Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

You're wanting to make a change in your life, but there's a few barriers to making change.

There's a level of comfort on your job, you mostly know what you're doing when you get to work, it pays comfortably, and do you have friends in the industry.

But imagine doing this job for another 30 years.

Imagine a day of work is one page and the story of the rest of your life.

You're coming home from work tired, the work is often unrewarding, and you're drained of energy.

Do you really want to fill these pages in the story of your life with hundreds, if not thousands of more days like this?

I'm going to give you some seemingly contradictory advice... and in this episode, you're going to find out what.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

We think of expectations as these chains that hold us down:

• Parents wanting you to take the safe career option.
• Friends secretly wanting you to do something similar to them.
• Society wanting you to have a stable job, a mortgage, and two children.

But what if we're looking at expectations the wrong way?

What if there's another way to look at them, that will change the way you view your life and career?

In today's Monday Motivation, I'm going to help you kickstart your workweek with a mindset shift that will change the way you see the world.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

You promised yourself this year was going to be different.

Maybe a different job, a different title, or even a completely different career.

But how can you make any of these changes without looking after yourself first?

This Sunday, we're going to reflect on the key lessons from this week.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

You're way down by expectations.

By society's expectations.

By your family's expectations.

And even your own expectations.

But they're all getting in the way of living a life and career true to yourself.

How can you break free from expectations and impact others around you to also live a life true to themselves.

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

 There's something that may be the single most important ingredient for a happy career.

Using this give you a superpower in your career, and make work more fun.

What is the secret ingredient?

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

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

In this short episode you’ll learn how to set New Years Resolutions that actually work.

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

 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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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

As you wanting to find more happiness and fulfilment in your life and in your career, it's natural to just want to look ahead, to dream about future possibilities, and to imagine your perfect job.

But in today's tip for escaping the nine to five, I'm going to remind you of this quote:

"If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going."

And you're about to learn, why sometimes you need to look back in your career.

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In this episode you’ll learn:

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand

If you're listening to this podcast, chances are you haven't made all the best decisions in your career.

Even if you do at times enjoy your job, you could have made a better choice.

A choice that leads to working in a field where you can be your best self at work, doing the best work, working with the best people, and having the best time.

So, how do you become smarter with your career choices?

In today's Monday Motivation, I'm going to help you kickstart your workweek.

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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

You know New Years Resolutions don't stick.

And so in 2025, What are you going to do differently?

How can you set goals that actually... stick.

How are you going to get to the end of 2025 having made tangible change in your career?

The Sunday, we're going to reflect on the key lessons from this week.

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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/ 

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Topics:

Career Coach

Career Advice

Career Guidance

Career Transition

Career Change

Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand