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What’s Your Why?
We Write to Remember
Just Create!
Setting Expectations
Staying Committed
Feedback Loops
Setting a Realistic Pace
Re-discovering Creativity
The Corporate Creative
Setting My Compass
I’m sharing the 12 questions on my personal year-end review. Self-honesty is deeply cathartic: expression gives way to validation and response. This list will spark some important real talk! What’s on your list?
20 Observations
This one is a thought experiment to capture 20 observations about what’s happening within me and around me. It’s like holding a mirror to what I observe and absorb versus what I observe and deflect. Here goes!
Notorious Time Sinkholes
The fourth quarter is notorious for reinforcing feelings of stagnation which I’ve pondered before (Getting Out of a Rut). It also begs the question for some of us: what is stealing our time?
Is It Worth It?
Do you ever look back at everything you’ve got going on ask yourself, “Is it worth it?” or “Are my ideas working?”
Career Mistakes to Avoid
We could all do with some help in spotting the issues that are unknowingly blocking our success. As my contribution to the effort, here are 5 mistakes I’ve noticed that pop up in how we manage our careers that should be avoided.
Finite Energy
If 2020 was the year that the previous normal was eviscerated, 2021 was the write-off year most of us simply wanted to survive and 2022 is the year where storm clouds have parted, allowing us to think “where to from here?”
Settling into Transition
Last August, I started a conversation about the ingredients of a career change where I covered 2 out of 5 questions in my framework . Through this article, I’ll cover the remaining 3 questions now that I’ve had more time to adjust and reflect.
Thoughts from Christmas 2021
Writing this from the sleepy environs of Bulawayo where cars overtake each other at 60km/h, it’s the perfect setting for some short reflections on this year which is swiftly coming to a close.
Making a Career Change
All good career breaks must come to an end! And so it is with mine as I start a new role in the fintech world combining my 3 great professional interests: harnessing financial services and technology for positive impact in Africa.
Millenial Musings
Millenials are young, but not that young. We need to be careful of what could trip us up or represent missed opportunity at this sensitive time. I am curious what is on your list of opportunities and risks for the decade ahead as I share mine with you.
Zimbabwe: Searching for the Rainbow
In the past 6 months, I’ve spent the most amount of time living in Zimbabwe as an adult as I’ve ever had since emigrating to South Africa back in 2005. More time on the ground has affirmed for me the intensity of resilience, warmth, ingenuity, work ethic and grit that are possible even in tough circumstances (and perhaps because of it).
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