Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

Imagine to spend your entire life marching towards a career... only to realise it wasn't for you.

But even worse:

To discover it on your first weeks on medical school.

Would you keep going, or risk everything to find a life that feels more like... you?

Today's guest: Joseph Liu - Keynote speaker, career consultant, and podcast host dedicated to helping professionals relaunch their careers

If you're ever in a career that doesn't feel quite right, Joseph's story might inspire you to take action.

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In this episode you’ll learn:

1. How to figure out where in your career journey you are & what kind of move you need to make.
2. How to identify what you need right now.
3. And I'll give you one simple step you can do today to help you pivot in your own career.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephpliu/

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

As I'm slowly returning back from paternity leave, I thought it would be fitting to share an episode on the very thing we work for:

Our life.

 Is having work-life balance achievable?

Is it realistic?

What does work-life balance even mean to me?

These are likely questions you've had running through your head.

What does your current work-life balance look like?

And what is your own definition of work-life balance?

You want a successful career.

You want to earn good money.

But you're also getting stressed out

Not spending enough time with family and friends, barely time for hobbies or some exercise at the end of your Workday.

Something's got to give.

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This week's interview, we're talking to Nigel Marsh.

Famous for his TED Talk on Work Life Balance.

You'll learn:

1. How to define your own work-life balance.
2. What are the 4 disasters that often lead people to make people change careers.
3. How to make change in your life without waiting for a disaster to happen.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 If you're a millennial, chances are you've got boomer parents. Parenting with reward and punishment. Sticks and carrots. Extrinsic motivation. And this might lead to a career choice based on reward and punishment. A well paying "prestigious" job. Implied negative consequences if you didn't go to college. Safe professions. And the result? A draining job where work is exhausting. Days drag on forever. And by Friday, you're counting the minutes till the weekend. What if you could achieve the opposite? An energising job, where you look forward to going to work, and don't care if you're working on Friday night, let alone the weekend. In this happiness episode, you're going to find out how.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 The Monday Blues. Hump day. TGIF. It's become so normal, we've just accepted that you should dread work and celebrate the end of the work week. Why do we put up with this? Why do we settle for jobs that drain us, rather than energise us? Especially when they're not necessarily meaningfully contributing to society. And more importantly, what can you do about it? In this episode, you're going to find out.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 My life's mission is to help working professionals like you take the next steps in their professional lives and design a career that works for them. And part of that mission is interviewing some of the most interesting career changes on the planet. Top career coaches. As well as regular people like you and me who went from a standard career and decided to walk the path less travelled.

Someone who followed that journey is Steve Holloway. He's the co-host of New Zealand's top podcast, Between Two Beers. But before the success, he's someone who had a very interesting career just following his nose, going from a soccer scholarship in the States to success as a professional poker player and then having a very successful traditional career in journalism–long before he started a podcast in his garage with his mate Seamus.

You're going to learn:

1. The special skill that has served him throughout his career, no matter the job.
2. What he means when he says cast your net wide (and we're not talking about dating).

And I'll give you one simple challenge you can do today to help in your own career.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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To contact Steve Holloway: visit https://www.b2bspeakers.co.nz

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To contact Steve Oehley directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

You've been told your entire life, to follow your passion. That if you just love the work you do, work won't feel like work at all. And yet, you're sitting at your desk, clock-watching, questioning whether you made the right career choice.  But what if you've been looking at it all wrong?

In today's Monday Motivation, I'm going to convince you why not to follow your passion, and what you should do instead.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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To find out your top career strengths, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/free-strengths-test

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

Growing up, we get told to practice. Practice your alphabet, practice your timetables, practice your sports drills. But what if you're practicing the wrong things? What if you're not focusing on the things you're good at? Do you even know what your strengths are? Maybe you don't even realise how good you are at certain things, because they come so naturally. But unlocking these strengths. Unlocks a superpower. A superpower that has massive benefits for your career.

In this episode, I'm not only going to share the benefits, but what if I told you there's a secret to making those strengths even stronger? And that secret isn't practice. In this happiness episode, you're going to find out.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 What is it costing you to keep chasing the illusion of wealth? In today's episode, we're going to break free from the consumerism mindset.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

This week, I'm joined by Jim Collison & Saurav Atri - two experts on using your strengths at work.

You'll learn:

1. How to truly figure out your strengths
2. How working to your strengths will transform your career

And I'll give you one simple tool you can use today to put this conversation into practice.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 You see others who seem to love what they do, thriving in their careers, and you wonder: What's wrong with me? Why does work feel like such a slog? Why does it feel like I'm constantly trying to keep up, instead of excelling? And then, Doubt creeps in. You start to believe, maybe you're just as not talented as others. But here's the truth: You're not stuck because of lack of talent. You're stuck because of something core to your being. Something that you've been ignoring for years. And the longer you ignore this, the more frustrated, unfulfilled, and stagnant you'll feel.

In today's Monday Motivation, I'm going to help you kickstart your work week by helping you rediscover who you really are.

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If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT: 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf 

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To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/ 

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Topics:

Escape the 9 to 5 

Escape the 9-5 

Career Coach 

Career Advice 

Career Guidance 

Career Transition 

Career Change 

Next Step Careers Limited

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand