Squiggly Careers

This week is National Careers Week and Sarah and Helen are shining a spotlight of squiggly career possibilities with 4 conversations with people whose careers are as individual as they are! Today you'll hear Sarah talking to Steph Douglas, founder of thoughtful gift company 'Don't buy her flowers'. Together they discuss the realities of running your own business and how to overcome challenges along the way.

In the rest of the series you'll hear career stories from people pivoting their career, squiggling and staying in organisations and creating their own unique opportunities.

Ways to learn more:

1. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/03/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

4. Access free courses and learning on the government skills for life website gov.uk/skillsforlife

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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In this final episode in our series on how to find your focus Sarah talks to writer Johann Hari about his new book Stolen Focus - why you can't pay attention. Johann shares the factors that influence whether we can pay attention and how we can take regain control of finding our focus at work. Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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This is the third of four episodes on how to find your focus. In this episode, Helen talks to authors Sophie Devonshire and Ben Renshaw about their new book 'Love Work' to understand the practical actions you can take to focus on the work that you love. Together they explore how to discover, develop and deliver work that feels personally meaning and motivating. Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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This is the second of four episodes on how to find your focus. In this episode, Sarah talks to writer and podcaster Emma Gannon. Together they explore some of the key themes in Emma's new book (Dis)connected, including how you can reclaim time for yourself, how to redefine your relationship with technology and why disconnecting helps us to re-connect with the work that we do. Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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Finding focus is an important skill in a squiggly career, which can often feel full of change and competing priorities. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about practical ways to find your focus and share lots of ideas for action for you to experiment with. This episode is followed by a series of conversations with 4 different people to explore the topic of focus further. Throughout the week, you can listen to conversations with Emma Gannon on how to find focus and disconnect, Sophie Devonshire and Ben Renshaw on how to find focus and love your work and Johann Hari on how to find focus and increase your attention.

Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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Squiggly Careers are full of ups and downs which means that disappointment at times is inevitable, however that doesn't make it any easier to deal with! This week, Helen and Sarah share their perspective on how to manage disappointment without being discouraged. It's an episode of cathartic conversation and practical insights to act on!

Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/02/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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This week, hear Helen and Sarah hosting a live podcast in London and Manchester! Together they explore the different topics covered in You Coach You with motivational speaker and podcast host Adrienne Herbert, Santus founder James Routledge, leadership expert Drew Povery and psychologist Lee Chambers. If you'd like some expert advice on how to invest in your resilience reserves, manage your time and attention, build your self-belief, develop a community around your career and pursue career progression with purpose, this episode is for you.

Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 10/02/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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Sarah and Helen are back together this week talking about the topic of 'monkey management'. A 'monkey' is a job to be done and very often we're dealing with an overwhelming amount of them. Sarah and Helen share ways in which you can manage your monkeys, whether or not they are being given to you by other people or you're creating them for yourself. They also share their own personal insights and issues with monkey management!

Ways to learn more:

1. Download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

2. Join the live PodPlus conversation on 03/02/22 at 9am https://www.amazingiflearning.com/courses/podplus

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You'

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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In part 6 of this 6 part series Helen and Sarah bring to life some of the ideas and insights from their new book You Coach You. 

They talk to experts to get their thoughts on how we can help ourselves through some of the knottier moments in a squiggly career.

Every episode relates to a chapter in the book and this episode focuses on our Purpose chapter and specifically how we can purpose more of an everyday action than an aspiration that feels out-of-reach.

Listen to Helen's conversation with David Hieatt, Co-Founder of The Do Lectures and Hiut Denim Co where they discuss how purpose is in the small things you think, say and do at work and how to work with people and in places that align with what purpose means to you.

Books

Do Purpose: Why Brands with a Purpose Do Better and Matter More https://www.amazon.co.uk/Do-Purpose-Brands-Better-Matter/dp/190797413X

You Coach You: www.amazingif.com/books

To download the PodSheet for this episode, head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

To sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of squiggly career tools and catch-up on PodPlus head to https://mailchi.mp/squigglycareers/podmail

For questions, feedback or just to say hello, you can email us at [email protected]

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