Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

You've all heard this famous quote and at times it has become a cliche.

"Enjoy the process, not the outcome."

But what if there's research to make you think twice, before you roll your eyes the next time someone says that to you?

In this happiness episode, you're going to find out.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

 As we dive deeper into the journey into Escaping the nine to five, something I'm going to continue to reiterate is the importance of the philosophy of Escape the nine to five.

And why is philosophy so important?

In this short voice memo episode, you're going to find out.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 Imagine your parents immigrating to Canada from Sri Lanka, with no money., parents barely financially scraping by - but then, as you become an adult, landing a job as a 20 year old at IBM, earning over $100, 000 - in a job you actually enjoy, only to QUIT to start your own business.

That's what our guest Brendan Kumaraswamy did.

He's the host of MasterTalk, a YouTube channel and coaching program where he helps other working professionals level up their communication.

You're going to learn:

1. Why you shouldn't burn the boats when looking to leave your 9 to 5 job
2. How to identify the sort of things you could do as a side hustle
3. I'll give you one simple challenge you can do today to help you start your own side hustle in the simplest and easiest way.

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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 directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

Or email: [email protected] 

Or check out his socials: 

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To reach Brenden, visit @masteryourtalk on Instagram, mention this podcast, and he'll send you a surprise voice memo

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

Your food is cold when it arrives and the whiter was rude–you're probably giving a bad review on Google.

But if you had an exceptional experience, you might review that too.

What about reviewing your life?

You might be thinking, why look backwards when you want to move forward in your career?

In this episode, you're going to find out why.

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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 directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

How much about your job has changed in the past year?

Is your job description drastically different from what it was a year ago?

And if it isn't–what can you do about it?

In today's Monday Motivation, I'm going to help you answer this question, to kickstart your work week.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

Imagine, what you would do for work, if you knew you could not fail?

This Sunday, we're going to reflect on this question.

You were working professionals stuck in a nine to five job, and there's so many things you'd rather do for work–if it wasn't for your life situation, people's expectations, and needing to earn a living.

In fact, you've probably built a lifestyle around your comfortable income level.

In today's reflection, I'm going to give you some time to reflect on the main message for this week.

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Topics:

Career Coach

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Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

If you're in a nine to five job, you've most likely been impacted by other people's expectations:

• Expectations of what is considered work.
• Expectations on what you should get paid.
• Expectations on what society thinks is a respectable job.

But there's another way expectations are holding you back–and it's not what you think it is.

In this episode, we'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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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

There's something that seems almost forbidden in the modern workplace.

But it's something we did every single day of our childhoods.

In this happiness episode, you're going to find out what that is.

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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: 

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

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 If you're wanting to make some significant changes in 2025, you've got to set New Year's resolutions that are actually achievable, and I've previously explained how we need to set New Year's goals.

But I want to go step back before this - how do we actually approach these goals?

It's very easy to write on a piece of paper the things that you want to do, but how do we go about achieving them?

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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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 Have you ever been told you:

• Should get a qualification?
• Should get a solid job?
• Should buy a house?
• Should get married?

And yet:

• People are drowning in college debt.
• 1 in 3 people consider their very job as meaningless.
• People become trapped in their jobs to pay mortgages.
• And last I heard, 50% of marriages end in divorce.

Are you sick of being told, this is how you "should" do things?

In this episode, you're going to hear from Organisational Psychologist Clare Mann about why you should NOT listen to this advice, and what you can 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 contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/ 

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand