effectively and be one step ahead of the rush for jobs and work as we spring towards the year's busiest periods in the rush towards Christmas and the New Year. Plus, I talk about thought-provoking ideas on loving your work, recognising patterns when developing career strategy and news that I am offering free workshop places in my new career strategy and self-marketing programme targetting specific groups in the labour market: women-returners, fresh graduates entering the World of Work for the first time and newly-redundant workers facing the ordeal of career transition and reinventing themselves.
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0Brighton, UK50.822530000000008 -0.1371629999999868250.742308000000008 -0.29852449999998681 50.902752000000007 0.024198500000013168tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-81850641310407259672018-05-25T22:38:00.000+01:002018-05-25T22:42:18.082+01:00Read about Duncan's Eureka Moment, Recognising Patterns in Your Career Data & The 'GDPR'!Happy Bank Holiday weekend to ALL of my connections.
It gives me great pleasure to provide you with my first Career Dovetail newsletter for more than 3 years. Believe me, it's been one hell of a journey to get here. I have strived to making its reading worth your while. In it there are the highest of highs, lowest of lows and who knows where this journey in words of my life will take us. Why not read and find out, eh? Should my story strike a chord, please do ensure to share it for me, please.
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6405859190312624128">Your Career Dovetail Newsletter.</a>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-67210502759822638692017-05-15T14:37:00.000+01:002019-09-03T14:39:35.232+01:00The Importance of Finding Work that You Love and How to Go About Achieving it:<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Firstly, job-hunting and
career planning is counterintuitive! Meaning, the processes described in this
article may go against your gut-feeling. The process of job-hunting is the
opposite of how you might think successful job-hunters end-up in great
work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How I met the Grandfather of Career
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had the remarkably good
fortune of crossing paths with Richard Nelson Bolles (who very sadly, recently passed-away), when he came to Brighton
in UK back in 2000 to be a keynote speaker at the annual conference of the
Association of Career Professionals International (at that time called IACMP). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[Dick's life remembered in this wonderful obituary:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/richard-bolles-dead-what-color-is-your-parachute.html?_r=0">www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/business/richard-bolles-dead-what-color-is-your-parachute.html?_r=0</a> ]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His speech was a triumph of
observation and spoken right from the bottom of a very, very sincere, warm, giving and knowing heart. Something
of a rarity in our modern world. Someone deeply experienced on life’s journey,
proficient in acts of kindness and truly and utterly authentic. A man tuned-in
to his heart, who possessed a compelling sense of purpose in his life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We struck-up a friendship
and Dick invited me to his famous 'Life/Work Planning Workshop' in Bend,
Oregon, US of A. It seemed far-fetched that I should go to the high desert of Oregon
and spend an intense 2 weeks absorbing startling insightfulness from one of the
World's most gifted teachers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He made it difficult for
me not to seize upon such a fabulous opportunity. And a few weeks later, there
I was, soaking-up <b>THE</b> most incredible experience at the almost ethereally
gorgeous <a href="http://www.mtbachelorvillage.com/" target="_blank">Mount Bachelor Village Resort</a>; surrounded by serene pine forest and
the bluest of skies in the universe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From 9am to 9pm every day
for a fortnight I was treated to a feast of learning, self-directed study and a
feast of the senses like nothing I had known before or hitherto. My life was
transformed forever and it has to be the richest singular experience along my
'personal development' journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With remarkable
inventiveness, he wrote on *black* flipchart paper using iridescent chalk which
howled to the senses shimmering in a magical ultraviolet light. So striking
were the images hovering amid the twilit conference centre, up there in that
high desert, that they remain indelibly etched in my consciousness to this day.
Each interactive 'lesson' was preceded and punctuated by moving soundtracks,
thought-provoking films and a profound camaraderie that enriches me still. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Self-discovery, at this
depth of dive, sparked profound shared learning opportunities that possessed a
transforming power. Delegates struck-up life-long bonds with fellow participants
who bared their innermost reflections in their quest for life missions and
meaning-filled occupations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dick’s reputation had
attracted a team of distinguished co-facilitators from all-over the world. Each
one of them watchfully attending to the details, nurturing deftly and enabling
as delegates wrestled to comprehend their future. Encouraging us through those
inevitable stuck moments when the senses were drowning in the vortex of intense
self-enlightenment. The whole event a catalyst with such a profound and lasting
legacy. It is hard to believe I can recall the experience with such lucid intensity
15 years on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plan to go ‘Proactive’ because ‘Reactive’
drains the soul: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I detail such context
because Dick’s methodology is still not recognised as being the definitive
job-hunting formula to this day. Finding one’s true calling and best-suited occupation
is the greatest investment of time a human can make. The dividend lasting a
lifetime. Yet so many people are utterly deadbeat, downtrodden and stuck under
the burden of empty, passionless and limiting work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Read The Job-hunters & Career-changers
Bible: <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The whole point of my
writing is that to the vast majority of citizens still, finding great,
rewarding, restorative, joy-filled, purposeful, motivational, stimulating,
contributory and uplifting work appears esoteric, untouchable, unattainable and
far-fetched. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Furthermore, the vast
majority of dissatisfied workers and people out of work, continue to hunt for
work in the complete opposite way that hirers hunt for workers. If you are
having difficulty visualising this *fact* of the labour market, please take a
look at page 8 in the 2015 edition of Dick’s world-famous best-seller, <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Color-Your-Parachute-2016/dp/160774662X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1445884752&sr=8-1&keywords=what+color+is+your+parachute+2016" target="_blank">‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’</a></i> (click on link) and take
a few minutes to drink in the wisdom contained in this pivotal page’s diagram. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So many people hunt for
jobs in Reactive Mode. They waste their energy on applying to adverts,
filling-in application forms, firing-off CVs and résumés, investing hours and
hours signing-up to job boards and websites that – statistically – are so
unlikely ever to bear fruit. Let alone sate their craving for a job that
reflects their talents, gifts, experiences, career attributes, values and
aspirations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It takes time, energy,
sacrifice and conscientiousness to land yourself a rewarding career. In
signing-off this post, all I ask is you take the time required to produce your <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpCubh3JB0">self-inventory</a>.
Cultivate your ‘career language’. Populate your vocabulary with terms that best
describe your skill-sets, talents, experiences and achievements to date. Audit
your career-related achievement stories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gather all your personal
information together into one place. Organise it. Extrapolate this data towards
your future and pin-point precisely the job in the labour market which generates
the brightest spark when dovetailed with your vocational DNA. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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choose your own path – and you are excited by it – radiate, disseminate,
proliferate and transmit the process. Let your newfound enthusiasm infect your
friends and family in order that they too can thrive, grow and take joy from
their personal development. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is a cause worth
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film of Dick explaining the concept of self-inventory: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpCubh3JB0" target="_blank">click here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">#WorkAesthetics<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-58678835965810160302017-05-15T14:07:00.002+01:002017-05-15T14:07:33.627+01:00Is Enlightenment The Journey or The Destination? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where does it lie, past, present or future? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How would we know if we ever fulfilled it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Therefore, building on that theme: </span></div>
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quality of outcome in realising one's potential - and
generating value; which is a form of positive feedback...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Striving: </b>One's
ability to wonder at the conundrum and formulate answers likely to zero-in on
relevant answers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">= Meaning</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">= Joy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">= Fulfilment</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">= Self-actualization</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Enlighten-meant</b> is in the journey, not the destination.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a career plan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But don't make the mistake of deferred gratification. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>En-Joy today.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">www.linkedin.com/in/duncanbolam/</span></span></div>
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www.careerdovetail.com</div>
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<i><span style="color: #ff66ff; font-family: 'Calibri Light'; font-size: 28pt; font-weight: bold;">Good being a good Being, being
good</span><span style="color: #ff66ff; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 28pt; font-weight: bold;">!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The
bird’s wing flashes,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">The
body dashes, skyward, giddiest heights abashes,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">And
always, a beat our hearts do skip,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Purity
of the instant fleeting,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">And
so it is, fusion, function, form and flow in meeting.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">His
hammer falls,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">As
Blacksmith smashes one more glinting metal epicure,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">That’s
where his cash is, brought buy his bashes, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">His
passion zinging through his very being,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Vocation
quest’s his singing zest, borne from his best.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Her
suture mends,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">As
surgeon tends tissues livid, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Grand
ennobling gifts fly fixing life’s deepest slashes,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">P</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">ressure gravid, the ‘getting it right’ systemically vivid, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">Her
principles innate instinctual, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">succinctual</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">, effectual.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">There’s
never any falling in to one’s </span><u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">intended</span></u><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"> calling,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">Tis’</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"> always built betwixt heart, head’s and gut’s alliance,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">That’s
where your passion lives,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">It
is always good being a good Being being good!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Delight-filled
fusion of fabric, form, function and flow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Hey
Human Being, you need to be doing to be being,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Veiled
in ‘being’ it’s the knowing that’s your plenty, purpose abound, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">So
see those Beings , their </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/330301">#</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/330301">WorkAesthetics</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/330301"> </a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">and</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.completelynovel.com/books/every-persons-path-to-purpose-everyones-work-manifesto">‘Vojo’</a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.completelynovel.com/books/every-persons-path-to-purpose-everyones-work-manifesto">
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">W</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;">atch how they go!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Plan
to know, then go, go, go! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Purposeful people promote prosperity!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Why is purpose important? Should we be afraid if people do
not know their purpose? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Duncan Bolam warns that global economic forces and pace and
scale of change facing citizens attempting to plan their careers is a ticking
bomb which society ignores at its peril. Efficiency-hungry, austerity conscious
organisations appear to be removing the need for skill from many areas of the
labour market; either through mechanisation, downsizing, automation or
outsourcing labour to emerging economies. He warns it is a vicious cycle; which
ultimately leads to chaos, conflict and crisis borne from crisis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These forces do not bode well for anyone seeking to maintain
a steady income and a developing career; especially our younger workers. Many
of whom cannot: get a start, are ill-equipped to navigate this fast-changing
labour market, invest in a sustainable occupation, or simply don’t possess the
career attributes necessary to market themselves positively in a highly
competitive, globalised and shrinking labour market. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Throughout his 18-year experience, 90% of the people Duncan
Bolam has met through his job as a Career Coach & Redundancy Counsellor are
either completely in the wrong job or disengaged from their work. Worse still, as
growing trends demonstrate, they are not working at all. Yet, his undying
belief is that everyone he has ever met has an occupation locked inside of him
or her and identifying a person’s purpose in life is good for all society’s
wellbeing, socioeconomic and otherwise. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once discovered, this sense of meaningfulness, motivation and
occupational identity will not only feed, clothe, shelter, sustain, invigorate,
develop and excite the individual citizen, and their families, critically, the
process also meshes society together and constructs bonds upon which
communities thrive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With terrifying numbers of people unemployed, with the
average number of job changes in a career in excess of 18 different jobs - all
of Society's bridges into - and across - ‘The World of Work’ are falling into one
socioeconomic crisis after another. Big business is perceived to care little
about the quality of ‘fit’ between employee and their work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Managers de-layer
more and more workers out of their businesses in their ceaseless pursuit of
profit. Many organisations outsource key skills overseas. And there is a risk
our workforce is becoming de-skilled as a result...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Resultantly, if not at risk of being permanently unemployed,
facing a lifetime on benefits, workers have less-and-less pay in their wallets.
Traditional anchors that sustain a civil and secure society no longer function
and communities implode into chaos, turning neighbour on neighbour, haves
against have-nots, and the desperate in to dependents. Pride lost. Purpose
gone. Driven to desperation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People who are encouraged to plan their careers through
better self-awareness, knowledge of their career attributes and insights into
the labour market, contribute more tax to The Exchequer, are less likely to commit
crime, cost the welfare state less, place less of a burden on national health
services and comprise a more valuable, agile, resilient and mobile workforce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our governments have dismantled career development
mechanisms and our education systems rarely prepare young people for real-life,
sustainable and meaningful careers that will last them over the long haul
between school and retirement; whilst making a positive contribution to the
communities they live in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With so many people unemployed, a growing population, more
disaffected young people struggling to get a start in life, ineffectual public
sector guidance systems and a profit-hungry private sector, Duncan warns that
the system is broken. Society needs to stop and re-think what it will do with
our citizens if we’re not going to help them discover meaningful work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Organisations, business leaders, stock markets, our education
systems and society as a whole cannot go on de-skilling jobs, removing meaning
from workers lives, legislating against ‘skills mastery’ and generating labour
market uncertainty. If we refuse to accept that EVERY person in our world has a
right to a fulfilling career, meaningful work and a genuine stake in society
built upon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Politics aside, if nothing else, consider how much better
off all stakeholders are for getting more people into rewarding, motivating,
purposeful and secure jobs. If we as a civilised society focussed on
eradicating unemployment and sharing prosperity, consider the cost of running
the welfare state that would be saved and the benefits to us all achieved
through increased competitiveness and harmonious communities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">* In future films, Duncan will describe his vision for
full-employment, a sustainable working model and his campaign to eradicate
unemployment. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-85086952582943529442014-09-03T10:18:00.001+01:002014-09-03T10:18:58.786+01:00THE IMPORTANCE OF CLARITY IN YOUR CAREER STRATEGY VOCABULARY:<p dir="ltr">If you're developing your career strategy consider your use of language carefully. You will achieve greater clarity and find it easier to maintain focus if you build a set of descriptors that market the real you. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Call it a 'phrase bank' or 'compendium of terms' that clearly define your career attributes; ready to be used at a moment's notice. Pre-arming yourself in this way instills purpose and conviction.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Remember, be precise and grammatically astute. 'Creativity' is not a skill. It is a quality, a trait, a state-of-mind. Arguably, a value. (Values fuel your desire to deliver your skills.) 'Creating' is a skill. As a rule, skills end in -ing. They are verbs. Doing words. Opportunities to do 'your thing'; which will underpin your vocational identity. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Another self-marketing principle is that verbs should be in the past tense on your CV/Resume. They end in -ed. For example, "Designed a new database using Excel which managed our stock inventory and led to a 17% increase in the organisation's ability to ship orders to customers and fulfill expectations 99% of the time."</p>
<p dir="ltr">In your phrase bank of career attributes, consider the ingredients in your strategy. Or, as I call it, your 'Career Dovetail'. Alongside skills, these will include: values, qualifications, experience, competencies, achievements, quantitative results, publications, the list goes on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On the other side of your career strategy formula, define/decide what other parameters influence your options. Categories such as: the geographical area you might work, supply and demand of your chosen career in your local labour market. Your lifestyle choices and costs relating to them will determine wage decisions. Your social network and willingness to relocate. </p>
<p dir="ltr">All these strategic ingredients will feed into the clarity of how you manage your career and your ability to leverage opportunities when they arise.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One final point, opportunities are seized upon. They don't come to you! Hence, the need to be prepared.</p>
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />Friendships, relationships, time with loved-ones, truly communing with one another, far outweigh new cars, Prada shoes, Virtue phones, tech gizmos and all attempts to fill emotional voids with material baubles. (Not that that was why Robin Williams took his own life.)</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />Be there for a chum today; especially the ones you haven't seen for a while, the one who might benefit from a hug. Anyone experiencing solitude. The one who could do with a chunk of forgiveness but daren't ask. Affirmative action, might make all the difference. Looking outwardly not inwardly always seems to help. </span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br />We're social animals living in a world of rushing material singletons. It can be tough taking it slow with so much peer pressure, but there's so much to be achieved by taking it slow, downshifting and learning the craft of selective procrastination. Rome wasn't built in a day. Don't compare. It is singularly bad for your health.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/20/robin-williams-worlds-greatest-dad-alcohol-drugs">http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/sep/20/robin-williams-worlds-greatest-dad-alcohol-drugs</a></span></span>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-35947137842520632972014-04-29T17:39:00.001+01:002014-04-30T11:01:26.098+01:00THE IMPORTANCE OF STRUCTURE & ROUTINE IN MASTERING YOUR 'JOB':<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You may or may not know that I swim...<i>A LOT</i>. About 2 or 3
kilometres a day, sometimes more. I call myself a "Wild Swimmer" because I love swimming in the outdoors. I'm getting older now, but there was a time when I swam
competitively. In 2007 six of us swam The Channel as a relay team to raise funds
for poorly children. That was a test of my technique, resilience and preparation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To prepare, you have to acclimatise to cold water and swim
lots and lots of laps in the pool and hours in the cold sea to acclimatise. Swimming lots of laps can be boring unless
you've trained your brain to go into a trance, to focus on your goal or simply mull-over
ideas and put the world to rights. It helps pass the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might wonder what on earth I am telling you this for on
a career blog. Simple. Whilst swimming this morning, an idea came to my mind in
the <u>confines</u> of my lane in the 25 metre pool I spend most mornings in. The key
word here is 'confines'. It struck me in this large 5-sided tank of water that
I was confined and, rather than feeling caged-in, the boundaries of the lane
were very helpful to practicing my technique. Then it struck me that anyone
succeeding in any particular job, career, sport or game, is similarly confined and benefits in the same way.
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You see, nearly every business great, celebrity or sports star that we love
have mastered their skills, strengths, talents and gifts within their specific
arena. They have become outstanding by making themselves uniquely talented whilst
performing ‘in the zone’. Every exceptional person you can think of has
excelled within the confines of their chosen discipline. They have mastered the
structures, rules and regulations of their chosen field and learned how
to use these ‘guidelines’ (like a swimming lane) to their advantage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In just the same way 'a field' can be a large strip of land
surrounded by a wall to grow crops, the word 'field' can be used to describe an
occupation, profession, trade or vocation. The more clear the demarcation lines
around 'the field' the more recognisable it is. Some people get hung-up on the
semantics that differentiate one field from another, e.g. Osteopath /
Chiropractic, Farrier / Blacksmith, Sociologist / Psychotherapist. <i>(Sometimes
radical ways of interpreting the rules come along and we see the birth of new
fields; but that’s another story for another blog entry). </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Professional footballers make their living quite literally
on a field of play. But their sport is differentiated by rules and regulations as is each position in the team from forward to defender, goalkeeper to winger.
Otherwise their sport would be chaos and each game would be a free-for-all with no way of managing it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Skills mastery is a key ingredient in career success in
whatever field, occupation or sport. For example, when I am swimming well, I
know that I will take <u>exactly</u> 18 strokes of frontcrawl to swim a 25
metre length in the pool. If my stroke is inefficient, it will take more. If
less, I will tire more easily. Knowing this fact about my performance
disciplines my mind and helps me swim more efficiently because it gives me a
reason to focus on form and technique. It also stops me from getting tired. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going back to football, world-renowned David Beckham has mastered his
footballing skill to the extent that he is famous for his precise passes
of the ball and great goals scored from free-kicks. He is outstandingly talented
yet he plays within the confines of strict rules, keeps the ball within the
boundaries of the pitch and focuses his energies, ultimately, on precision goal-scoring. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He can tell when he is performing well or not by the number
of goals scored or whether his passes to other players land at their feet or go
off the pitch (field of play). His experience gained through many hours of
practice inform him when he has made an error or when he is playing well. He
can adapt his technique according to the results because he sees where his
passes or shots on goal finish-up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We know it takes the world's most successful people about
10,000 hours to get to the top of their field and Beckham’s level of expertise.
Be that in sport or in business. This means that people like Bill Gates, David
Beckham or sports stars like Maria Sharipova will have invested in the region
of 10 years hard work, focus and sacrifice to win-through to achieve recognisable success. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mastering technique requires much dedication. Yet, perhaps
equally importantly, we need to understand the rules of the landscape we
operate in. Choosing to specialise and become masters of our career attributes,
talents and gifts means we must understand, visualise and respect the confines
of our professional discipline. This is why we use the word ‘discipline’ to
describe an occupation or skill in a sport. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Far from cramping our style and reducing our choices,
limiting our peripheral vision helps us to concentrate our attention, effort
and time into becoming proficient at what we do best. There will always be people
who would rather taste a wide variety in their career choices before they settle
down to focus on one thing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, after experiencing the peaks and troughs of my own career
journey </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">– once I discovered my own career passion -</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> coupled with 15 years of
coaching others along their career journeys, I can safely say that it is the
people who knuckle-down sooner into their own rhythm in the confines of their
preferred field who tend to reap the greatest rewards and look happiest. Limiting our choice,
focussing our attention and pouring our energies in a specific field make our
decisions far easier and career so much more resilient to the inevitability of
change in the 21</span><sup style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">st</sup><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Century labour market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the global financial crisis of 2008 earning a
sustainable livelihood has become much more about finding a wage than building
a sense of career. We see the phrase ‘career resilience’ used to describe how
important it is for personal survival to be able to evolve from one skill-set
to another in order that we find work that puts food on the table. Yet
deep-down, I see the workers who master their talents as being the most
resilient, the most happy and the better equipped to face the ever-changing work
landscape. They are also the most employable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My advice, therefore? If you wish to excel, ‘learn to swim’ in the
confines of your own field. Invest many hours in mastering your skills and
polishing your talent. This is one reason why the artisan craftsmen and women I
see are so in demand and always have a sparkle in their eye. That way, you
stand more chance of being master of your own destiny and eating whilst many
others go hungry. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">‘Discipline’</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">
– it takes a lot to focus your mind on a particular goal worth striving for. Unless
your goals are worth devoting yourself to, the discipline will never come.</span></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">‘Control’</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">
– Sometimes, alongside ‘Discipline’, we have to control our thoughts, actions,
emotions and thirsts for the temptations that might thwart our progress.</span></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">‘Denial’</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">
– often great plans are undone by refusing to acknowledge the reality, even
when we can see why we’re failing as clear as day.</span></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">‘Sacrifice’</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">
– Along with the many temptations that risk distracting us, we have to give-up
some of our favourite indulgences like TV, crappy food, unhelpful friendships
and delusions if we are going to fulfil our potential.</span></li>
<li><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">‘Opportunity’</i><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -18pt;">
– Having honed all of our talents and skills and polished our gifts to a bright
sparkle, none of the investment of time, effort and dedication is worth a bean
unless we are able to recognise the opportunities to excel that come our way.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Step-back for a moment and look at your work/life plans. Can
you see your metaphorical ‘swimming pool’? Can you visualise the shape and form
of the guiding constraints of the particular field you wish to specialise in?
Have you disciplined your technique through many hours of practice so that you
know exactly when your technique is great and you’re performing well? Give your
potential a chance, zero-in your focus, choose your goals well and polish your
devotion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Strange as it may seem, the truly outstanding talents who
walk alongside us in this multi-faceted, diverse, complex and decision-laden
world, know better than anyone does the confines of their own fields. And that
is exactly the reason they came to shine so brilliantly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-5264380291713859572014-03-21T11:50:00.000+00:002014-04-16T16:31:08.194+01:00WOULD YOU HELP ME WITH SOME CAREER-RELATED RESEARCH, PLEASE?<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; margin: 12pt 0cm;">
<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">WOULD YOU HELP ME WITH
SOME CAREER-RELATED RESEARCH, PLEASE? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My life was
transformed in 1994 when I sat down and had my first-ever 'proper' career guidance
interview with Mike Bond at Pathways Adult Career Development Centre in
Sunderland.</span><span style="color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Prior to that time I
was pretty-much kicking about achieving not very much. At the time of meeting
Mike, I was rock-bottom. The irony is I ended-up getting Mike's job at Pathways
and, by way of a 2-year process, fulfilling my dream. I will be grateful to him
for the rest of my life for the help he gave me in sparking my 'calling'. (What
some people call the 'Aha Moment'.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">I designed my 'Career
Dovetail Formula' in 1997 when, working with students in schools and colleges,
I began relaying the visual metaphor for what can be a very hard-to-grasp,
esoteric and intangible commodity - the 'perfect fit' of finding great work.
Subsequently, it has been my brand, philosophy and methodology, see below. I've
been evangelising about the power of quality-assured career guidance ever since
and my own quest has led me along a magical mystery tour helping others tune-in
to the power of meaning-filled and meaningful work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pretty downbeat about the notion of discovering joy at work; at least when we
start out. But watching them transform is the joy I derive from what I do. One
of the toughest lessons for me has been that you can only help someone when
they are ready to help themselves. The process usually involves devotion,
sacrifice, control, denial (?), faith, self-encouragement and discipline. So it
can be a tough journey. [And that's why I believe only 10% of the population
discover their perfect work.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">Therefore, to improve
that worrying statistic and with so many young people struggling to build traction
in their careers, I am currently researching the 'Anatomy of the Aha Moment'
for a new book/ short film we're making. I'm dissecting the 'before and after'
of the changes people go through when they take time to 'career dovetail'
themselves into great work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(You can be as critical, quizzical, doubting, orthodox or enthusiastic as you
like. This has to be a sliding-scale of opinion to be credible). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">***What faith do you
have in there being a perfect 'career dovetail' out their for you? Have you
found yours? If so what does it mean to you? Is it purely qualitative or could
you quantify it too? And is there a price to pay - time, money, relationships,
attrition, anxiety...***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">It would be great to
get a dialogue going on this BIG QUESTION here below. But if you would feel
more comfortable, you can email me at <a href="mailto:duncan@careeradvise.me">duncan@careeradvise.me</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: grey; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 18pt;">I'd
be ever-so grateful if you would contribute your thoughts, feelings and
aspirations. If we can crack the recipe, who knows where it might lead.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0Hubworking, 5 Wormwood Street, London EC2M 1RQ, UK51.516607 -0.08354029999998147125.861535500000002 -41.567915299999981 77.1716785 41.400834700000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-83724072139049545872014-03-01T12:41:00.001+00:002014-03-01T12:51:55.143+00:00WHAT DOES YOUR LIFE HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU?<div dir="ltr">
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Believe me, you can find the answer. The idea that it is possible to discover a perfect career choice which weaves every one of a person's attributes in a single strand, has to be one of the toughest challenges for even the most inspirational Career Coach to translate.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">People don't know what they don't know. Similarly, how can we know how wonderful it is to be in love without having ever fallen in love. How can we appreciate the rush of adrenaline of freefall without actually leaping from a plane. That wistful gleam of intoxicating joy can only be held by the bearer of the actual experience. So it is with being docked into our perfect work. It took me 32 years to find mine. I now know I couldn't have survived without it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Truly living the experience of beaming all of our gifts, talents, skills, capabilities and life experiences in the mastery of a distinct vocation is transformational, confidence-giving and supremely energizing because it helps us invest in our own purpose in life. As always, no two people are alike. The career conundrum facing all of us is as taxing as the hardest equation we ever saw in a Maths exam. But that mystery is so much a part of the joy created by self-discovery!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The driving motivation for solving your career conundrum and unleashing your unique blend of traits on the world is that you, and only you, own it. Your career identity is yours to invest in and, once you've uncovered it, not only will put food in your belly, it will feed your life with purpose that will sustain you for always by fuelling your day-to-day living. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">More than anything you will possess that deep self-assuredness and innate smile that you see on the face of any hard-working, skill-mastering, and devoted artisan craftsman or woman, radiating from the joy invested in them by their discovery of what it is that truly makes them tick. The <i>'Master-at-the-Helm'</i> knowing their true bearing in life with a beacon on the horizon to aim for every day. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Life is a journey, we pass this way but once. We owe it to ourselves and our loved-ones around us to uncover our true destiny in life. This quest is made all the more joyful when we know what it is we are here to do with our lives. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Remember the guiding maxim: <i>"Find a job that you love and never work another day for the rest of your life!"</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>BE ENTHUSIASTIC OR RISK NOT BEING ANYTHING AT ALL.</b> Be hungry to solve your career conundrum. Be hungrier for the prize.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For help in your quest why not attend one of our career discovery workshops or call for a one-to-one coaching programme:</span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0Oxted, Oxted51.255714 -3e-06tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-91412599981793989032013-07-24T16:46:00.002+01:002013-07-24T16:46:32.943+01:00So you can’t get no (job) satisfaction…wotcha gonna do?!<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As with most days, I am preoccupied with how to
short-circuit the career conundrum and help more people discover great work for
themselves; the kind of work that dovetails every single career attribute,
experience, value, ambition, skill, talent, gift and dream, neatly into The
World of Work. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today I woke-up with a <i>'key
word'</i> in the forefront of my mind; the kind of word that opens up rich
corridors of creative thinking. As a part of my own 'career portfolio' is that
of a writer, I know I am working well when I wake and my subconscious feeds me
a word on which to build my day and sustain myself. </span></div>
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those days because it’s a form of purpose to chase-down such a word and turn it
into something thought-provoking, real and relevant. To decode the meaning of
the word and give it to the world in a meaningful way. Yes, words enrich my
days and I am <i>thankful</i> for them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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provided happens to be <i>‘inventory’. </i>What
a great word for a Career Coach to be reminded of every now and again. In our
quest for job satisfaction and happiness, inventories are every bit as
important as a map and compass on any expedition because, along with giving us
our direction, they can fuel our self-esteem, turn progress in reality and help
measure our success. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Extrapolation is the act of taking historic data, trends and
events and projecting them to some point in the future. That’s why an inventory
is such a good start-point on our journeys to the future. A couple of days ago
whilst researching a previous blog topic I was looking into <i>'positive visualisation'.</i> It turns out
that the wholly remarkable W. Clement Stone, who created positive thinking as a
tool to train super-determined insurance salesmen in his company, also happened
to, through his mentorship, spawn a remarkable protégé, <a href="http://www.ogmandino.com/">Og Mandino</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ingredients we should be thankful for. I don’t want to spoil his story but I’d
recommend spending some time watching his teachings on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAx9os1KxN0&list=PLXWjujB9svs1t_SNbQdj1-lHsj6MnKOdI">YouTube</a>.
Og survived hitting absolute rock-bottom and turned his life around. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In his teachings, he states that, no matter how low we might
believe we have fallen, we have special gifts we ought to remind ourselves to
be thankful for, such items are the eyes that we see with, the ear we hear with
and the feet we walk with. And that's just for starters. I'll leave the rest to
his video. It is quite a powerful legacy and by valuing it, we recognise his
life's accomplishments. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what of our own inventories. Due to my own difficulties
in gaining traction in the first few chapters of my life, and then, more by
happenstance than good judgement, I found a talented Career Adviser and formed
a sustainable vocation, which led to my designing the <a href="http://www.careerdovetail.com/dovetail.cfm">Career Dovetail Formula</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem I was seeking to solve was to make career decision-making a
tangible, repeatable and reliable process. I believe too many people, me
included, have historically found careers work esoteric, intangible and perhaps
even a bit flaky. Perhaps not worthy of investment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So if you do nothing else today why not sit down and create
an inventory of your career attributes to be thankful for. Along with your skills,
consider your experience, talents, gifts, strengths, personality traits,
resilience, friends, family, work colleagues, wider networks, interests,
passions, your overcoming-of-adversity anecdotes, achievements and success
stories. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You never know, apart from ending-up feeling thankful, you will
probably do your self-esteem a whole lot of good and maybe be well on the way
to building a sustainable career plan! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ultimately, you will piece-together a credible <i>'Tell Me About Yourself'</i>; which, apart
from impressing yourself, will demonstrate to others how good you are at what
you do, build your CV/resumé
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-76227514676011429982013-07-23T12:31:00.000+01:002013-07-23T12:35:34.709+01:00Purpose makes Practice (more likely to be) Perfect<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The
old maxim<i>"Practice makes perfect",</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>doesn't amount to a flea's breakfast
without a sense of purpose fuelling it. Perhaps it should be compulsorily
married to another time-served phrase,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"What's
the point?"</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Because<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'What's the point?'</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is basically asking us about our
target.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>What's the point on
the horizon you are steering your ship towards?<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Without a point, we are
rudderless, aimless and moribund. In other words, stuck!<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As a coach for over the last 30
years, first giving golf lessons as a fledgling Assistant Golf Professional,
then as a Swimming Teacher, and latterly as a Career Guidance Practitioner and
Executive Coach, I have come to respect that without a specific bearing point
on the map to aim for there is no direction. No drive to fuel the practice, no
vision to visualise and no decision making muscles exercised. And in many
cases, the cause is lost before the journey even commenced. Golf's got an
obvious target with a flag-stick on a green and neatly mown fairways
to indicate your path to success, but in life, although equally relevant, the
pathways are not so obvious.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So there can be no doubt that
time spent practising your sport, your craft or your vocation is a worthwhile
investment, but understand first what it is that you're investing your focus,
effort and time in achieving. This is why, here at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://careeradvise.me/the-purpose-foundation">The Purpose Foundation</a></i>,
and our sister organisation, The Talent Engine, we respect the key ingredient
to any coaching success is seeing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'the
point'</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>clearly and how sport
correlates so perfectly. If you're still asking<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"what's the point?" -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>then there isn't one! You need to
set your goal. Your purpose needs to shine on the horizon like a beacon which
compels you to tune into your inner compass and align all of your positive
attributes. Otherwise, it's pointless!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Since inception in the 1950s by
billionaire insurance salesman William Clement Stone,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Positive Visualisation Technique'</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>has become the keystone to high
performance and spawned millions of coaching businesses around the world. In
Rhonda Byrne's smash-hit movie<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8">'The Secret'</a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>she attributes 'clear sight of
success' as The Secret to having anything we desire in life - if only we first
see what it is that we want. It is only then that<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.oprah.com/spirit/The-Law-of-Attraction-Real-Life-Stories_1">'The
Law of Attraction'</a></i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>will
work for us. She has so many of the world's greatest proponents of 'positive
thinking' lend their crystal clear metaphors to the film's subject -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>"...a glimpse of a great
secret!"</i><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My deep belief is that so many
sufferers of stress-related illness can be cured in the moment they switch-on
to a purposeful goal in their lives. Even better if they can envisage a goal
that interconnects the 3 pillars of holistic wellbeing in their life:
psychological / sociological / physiological. Here again, even for the amateur,
sport is a wonderful channel for your investment of effort.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> Not only is it great stress
relief from the ardours of modern life, it is a great focal point, commitment,
dojo and laboratory for practising positive visualisation techniques.<u1:p></u1:p>
Tellingly, is a</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Japanese</span></a> term which literally means <i>"place of The</i><i> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8D_(Way)" title="Dō (Way)"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Way</span></a>".</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I have born witness to inspiring
transformations across all departments in many people's lives just by setting a
sporting goal on the calendar to aim at. Hence, my long distance swimming
spills-over into my professional life so perfectly as I function so much better
day-to-day when I'm committed to a date on the calendar horizon to which I aim
to hone my skill, build my cardio-vascular fitness and test my stamina. My
training sessions at the times when I don't possess a visual goal tend to be
empty by comparison and this is a symptom I work hard to legislate against.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">These sporting metaphors
translate so well into the workplace too. It is no coincidence former Olympic
gold medallist swimmer Adrian Moorhouse's consultancy business is called <a href="http://www.lane4performance.com/">'Lane4'</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>because this is the lane he swam in
when he won his gold medal. And why British Gas, one of the largest energy
companies in the world, sponsor British Swimming and use elite swimmers to
deliver motivational training to their personnel.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So in modifying the maxim to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">'Purposeful practice promotes perfection'</span></i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">we start to transmit a far more
empowering message to the world in that we have thought our options through,
made an informed decision, valued our goal-specific attributes, fuelled our
motivation with drive and chosen to discipline our actions with purposefulness.
The net result of this knowing state is that it connects-together all of the
dots in our life. The more clearly we see our purpose the more joined-up we
feel and the more attractive our performance is to </span>others. <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">After all, <i>'charisma'</i> means both <i>'a compelling attractiveness or charm
that can confer devotion in others'</i> and <i>'a
divinely conferred power or talent'.</i></span><i><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This is The Key to success in our
working lives too. This is why understanding our career attributes and the
faculties we possess within is vital. In my new book<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://www.careeradvise.me/">'Every Person's Path to Purpose - Everyone's
Work Manifesto'</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>I
introduce a new kind of energy called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Vojo'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(Vocationally Generated Energy).<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Vojo'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>has almost supernatural powers
that I believe only a very few people possess. So few are in possession of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Vojo'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>because so few people are truly in
possession of purpose; possibly as few <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>as
5 to 10% of the working population experience the joys given to them by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Vojo'.<u1:p></u1:p></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You can spot people with<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Vojo'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>because they are the charismatic
people who never work. They are the people who discovered a job that they truly
loved. A job which sees every one of their career attributes in perfect
alignment; dovetailed beautifully into The World of Work. As if it was always
intended to be that way. I argue in my book that society desperately needs more
people dovetailed into their perfect work and managing well-planned careers
because they have so much to contribute to the wellbeing of society. No longer
can we strip employment of its meaning in pursuit of profit and dividend paid
to an ungenerous few.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">'Every Person's Path to Purpose'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">is a blueprint for an interconnected, congruent and
sustainable working world where all workers are encouraged to contribute to the
betterment of their fellow humans. It talks about the nurturing powers of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'Work Aesthetics'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>where by honing skills over time
workers construct meaning not only in their own lives, but those who pick-up on
the resonance and purity of <i>great work</i>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Progressives / <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proutists">Proutists</a> such as myself see
a future where not only is there enough resource in the world to go around
equitably, but everyone extracts the benefit of living well and prospering with
the egalitarianism borne out of personal effectiveness, merit, living well,
being spiritually connected with our surroundings through the imperatives of
ecology, cooperation and sustainable living.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Although too easy to forget in an
increasingly greed-driven and engorged world, social cohesion relies on each
individual wanting to give to their fellow citizen, unconditionally. For each
of us to express our individuality through creativity, our quest for spiritual
enlightenment - the answering of questions - and our perpetual pursuit of
growth - yet contributing to - the greater good of the community we live in. Be
that through maximising our potential, skills mastery and/or the fulfilment of
our<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_of_needs">'Hierarchy of Needs'</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(Maslow) in the culmination of
self-actualisation. If we are not proceeding we risk being in decline,
stagnating at at risk of falling foul of low self-esteem and entering into the
minefields of mental illness and self-doubt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">As the aeroplane's wings need to
be at just the right attitude in order to take-off, so purpose relates to the
fulfilment of potential and growth in the individual. Drive - the fuel of
maximising one's potential - must be intrinsic. It cannot be given to another.
The push and pull of personal development and growth can be taught, mentored,
guided, supervised and coached, but without a purpose, it is a pitiful waste of
energy, resource and time. This is why when we wake each day we can measure our
individual effectiveness simply by gauging the clarity with which we can
visualise our purpose and our relationship to the goals we have set ourselves
on the horizon. In this way all the time we devote to honing our craft as we
pursue our individual potential will be guaranteed to pay the bearer a healthy
return the investment! (Coincidentally,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>'vojo'<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i> is Esperanto for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i><a href="http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vojo">'The Way'</a></i>.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/330301" target="_blank">Every Person's Path to Purpose</a>: Your Work Manifesto. </span><br />
<span itemprop="description" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">With 90% of workers in the wrong job as they quest for meaning, this surprising blueprint aims to sustain your career over the long haul. It helps answer the age-old question: "Why am I here?"; it infects us with an honest hunger to do well in the workplace and contribute enthusiastically. This 'work manifesto' constructs processes, systems and engines to help get more people into great work.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Try a sample on Smashwords by following the above hyperlink. Or buy the traditional physical book from: </span><br />
<a href="http://www.completelynovel.com/books/every-persons-path-to-purpose-everyones-work-manifesto">http://www.completelynovel.com/books/every-persons-path-to-purpose-everyones-work-manifesto</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Whichever you prefer, I really hope you enjoy tuning in to your inner Work Aesthete and firing-up your Vojo!!</span>Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-30703306233686160662013-05-14T15:20:00.000+01:002013-05-14T15:23:17.636+01:00Making things spreads joy, makes people happier and sustains society:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I once heard a call centre manager saying it was tolerable
to have a high staff-turnover in his industry because “it’s the nature of the
industry”....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...This is b#@`S*^t! As long as workers get a sense that they are
contributing to something positive, that their daily tasks in some way create
something of value, then they’re going to extract a sense of job satisfaction, maybe even real joy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As more and more firms pinch the purse strings in order to
turn a profit it is harder and harder for workers to feel as if their
contribution is tangible and that their efforts are worth a dime. Their dilemma
is made much worse if they don’t get any recognition other than a meagre pay packet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is why, increasingly, I get the sense that the makers
of things are happiest. You know, those artisans who bake wonderful traditional
bread recipes, the dry-stone wall builders, the farriers who work iron into
works-of-art, the thatchers who construct timeless roofs on medieval houses and
clay potters and wood turners making bowls of perfection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sustained psycho-social and economic wellbeing is dependent
upon contributing positively to your community for the individual to thrive and
prosper in the broadest and most widely rewarding sense. The world is in such a
mess because Capitalism removed the individual’s ability to hone their technique
and proper through a progressive mastery of skill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Self-preservation in the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century labour market is about being resilient to change and being able to do
nothing in particular averagely well. There is no reward in this short-sightedness
for either employer or employee. Hence, market volatility robs society of its
meaning in the medium to long term with no sight of let-up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Self-preservation technique, happiness-building and holistic
wellbeing rely upon your ability to make, grow and sustain; to move forward and
develop. Relearning from scratch every few months erodes resolve as everyone
loses sight of growth indicators. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Set your sights on making something of value. Invent something
that will make other peoples’ lives happier, more fulfilling and / or
efficient. Give joy by <i>building, shaping, designing, sculpting, crafting,
tailoring, constructing, drawing, harvesting, divining, staining, whittling,
plumbing, decorating, growing, dyeing, turning, potting, hammering, fastening,
weaving, joining, smithing, sawing and stitching. </i>Doing words help things grow. Be guided by your actions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Be the modern Artisan. Nurture your ability to work, invest
effort, form and then step back on experience the meaning borne-out of making
some thing tangible. Above, make and take joy in your being your own master. </span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-52443786620377898642012-12-18T12:58:00.001+00:002012-12-18T12:58:45.536+00:00Career Sustainability - careers advice, inspiration and mental stimulation for job hunters: What's the difference between success, happiness a...<a href="http://careersustainability.blogspot.com/2012/12/whats-difference-between-success.html?spref=bl">Career Sustainability - careers advice, inspiration and mental stimulation for job hunters: What's the difference between success, happiness a...</a>: ... and falling short of your dreams? Before reading this item, please take a moment to visualise those people you have seen who are fu...Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-6933639411213206452012-12-18T12:49:00.000+00:002012-12-18T12:54:03.710+00:00What's the difference between success, happiness and achievement....<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Before reading this item, please take a moment to visualise those
people you have seen who are fulfilling their dreams, and those who aren't
there yet.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’d hazard an educated guess that a lot of what you’re seeing in
the successful person is in their physical posture.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What do I mean when I say ‘physical posture’?</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Let’s face it successful people tend to give-off an aura. It is
deeper than just looking confident; they<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>carry
themselves</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>differently, they<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>act</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>differently, they<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>think<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>differently and this positive
energy is often regarded as<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘attractive’</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in much the same way as magnetic
energy attracts.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">You can always recognise the people who have ‘it’ because they
tend to look</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">above the
horizon.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">They </span><span style="font-size: 14.44444465637207px;">aren't</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> looking
curled-up in a ball or looking at their feet as if they worry that they’re
going to fall down a crack in the pavement. They've no use of superstition
because their '</span></span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">glass is half full'</i><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">and
they’re consistently optimistic. They have faith in what the future holds and
stride out towards it proactive, confident and eager.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Hedgehog Effect</span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">: Just like the hedgehog’s
instinct to roll-up into a ball, there are times when I have met clients for
the first time when they are physiologically and psychologically rolled-up
tightly in a ball of self-preservation; as if rolling with punches. Somehow they
have lost their faith in the benevolence of the universe and seek to protect
themselves from being harmed. I often see clients in this state following long
periods of unemployment or experiencing the grief of redundancy. <u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">There are osteopaths, Bowen therapists, Hellerworkers, and body
alignment experts that help release this pent-up anxiety from our bodies. I
regularly encounter this physical manifestation of anxiety and stress as it
prevails in people who have not experienced fulfilment and meaning in their
work because they have yet to piece-together their career attributes to form a
sustainable career plan; the people who are still wrestling with themselves to
discover their own identities and define their mission in life.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Looking back now, with the luxury of 20/20 hindsight, I survived
that difficult transition between childhood, adolescence and adulthood because
the activities I was good at fed me an inner strength. In the main, if
it wasn't for sport and my love for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>The
Arts</i>, I would have struggled much more. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Deep down inside I knew I possessed positive potential and that it
was surely a case of just keeping going and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>one
day</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I would end-up
discovering success, achievement and happiness. It was just a matter of time.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I have no clue where this deep instinct stems from, nurture or
nature, but I suppose I am lucky that I sensed it was innate within. A long
time ago I came to realise that everyone has an innate talent within; it is
just a case of circumstance, perseverance and positivity whether they ever
experience the warmth of its glow.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I made a breakthrough in my life when I realised how other people
had struggled with the same hurdles I had experienced and when a very kind
tutor explained to me how insanely unkind the perfectionist character trait can
be because we constantly use it to ensure happiness is always just that inch or
two out of reach. He helped me understand that my<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>“good enough, might be equivalent
to somebody else’s best”.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>It
was like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders and I never looked back.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It wasn't the past that was going to determine my
future…</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">...it was my decisions in the ‘here and now’</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Even though our future course is borne-out of extrapolating the
trajectory and themes of our past accomplishments (and failures), potential
will always outweigh previous experience; this is how we fuel forward momentum.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">How we act upon this potential<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>right
now, today</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>governs our future
course, our potential for success, happiness and achievement. No great oak ever
grew from an acorn that was not 'anchored’. It is a challenging life-lesson to
absorb, but our environment is a mirror to our actions. We can influence<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘Darwinian probability’<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>in the way we represent ourselves
to our surroundings as image determines our horizons in life.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘The expressions we meet on other
people’s faces tend to reflect the look we transmit to them’.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>Hence a sincere smile - reinforced
by a self-assured character - is such a disarming weapon in life.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Positivity building-blocks:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As we know from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘</i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://thesecret.tv/movie/trailer.html"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Secret’</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSk51Lp-vHU"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘What the Bleep’</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">, and
the infinite pool of knowledge on ‘self-help’ and ‘positive thinking’ espoused
by visionary thinkers like Dr Norman Vincent Peale, William Clement Stone, and
founder of sports psychology Coleman Griffith, there are some essential
ingredients to performing well:</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Do what it
takes to germinate the magic in desire –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>get
hungry, want to be successful, fill the void with it and use it to launch
yourself.</i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Strive for
Inspiration – find a field you are passionate about otherwise you will
never find the motivation necessary to persevere over the long haul.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Identify where
your skills lie. Develop your technique – practice, practice, practice.
Hone the attributes you have been ‘given’ until your mastery infects you
with conviction and purpose.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> Disarm
your past mistakes out of the same kindness you would bestow on any other
young person who was beating themselves up with negativity born from past
errors. Move forward and grow from experience. Look forward and outwards
not inwards.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Nurture calm
and rejuvenation in your bedroom and turn it in an oasis of calm as it is
proven that disrupted sleep exacerbates troubled spirits. Master your
thoughts through calmed breathing with inspiring books and tranquil
meditation in order to cleanse your mind of the days’ strains.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Above all
enter each day pointing all your faculties at your<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘beacon of purpose’.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>What is it that you wish to
marshal your career attributes towards? Progress is continuous personal
development, self-encouragement and confidence-growing;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>whereas, the stuck, entrenched
and stagnant en route to inevitable decline.</span><u1:p></u1:p><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Encourage-<i>meant</i>:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sometimes by providing for others what we actually seek ourselves
we are recognising human need. Heartfelt encouragement given to others is an
empowering lever in building cohesion, connectedness and cultivating the
essential benefits of team-spiritedness and community; especially when we share
our successes and goals.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This helpful realisation often comes as a great surprise to my
clients, who may have experienced long periods of feeling lonely, isolated and
withdrawn, that through their altruism they inject within themselves far more
optimism at a time when the natural instinct is to be alone and withdraw.
Remember:<span class="apple-converted-space"><i> </i></span><i>Respect is
very much a 2-way street.</i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Connecting-with and communing-with others:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The reality is that few champions taste success from the confines
of solitude. Achievement, in the main, is built upon united effort, linked with
unconditional equality, connected via our ability to depend on others, as it
bonds communities invested toward a common good. This is why<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>‘employee-owned’<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>organisations like<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_Partnership">The John Lewis
Partnership</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in the UK do so
well –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>because they share the
incentive and the trust.<u1:p></u1:p></i></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Very few inward-looking, isolated egocentrics sustain success over
the long haul without cultivating more open partnerships with others buying
into similar value systems and shared motivations for succeeding. Hence good
communications, clear boundaries and respect form the glue that binds every
worthwhile success.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Forgiving Mavericks:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It’s
worth remembering that it can be difficult to find one’s way back into the team
dynamic if time has been spent on the periphery. At the same time we should be
mindful that the most innovative of minds belong to the most unconventional
characters and for them to conform risks amputating their innate brilliance.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Remember real value is borne from invention and invention is
disruptive by definition. Sharing achievement is likely to involve
adaptability, lateral-thinking, and the occasional ability to forgive a
once-adversary who may well be more like you than you’d care to admit! Any such
magnanimity requires great maturity. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Learn to recognise the tiny margins between success and failure:</span></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">As is so often the case in this
life love/hate, friends/enemies, success/failure are the same coin seen from
differing perspectives with the tiniest of fractions differentiating the
various viewpoints. Similarly, beware of perfectionism; as it can be a very
unrealistic, self-defeating and an overly-rigid trait. [Beware ultimatums as
they execute When is our striving for the highest of standards good for us and
when is it eroding us away? When is a task finished and when is a task being
unnecessarily finessed?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The keystone to happiness is knowing when to <i>stop digging</i> and <i>start
constructing</i>; alongside the acceptance that building a life's mission
starts with <b>recognising</b>, <b>liking </b>and <b>understanding</b> what talents you possess and appreciating what you’re
going to do with them -<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>everyday</i>.
Acceptance of what can and can't be changed is elemental.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">It might take decades to put the roof on the house of your dreams,
but you’re better-off knowing that it is built on firm foundations and that
every day you step back to see that the incremental steps, not matter how
small, see the walls growing upwards and taking you nearer to your ultimate
goal.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A ‘patient summary’:<u1:p></u1:p></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Perhaps this is why many of our most famous celebrities point-out
that it took them a lifetime of error-laden perseverance to become an<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>overnight success!</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I believe we can only truly measure
our success when we can clearly state our values. Only then can we credibly
interpret whether our achievements equate to actual success because it is only
then that our work is meaningful. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Concentrated endurance seeds worthy achievement;
passion-led talent fuels it.<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<u1:p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Duncan Bolam © 2012</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></u1:p></div>
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<span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Career
Dovetail Formula & Talent Triangles: </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Strengthening
wellbeing by dovetailing more people into sustainable careers.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Duncan Bolam - 'The Purpose Coach' http://www.blogger.com/profile/11290290464693871646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7533610579382501305.post-1320116709850772182012-12-14T19:06:00.000+00:002012-12-17T12:12:27.256+00:00Standing the Conventions of Traditional Job-hunting Techniques Upside-down:<br />
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Richard Nelson Bolles is unquestionably the grandfather and
guru-on-high of modern job-hunting techniques. I consider myself very lucky to
have Dick as a longstanding friend and to have understudied him during his
world-famous 2-week workshop in Bend, Oregon. Dick’s famous book, <i>‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’, </i>has
been THE Number 1 best-selling book for career-changers and job-hunters for many
generations; with a refreshed version coming out every year since 1967.</div>
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For me there
is one particularly outstanding quote in the book:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">“Many If Not Most Employers Hunt for Job-Hunters… <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">…in the Exact Opposite Way from How Most Job-Hunters Hunt for
Them”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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In spite of the <i>proven</i>
wisdom contained in Dick’s inspirational book, nearly everyone I meet wrestles
with the sagely advice within. They continue to expend their energies on applying
to newspaper ads, sending-off unsolicited CVs and wasting hours applying to
faceless companies online. I even find it hard to translate this wisdom to
close family members who quite literally look at me as if I have two heads when
I suggest they dump the CV/resumé, take the focus off recruitment agencies and
get out there talking to people who share their passions with some well-prepared-for
and energising <i>informational meetings</i>.
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Since entering the careers development profession back in
1997, following a 2 year training programme, I have built a straightforward
body of evidence which supports the generally accepted Rule of Thumb that
roughly 60 to 85% of jobs are found through networking and ‘Word-of-Mouth’
recommendations (depending upon industrial sector and professional discipline).<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hirers much prefer to hire someone who they know a little
about. If they come recommended then that can save a mountain of potentially
costly misunderstanding and pain for both parties. Consider the consequences of
getting that fleeting decision wrong if you’re The Hirer; after all, how many
job interviews last more than 1 or 2 hours and how accurate can they be in
forming such an important decision?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Nepotism is a fact of life<i>… and
who can blame them</i>:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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As much of an example of
favouritism as it is, and as <i>‘What Color
Is Your Parachute?’ </i>so accurately states, the ideal scenario for the employer
is to hire from within, to promote a proven member of staff whose quality of
work you know; second to which would be to hire a contractor or temporary
worker who is already known to the organisation, and so on. So if you’re the
Job Hunter starting from a cold start, how do you compete, how do you amplify
your chances? <o:p></o:p></div>
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As much as it remains an inspiration, a famous J.K. Rowling quote also
sums-up how painful unemployment can be: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">“Rock-bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt
my life.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Back in 1994 I was in the midst of a desperate and
protracted term of unemployment after I lost a job that I loved, when, refusing
to lose faith, my quest for inspiration led me to my first ever, full-blown,
career guidance interview. As tough as it can be to accept, especially if you have
been unemployed for long period, you have no money, and you might even be at
your lowest ever emotional ebb, we have to maintain faith in good things
happening. My career guidance interview signified a transformation in my
fortunes and a whole new direction for my life. All these years on and I still
recognise it as <b><i>the</i></b> turning-point of my life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It is a fact of life that there are times in our lives where
we make our own luck. Navigating low-points are good examples. It would be
grossly naïve to think we could walk through life unhindered. So what is it that
we’re left with when we really, really have reached rock-bottom? I found that I
achieved greater clarity about what was and what wasn’t important to me. For me
it boiled down to people, community and loved-ones. Above all I learnt that I wanted
to help others; especially to help young people avoid the pitfalls that
inevitably befall us. And I wanted to leave the planet a better place than
where I found it, <i>to leave a legacy.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Solace in Solitude & Scarcity: <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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The sheer intensity
of reflection provided by poverty meant I could draw contrast with incredible
clarity at the great times and was better able to recognise what it was that I
was good at or what it was about a certain set of circumstances that enabled me
to perform to my maximum potential. I knew much more about what I wanted and
what I missed. Reviewing the great moments granted me from my love of sport
worked as great indicators and excellent ‘practice’ at recognising when my
actions were working well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As a county golfer,
basketball player and rugby player, if ever I pictured myself doing well it was
always with a smile on my face and great focus on a particular objective to
which all my physical and mental attributes were pointed. Admittedly, not
everyone is a lover of sport, but all of us possess a passion or an interest in
a particular field (or as Dick Bolles calls them <b><i>‘Fields of Fascination’</i></b><i>)</i>, be it fashion, animals, mathematics,
stamp-collecting, movies, glass-blowing, history, spirituality, music,
carpentry, fast cars… and so on. The list is endless. Identifying our interests
is <b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">key</span></i></b> to
sparking our enthusiasm as it will fuel our progress throughout the whole of our
career. It also instils an incredibly powerful advantage over our competitors.<o:p></o:p></div>
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‘<i>The</i> <i>Art of Positive Thinking’</i>
possesses incredible power. Our innate ability to visualise ourselves doing
well can almost guarantee success. When we learn to back our own ideas we reap
far greater dividends and tap into hidden strengths. Furthermore, we can never
expect others to believe in us if we don’t believe in ourselves. But when we’re
feeling down-and-out and despondent the reality is that thinking positively can
seem very a far-fetched luxury. Rest-assured, somewhere deep within, lays
incredible strength and resolve.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>How do we build enthusiasm, passion and interest if we haven’t got it? <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<i>Informational meetings</i> with ‘like-minded’ people form the mainstay
of Dick Bolles’s (and my own) approach to successful job-hunting. Let’s not
diminish how much bravery it takes to get yourself out there and start asking
people questions about their work. Life can deal us some mean cards. One of the
most ironic of all is how life asks us to feel upbeat and confident about
ourselves, just at the time when we’re feeling rock-bottom and bereft of our
working identity. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are many ways
of building the preamble to get you in position for an informational meeting.
I’d suggest buying <i>‘What Color Is Your
Parachute?’ </i>or getting yourself down to your nearest library and doing the
necessary background reading. Here is the gist of the questions I get my
clients to ask: <o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>(In line with best practice,
apply the questionnaire in person because actually witnessing how your respondents
answer questions is a key part of the process; which may lead to adaptations
and additions being made as appropriate. Plus it helps build ‘chemistry’ and
that all-important rapport we’re looking for.)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->How
did you get your job and/or get promoted to your present position?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Was there any particular person who helped
you with this?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->b.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->What hiring channel proved most successful?<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span>i.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->responding to newspaper articles <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>ii.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->internet research<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>iii.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->speculative approaches - writing directly
to the employer<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>iv.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->recruitment agencies<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>v.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Word-of-mouth recommendation<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span>vi.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Informational meetings<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->What
does your job actually involve on a daily basis? What are your main activities? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->What
do you feel is your No.1 competency or skill that you enjoy using most in this
job?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->a.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Was
this skill innate <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->b.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Or is
it something you have developed whilst working?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->c.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Does
this competency correlate or link to your interests?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->4.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Could
you name your Top 3 Values? (e.g. recognition, sense of team, legacy, financial
gain, power, creativity, helping others, there are many more…)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->5.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->In
terms of education and training, what qualification has been most useful in
your job? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->6.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->What
is it about your personality which suits you to your work? (e.g. are you
outgoing, do you concentrate well, are you happy working alone, etc?)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->7.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->What
do you like<i> least</i> about your job?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->8.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Do you
have any additional advice for somebody attempting to break into this field?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->9.<span style="font-size: 7pt;">
</span><!--[endif]-->I
wonder if you can put me in touch with 3 people from your network who share
your working passions/interests, who you think would be willing to answer these
questions. Contact name & details:<o:p></o:p></div>
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i)<o:p></o:p></div>
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ii)<o:p></o:p></div>
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iii)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>NB:</b> <i>Trust me on this; never fail to
send your respondents and hand-written 'Thank You' for their time.<b><o:p></o:p></b></i></div>
<br />
Informational Meetings truly bear fruit
when you and your interviewee share such common interest that you both get very
enthusiastic about the subject matter! Sometimes I have even known the rapport
to be so good that the interviewer – <i>You</i>
– is offered a job right there and then. When you’ve really done your homework
on the organisation, and you’re really well-prepared, well-versed in your field
of expertise and fuelled by your professional passions, the ‘fit’ between you
and the company you are interviewing is all too obvious and they know you will
very quickly add value, contribute great ideas and generally inject much-needed
enthusiasm into their firm. <i>So they just
have to hire you to stop the competition from getting you!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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This is all well and good, I
hear you say, if you’re a young person starting-out on your career. But what of
the workers whose industries have died, or the company owners have moved the
operations nearer to cheaper labour sources. That work is not coming back
anytime soon. This is where we have to ask ourselves what our <b><i>transferrable
skills</i></b><i> </i>are. What fields are
connected to the work I once did and how to get into them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Job Hunting Strategies:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Apart from trying to stay away from your pc
during the daytime when you can meet people instead, I’d strongly suggest
getting strategic about your job hunt. You will need a well-organised base, or
desk, and you’ll need to do a lot of information gathering and planning.
Dumping your thoughts down on paper either into a journal or diagrammatically,
can be very helpful. I love mindmaps as they connect-up what might appear to be
random thoughts and help us see patterns where they might otherwise remain
invisible. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Extrapolating patterns from past
performance can be incredibly empowering when it comes to building a plan for
the future. <b><i>Patterns point to proficiency, passion and potential</i></b><i>, </i>but recognising them is not always
easy! Even if we are building from our past mistakes, an historic perspective
can be very enlightening; as it provides lots of clues. For example, this is
why we ask the question: <i>What do you like
least about your job?</i> Because at least from understanding what we don’t
like we are stepping towards what we do!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">[I believe that there could be a sinister
backdrop to employment trends and I have written about this extensively
elsewhere. My fear is that growing numbers of corporations see the only way of
increasing their profit margins being to ‘offshore’ and ‘outsource’ their
labour costs by moving to increasingly cheaper sources of workers. The simple
point I make here is how they risk shooting themselves in the foot if they take
wages away from their local consumers by doing so. There can be little doubt
that quality suffers as The West is many decades ahead in the adeptness of
skill required to manufacture well-made products. Due to these short-sighted
and economically naïve policies many once great companies have alienated their
regular customers and robbed themselves of financial stability in the long
term. Cheap goods are not always good goods. Unlike Detroit-based car-makers
who stood still, the antidote is generating innovations and producing
leading-edge thinkers fuelled by passion and the striving to make the World a
better place.]</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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In parallel much of The West’s accrued vocational
capital has stagnated from lack of investment in apprenticeships and training.
In his compellingly beautiful book, written with his mastery of words, <i>‘The Case for Working with Your Hands or Why
Office Work is Bad for Us and Fixing Things Feels Good’ </i>Matthew Crawford encourages
us to consider enriching our lives with more fulfilling and meaningful work.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>The
All-Important Skill of Rapport-Building:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Stop for one moment to consider the
all-important skill of <i>‘rapport-building’</i>.
If you enter into a job interview not prepared to build rapport with your
interviewer, then don’t waste your time or theirs. How do we build rapport? It
stems from <i>common ground</i>. This can be
physical, in that we mirror their body language and look and feel good in
ourselves and we are seen to be attractive. And/or we strike up rapport by
discovering that we share common values, interests, character traits,
qualifications, language, hometowns, football teams… the list goes on, but you
get my gist - <i>we build rapport on shared
passions. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<b>Audits
& Forecasts:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Now that we have spoken to other people
about what fuels their successful careers, and we have absorbed their insight
into their business, we are in a much better position to formulate our own career
strategy. One of the most powerful techniques that I learnt during my career
development training was the ‘Career Narrative’. Here we develop career-related
stories about our work-based achievements and are helped to interrogate our database of experience for the
kinds of skills that we good at an enjoy using. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As with our <i>‘Patterns of Potential’</i> we will start to see recurring themes. This
will also by now be building our confidence. We will start to see our
vocational identity more clearly and understand the kind of people and firms we
need to being talking to to build our careers by making ourselves more relevant.
<o:p></o:p></div>
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We have really cracked our career strategy
when we have extrapolated our research so accurately that we can list the
companies that we want to go and work for and the individuals in those
organisations that we should be writing to or calling up to request
informational meetings with. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Purpose
& Conviction:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Here again, I have written about this
subject extensively elsewhere, but the message I wish to convey here concerns the
difference between someone possessing a sense of purpose and conviction and
those who don’t. As stated earlier, it is easy for someone to say these things
when they’re not feeling down-and-out and devoid of confidence. And this is the
key to success - don’t <i>‘go-to-market’ </i>until
you have it. Your marketplace is <u>finite</u>, there are only so many
companies who will employ someone with your skill-set and career attributes in
your area. Don’t squander valuable opportunities – and energy - by being ill-prepared. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Going back to the use of positive
visualisation, imagine for a moment a gymnast running at a vaulting horse.
Imagine then sprinting down the runway about to throw themselves over the horse
if they don’t believe in their ability to succeed. It’s simply going to end in
tears isn’t it? They aren’t going to run fast enough, they’ll be thinking about
how much they’re going to hurt themselves and just not concentrating on the
important action of taking-off the springboard, placing their hands in the
right place, and landing safely on both feet. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Whereas, in contrast, the gymnast who has
prepared, honed their strength and technique through repeated practice, knows
exactly what actions they need to carry–out, in what sequence, to perform well
and can sprint, take-off and land like a well-oiled machine. They possess the
qualities of self-belief, mental-surety, physical prowess and an attractiveness
associated with their knowing they’re good at what they do. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>In
summary: <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Job-hunting <i>can be</i> a lonely activity. It is also part of the <i>Human Condition</i> that we are not very
good at looking inwardly and being objective about where our strengths and
weaknesses lie when working alone. The best sportsmen and women in the world
hire coaches to hold a mirror up and show them where they are going wrong and
celebrate what they’re doing right. The lesson here is to try not to job-hunt
alone. If you can’t hire a Career Coach to help you, club-together and share
one, or gather together with others in the same position as a form of peer
support or ask your friends and family for help. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The point remains the same, <i>“Many If Not Most Employers Hunt for
Job-Hunter in the Exact Opposite Way from How Most Job-Hunters Hunt for Them.”</i>
If you are not savvy to this and react accordingly, the risk is you will remain
stuck. <i>‘The Path of Least Resistance’ </i>as
I call it, involves strengthening your job hunting armoury by never shooting at
a job you don’t love with a sawn-off shotgun and no conviction. In stark
contrast you are doing whatever it takes to aim at jobs you sincerely love,
firing your heartfelt enthusiasm down the barrel of a high velocity rifle and
taking aim with the precision of telescopic sights. <o:p></o:p></div>
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From my perspective, built on many years of
experience, as hunter and coach, the labour market falls into two camps: 90% of
the people I meet are in the wrong job, not engaged by their work at all, or
paralysed by long term unemployment – <i>they
are the <b><span style="color: #c00000;">‘Reactive
Majority’</span></b></i>. Then there are the 10% <b><i><span style="color: #4f6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;">‘Proactive Minority’</span></i></b><span style="color: #4f6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #4F6228; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=50000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent3; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 128;"> </span>who know
what they want and <i>exactly</i> where they’re
going to get it. <b><i>Remember, if your job isn’t out there, build it yourself! Harness your
creativity, create your own recipe, build your own business and fly free!</i></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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Which camp do you want to be in – <i>reactive, or proactive and free to call the
shots yourself</i>? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Duncan Bolam © 2012 <o:p></o:p></div>
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