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#304 - Constraints are the Brief
Most constraints have an expiry date. Almost nobody writes them down.
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#303 - A Question Before the Job Hunt
Can you name three alternatives to your salary?
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302 : How to Win at Work Every Day
How an internal scorecard can drive your career, and help your mental health.
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301 : The Lay-Off Field Guide
Getting laid-off can be a shock - but I have some advice to help you throughout the process.
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#300 - Another 100 ✅
Writing and researching Stuff every week has introduced me to some incredible ideas, when I hit issue #100 and #200, I documented some of them. For #300 I'm capturing the next set. Some are mine, some aren’t but all are strong advice for a decent and productive life.
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299 : The Clockspeed Trap
The job ends. The tempo changes. Running your decisions at company speed is how good people make bad calls.
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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.