Mind Over Matter – Mindfulness for day-to-day life

Mindfulness is the big thing these days. Google is awash with solutions to day to day this and that. Mindfulness can transform your life, make you more handsome, slimmer, unblock a drain and grow hair on a balding pate. Of course, I’ve made those claims up (no, really), though I wouldn’t be surprised if there …

Zig-Zag Career Paths

Would you describe your career as linear, like a nice straight line in a specific job or profession? Or, like mine and many others, is it a bit of a zig-zag with a haphazard path? Having worked for more years than I care to remember, I’ve had several different careers and many varied jobs. Most …

Mr Darwin and your Career Evolution

Mr Darwin and your career evolution is a hell of a title I’m sure you will agree. Initially, it might be a tough sell to ask the reader to make a connection between what you do for a living and how, according to the theory, species evolve and survive. However, Darwin’s theory can be applied …

Stronger Career Strengths

The question “Tell me about your greatest career strength?” is, without doubt, an interview question we all love to hate.  Perhaps your line manager will ask you the question in your next performance review.  Or a recruiting manager will slot it into the conversation in a future job interview. Of course, we generally have no …