Job Tales - I interview professionals to help you become who you wish to be

If you have a desire to help people, you like to study and you want to keep learning and progressing on your job, then the profession of a clinical psychologist is a possible avenue for you. You want to know more? Listen to Soraia Esteves.

Raj Joshi has a saying: if you go through life where you can be happy that’s good, but if you go through life where you can also do good to others, then even better.
Raj has combined his medical background with his passion for adventure travel. An inspiring tale from a top expedition leader running his Adventure Boutique in the UK.

PA stands for Personal Assistant. Gioele works in Milan for a famous fashion designer house. He is the personal assistant of the principals. Confidentiality is paramount, and so is Gioele's identity. 
Listen to his story: I find it very interesting.
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Who is a sommelier? What is Hop ‘n Vine tours? Let’s listen to John Peñate as he tells us how he moved to Italy 15 years ago, became a tour guide, then a wine tour expert, and moved back to the US, to discover a whole wine and beer culture in San Diego. In his forties, John is crafting his passion for wine and beer and is designing tours in his new business venture. It’s never too late to reshape your own future. Way to go John.

From his hometown in Mauritius to the Swiss newspaper “Le Temps”. This is the journey of Ram Etwareea, who studied economics and got an opportunity to work as a journalist, moving from Mauritius to Europe. Curiosity and knowledge are the skills Ram sees as key to the profession of journalist. Enjoy the job tale. 

Do you know what Samantha Cristoforetti, Matthias Maurer, Andreas Mogensen, Luca Parmitano, and  Thomas Pesquet have in common? They are astronauts, to be exact: active astronauts. 

I had the honor and pleasure to interview a retired astronaut, Dr. Thomas Reiter, who told me about his extraordinary career at ESA.

Todd Wiener is an entrepreneur from New York with 35 years of experience in nonprofit management and fundraising. The first decade was spent working for organizations including the American Museum of Natural History, Earthwatch, and the Committee to Protect Journalists. He founded Aaron Consulting in 1997 to advise nonprofits on fundraising and manage their campaigns and events. 

Todd launched ibidmobile.net in 2010, the first company to host auctions on iPads. Todd has been a programmer since high school and has designed all the software used by his companies.

Todd's message: don't be afraid to fail.

A former Project Manager, trained in finance and marketing, Sandy Kaufmann was 28 when she felt she wanted to do something different in life. Taking inspiration from her personal love struggle, she did a 3-year course and became a love coach. Today she consults her clients showing them the power of combined mental training and human body work.

Can you be a full-time love coach? Sandy has paved her own way, and tells us how.

https://sandykaufmann.ch/en/coachingoffer/

What a more representative job than a banker for my interviews from Switzerland? Philippe is a true Lausanneois and he offered to talk on my podcast to tell his story. How he became a banker, what he wishes his career to go, what advise he has for Swiss and foreign professionals who want to work in a Swiss bank. Enjoy the episode. Thank you Philippe.

Danielle Stynes founded Swiss Ski Safari 15 years ago, creating a niche market in the travel industry. She is the only woman in Switzerland doing this, and she explains how she managed to start her business from scratch, and what are the keys to an entrepreneur's success. There will be hard times and good times in the life of an entrepreneur, but if you stay true to your idea and keep a clear vision of your goals, it will all come together.
"Just do it" is her motto.