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7 Signs You've Found Your Calling
Have you found your calling?
How would you know?
Hard Skills Vs. Soft Skills
Hard Skills or Soft Skills - which is most important?
Especially when applying got a job!
14 Proven Reasons You Will Be Successful
Inspired by an infographic created by The Mindful Rise.
Want to be successful?
We all want to be successful, right?
No more financial problems, just to live a dreamy life.
Success means different things to different people: wealth, happiness, helping others, or career success.
The first step to achieve success is believing that that success if in your future!
In these nudenotes we dive into 14 ways you can become successful.
Get on the success train - next stop, your dream life.
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The Secret to Being Assertive at Work
Inspired by an infographic created by think-confidence.com.
Want to be more assertive at work?
What holds most of us back is self-doubt - it's time to move forward, and leave self-doubt behind.
In these nudenotes I am sharing my notes on 'The Secret to Being Assertive at Work'. There are 3 super simple and actionable steps you can take to being more assertive:
1 - Know how you naturally come across to your peers.
2 - Adapt your communication style to suit others.
3 - Use your body language to reinforce your message.
For more details on these steps, check out my nudenotes.
Remember... Don't overanalyse, learn from your mistakes and stay positive.
Actually that's just good life advice. haha.
Let me know your tips and tricks for being assertive in the comments.
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3 Goals to Keep Your Life in Balance
Inspired by an infographic created by @thebriantracy.
How do you achieve work-life balance?
In a post on Brian Tracy's blog, he shares that in order to achieve work-life balance you must ensure that your goals cover three key areas.
They must work together and not against each other, this balance is key to feeling happy and being effective in your work.
Here are the 3 areas:
“WHAT” Goals - Business, career and financial goals, what you want to accomplish in life.
“WHY” Goals - Personal, family and health goals, why you want to accomplish your business and career goals.
“HOW” Goals - Personal and professional growth, how you achieve the “WHAT” and enjoy the “WHY”.
Work on these 3 goals together, and Brian Tracy preaches you can achieve that elusive work-life balance, and achieve all the goals you can think of.
I hope this spread of notes help you to craft better goals and achieve balance in your life.
20 Ways to be Indispensable at Work
Inspired by a blog created by @catherinescareercorner.
Are you indispensable at work?
How do you know?
In the blog '20 Ways to Be Indispensable at Work' she suggests asking yourself this question:
”If you left your job, would your team and the business miss the value and skills you provide?”
If the answer is no - don't panic!
In these nudenotes we take a look at 20 different ways to be indispensable at work.
That should be plenty of ways to turn that “no” into a “yes”. In today's crazy competitive job market, it's more important than ever to show your skills and value in the best possible light.
To be truly indispensable, you must serve the surrounding people, help everyone achieve the shared goals and vision.
Want to see how I created these notes?
Here’s my process video:
8 Steps to an Engaged Team
Inspired by an article by an infographic by etimes2.com.
How do you create an engaged team?
This is the goal of every good leader. But it's most as easy as it sounds...
Every individual in a team has their own background, personalities and goals.
But it can be done.
Hopefully these 8 steps will help you create an engaged team, keeping all your team mates happy and fulfilled.
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20 Warning Signs You're Burned Out At Work
Inspired by an article by a blog article by Business Insider.
Are you feeling burnt out at work?
In the current climate of self-isolation and more of us working from home. It's increasing difficult to separate home from work.
Organisational psychologist, Adam Grant recently shared stats that the average working day has increased by 2-3 hours. Burn out at work seems to be inevitable with everyone push to keep everything running smoothly in these crazy times.
Burnout it avoidable, but only if we are aware of the habits and practices that start it.
I hope this helps you to keep the burn out fire away from your door during your social distancing time and beyond.
Stay safe everyone.
The Ladder of Accountability
Inspired by an article by an infographic created by infoprolearning.com.
Are you Accountable?
Where do you sit on the Ladder of Accountability?
The Ladder of Accountability is a tool used analyse the levels of accountability within a business or organisation. The higher on the ladder you and your co-workers sit the more accountable you are - simple.
Being accountable is an important part of personal career development and the success of the business at large.
It's time to banish the blame game forever, step up and take action.
How to be a Creative Director
Inspired by How to be a Creative Director (without sucking at it!) by Rodd Chant from Chant Creative.
It's my ambition on day to become a Creative Director. These honest and actionable pointers will help me develop the skills to get me there.
There is some awesome insights in here, my favourite is number 7: Make Decisions!
Generating options is easy for creatives. Pulling the trigger on a specific direction or an idea is difficult but as Rod said "your in the big chair now... Make the damn decision. Do your job
5 Signs You May Have a Toxic Job
Inspired by an #infographic from learners.com
Are you living for the weekends?
This could be an indicator of a toxic job.
These kind of jobs affect us well beyond the weekday 9 to 5.
They chip away at your morale, attitude and your overall health and wellbeing.
My hope is that these notes help you to identify if you have a toxic job, and finally give you that little nudge you need to escape.
The average person spends a third of their life at work.
Ensure your job isn't poisoning your mind, body and spirit.
12 Things You Should Never Say At Work
Inspired by Headway Capital's infographic of the same name.
Have you ever said something at work that you immediately regret?
We all have right!?
Especially in a the creative industry. A place where tensions run high on a regular basis, with passionate people investing a lot of time and effort in ideas which will or will not move forward.
Words can be very subjective. Things can easily be taken out of context by your peers and managers.
Sometimes you can spend hours thinking about some off-hand comment, and how people may have interpreted it.
Only to find out later, they didn't think about what you said anyway.
"The workplace can be a minefield of office politics, stress and complicated relationships. One way you can make your time in the office easier is by knowing what not to say"
These notes contain 12 common phrases you may hear, with what you should say instead of those phrases.
What you say and the way you say it matter, it can easily shift the way people perceive you and your ideas.
Don't underestimate the link between perception and professional credibility.
The 9 Rules of Innovation
Inspired by Greg Satell, which I discovered through Tanmay Vora’s blog.
Looking to up your innovation game?
As creative professionals how many times a day do you hear "we need to be more innovative"?
Okay, okay, I can hear you all from here!
Innovation comes in many forms from the simple to the complex — from the ugly to the beautiful.
I hope these rules, help guide you to unseen innovation opportunities in your business, brand and career.
Behavioural Science Cognitive Biases: Understanding Human Behaviour in Life and Business
Inspired by an infographic from ancrath.com
Do you struggle with problem-solving in your business?
This could be because of cognitive bias.
Simply put, cognitive biases are mental shortcuts to help us humans solve problems, quickly, these are also known as ‘heuristics’.
Most of the time this is great...
However, sometimes, it can limit your scope of potential solutions.
These biases all rely on past experiences - the more they work for you, the more you use them.
It quickly becomes difficult to think any differently.
It’s important to acknowledge these when they show up to ensure that you’re solving the right problems, and not losing sight of important flaws in your solution, repeating this bad cycle in the future.
I hope these notes help you to spot a potential limiting mindset in your own work practices.
10 Career Behaviours That Could Kill Your Career
Inspired by an article by jack Welch
Do you feel like you’re stalling or faltering in your career?
Living for the weekend may sound great, but this is a complacency mindset (no. 10 on the list), and it can become part of the downward spiral to career death.
The first step to solving the problem is to identify the problem.
Do you identify with any of these behaviours?
I’m sure we all have at one time or another.
Whether you act now or later will determine your future career trajectory.
As Jack says in his article:
"If you recognise your own behaviours here, make it your mission to change them - before you have to. In time, you're likely to see your career move from a stall to a soar".
Skills for Success
Inspired by an article Tanmay Vora blog.
What skills do you need for a successful career?
These are a list of seven skills for success you should learn to help you in the robotic automated takeover of the future!
There was this great quote used in the blog by Socrates :
"The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not in fighting the old, but on building the new"
The only way to beat the machines is to focus inward, develop cross disciplinary mindset, learn new skills and be agile in your creative approach.
The Power of Thank You
Inspired by an infographic from brandongaille.com
How often do you say Thank You at work?
64% of working working Americans leave their jobs feel under-appreciated.
Taking the time to send a thank you note can build deeper bonds within your business from employees to employers.
It’s been well documented that employees who feel appreciated are more loyal, have increased productivity levels and are more profitable to your business.
Struggling to form some words of thanks? Lucky for you, I’ve listed out some examples as inspiration.
10 Ways To Be Sensationally Successful At Your Job
Inspired by Dharmesh Shah article of the same name which you can check out here.
I try to do as many of these as I can, at times it can be a struggle.
As Dharmesh says in his article, “It can seem like an endless Groundhog Day experience”, but I remember that in the end, it will all be worth it…
Just trust the process.
Key takeaway:
Trust the process!
This is my creative mantra!
I believe every task is much easier if you follow a process of thought, especially in design.
No project is too big intimidating if you have a solid process to follow and truly believe in it.