Writing
Essays on careers, values and leading people. A new piece most Mondays.
Decisions you can stand on
You did the exercise. The report is in your inbox. Last week a decision arrived and you made it the old way.
When your values disagree with each other
The decision you keep circling is not right against wrong. It is two things you care about, and only one of them fits.
Why does my CV get rejected immediately?
You applied at six. The rejection landed at eight. It feels like a robot read your CV and binned it.
Which means what?
"Family" is on everyone's list. The word is where the agreement ends.
You already had them
You turned down that job three years ago and never quite explained why. There was a reason. You just never wrote it down.
The Values Finder
You have been running on the same five values for years. You just never wrote them down. Twenty minutes fixes that.
Who you would stop being?
You have run the numbers twice and they work. That was never the problem.
Whose definition?
You are not stuck. You are moving fast in a direction you never chose.
You already know
You know what you are going to do. What stops you is who you think you owe.
Still good at it
You are the one people come to, now name the last thing this job taught you.
Nothing is Wrong
Unhappy people leave. Comfortable people stay for five years and call it fine.
Nothing happens at your desk
Notice what the last three weeks had in common. (Week 1, Week 2, Week 3) Listing your options. Making a timelines of your constraints. Working out what you're
