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Explore the blog for both inspirational and practical articles on redefining success, personal branding and work-life integration as well as more personal reflections and stories from my travels.
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Getting out of your comfort zone
The curse of the high achiever
Working hard to achieve academic and professional success is commendable. We look to high achievers with impressive track records as […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Why you should go out of your comfort zone
Getting out of my comfort zone has been a big theme for me. In 2013, I declared, “Adventure is out […]
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Reimagining success
Five regrets of the dying
I came across the five regrets of the dying back in 2014, when I was transitioning out of my corporate […]
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Reimagining success
Defining success at work
The conventional definition of success that most of us would trot out focuses on career progression, wealth, and status. But […]
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Personal branding
What to expect from an executive coach
An executive coach works with professionals, executives and high potentials to help improve their performance at work. At least, that’s […]
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Work-life integration
How to practise setting boundaries
Whether you’re a senior professional in a large corporation or an entrepreneur working independently, the boundaries between ‘work’ and ‘life’ […]
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Work-life integration
How to have a better work life balance
Work-life balance is one of those phrases that gets thrown about a lot, especially now in the context of working […]
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Personal branding
Building credibility as a leader
Building an effective personal brand requires knowing your ‘why’, being clear on what you stand for, and understanding the value […]
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Personal branding
How to build your personal brand
A strong personal brand is an incredibly powerful tool to have in your toolkit. That’s true whatever stage of your […]
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Reimagining success
Searching for meaning in life
It’s Valentine’s Day! This February, romance has become even more of an irrelevancy to me than it was in 2013 […]
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Reimagining success
Revisiting The Bucket List: Why are we all so concerned about death?
Something strange has happened to my blog. Or, rather, to the traffic on my blog. For the past few weeks, […]
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Reimagining success
The Bucket List: Top 100 things to do before you die
So I’ve realised that I’ve watched 18 films so far on this trip, most of them forced upon me during […]
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Reimagining success
A reflection about feminism
Did you miss me? We had a power cut in Uyuni and then I went on a tour to the […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Adventure is Out There: Into the Arctic Wilderness
I finally got around to writing up my experience of travelling into the Arctic Circle back in March; and what […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Adventure is Out There: A weekend of stand-up paddle boarding down the Thames
As I write this, water is hitting the windowpane as a steady drizzle continues on a dreary Monday afternoon. I’m […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Happy Midsummer! So what lights you up?
“What lights you up?” I was asked this question a few weeks ago and I just think it’s the most […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
The benefits of travelling
When asked to list our interests – whether at the bottom of a CV or in a dating profile – […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Adventure is Out There: Night-time kayak under Tower Bridge
So who knew that you could kayak on the Thames? Just amazing. So much fun simply to be doing the […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Travel Maps and Travel Lists: Why this urge to visit more countries?
This week on Facebook has seen a proliferation of travel maps, tool from Matador Network that lets you see how […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Supermoons and Superstars – Where is the wonder?
Last Tuesday night I had a bit of a ‘WOW’ moment when I saw the remarkably large and brightly glowing […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Adventure is Out There: Wild camping north of the M25
I feel like I used to be more adventurous than I am now. I tried windsurfing and waterskiing on holidays […]
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Getting out of your comfort zone
Writing course on Skyros: Two weeks on the island of poets
Having written about my writing course at The Grange on the Isle of Wight last week, I couldn’t help but think […]
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