I mentioned career coach Joanne Dustin’s site, Career Lost and Found, in a previous post and today I’d like to review her book, “Life Beyond IT”. (Also available on Amazon.com) Two important points: First of all, this book is aimed directly at Information Technology professionals who are considering a career change, although the coaching themes [...]
After “beta” testing my career change coaching by email service I’ve decided to replace the email part with a secure and private 1-to-1 forum. (Oct 2011 Update: I no longer offer private coaching by email.) Why? Two reasons: 1- “Lost Emails“: All too often, legitimate Internet email gets “lost” due to ISP sp#m filtering. Since [...]
Saturday 1 March, spring is in the air and I’m walking to my local train station. Part of me thinks it’s a crying shame to be working on such a glorious day. Yet there are benefits too: – I can take a compensation day off during the week. – No packed commuter trains at 11am [...]
OK, time for an update on my “invisible target” post. Thanks to Geoff Roberston over at total self improvement for his vote. I’d dropped the ball on this and forgotten to close comments on 23 February. Lucky I didn’t! So the invisible target on my desk now has something to visualize around – and to [...]
Even though it was way back in 1980, I can still recall doing 105 press ups on the evening of the 10th October – my 20th birthday. 105 remains my personal best and the closest I’ve come since then is 80 – achieved last year after a few months of daily practice, working my way [...]
