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298 : The Polished Ones are the Dangerous Ones
Taking a strategic pause in a job hunting process can save you from scams.
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297 : What are you ACTUALLY building?
You don't build a reputation in the future. You build it today, in the choices when no-one is watching
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296 : What has Dropped Off your Calendar?
What if the EXACT thing you need to turbocharge your career, is missing from your calendar?
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295 : Are you showing up, or performing?
If you stepped away for two weeks, what would actually break?
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294 : The Days You Don't Feel Like It
Motivation is a terrible fuel source, here's how to cope when it runs out.
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293 : The Year Nothing Happened
The least glamorous career advice I have ever written, and some of the most important.
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292 : Is it worth the fight?
How to tell the difference between a system worth shaping and one worth leaving.
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291 : The Consolation Prize
Authority lets you announce things. Influence lets you achieve them. Most leaders never close that distance.
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290 : I Don't Do Politics
You do. You just don't know it yet.
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289 : When your best idea isn't enough
What actually carries an idea through an organisation
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288 : You're already in the room
The question isn't how to get access. It's what happens when you start showing up on purpose.
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287: Nobody tells you this part
You don't really know where you work - here's how to find out.
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286: The Decision Nobody Makes
You Can't Outpost an Unclear Signal
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285: Someone is talking about you
Understand the atoms that make up your reputation
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284: Good Work does not speak for itself
Many professionals are leaving their most important work relationship entirely unmanaged.
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283: You need a sponsor, not another mentor.
Whilst one gives advice, the other spends political capital. You need both, but you’re probably only building one.
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282: The Return on Generosity
The 'softer' skill that can bring you advantages in your career.
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281: Nobody Does it Alone
The careers that look like solo achievements rarely are. Find out the three people I think you need.