Going outside your comfort zone does really help push you further. But there is plenty of growth possible when you’re inside your comfort zone.

How did you plan your career? I was asked this question last week and it took me a little while to answer it properly.

This week I want to share two different approaches to career planning as I’ve seen and experienced them.

I want to invite you to reflect on the open tabs in your brain. Why do we do this and how can we take action at an earlier stage?

This week I want to share some of my favourite people on the internet and how they have helped me form new ideas, broaden my horizon, move outside my comfort zone, and grow as a person.

From time to time you’ll doubt whether you’ve made the right choice. Is this the right job? Are these tasks the best use of your time and talent? Should you have taken a different path altogether?

If you feel stuck and unsure which direction to go, read on for five tips that help you gain clarity again. Plus: important announcement at the end!

We tend to be either part of the support crew or the main character. This holds true whether we work on a task, a project or a big transformation program.

Today I want you to ponder the question of where you typically find yourself and how much you enjoy and excel at the given role.

I want to share some thoughts on how I’ve come to experience and create happiness in my own life, what work has to do with it and why I’m very opposed to the popular culture perspective on what makes people happy.

It doesn’t matter what the things are you want to find time for – if they’re important for you, then it’s important to have a system that allows you to spend the time you want on those things that matter.

This week I want to share my guidance and recommendations for creating a portfolio that reflects your skills and interests and shows your personality, too.

A trend I’ve noticed in our data and tech industry is that we too often focus on hard, technical skills at the expense of developing and improving those qualities that makes us uniquely human and set us apart from others.

Plans are great for accomplishing your goals, keeping you on track and making sure you don’t forget an important step in the process.

Sometimes life has other ideas and throws you a curve ball and it’s up to you to be flexible, to ‘pivot’ and take a different path from the one you had in mind.

Have you ever found yourself thinking you can’t do something or don’t deserve recognition when you didn’t actually have proof that this is true? That’s your mindset getting in the way of you living your full potential.

I invite you to do an exercise to remove some of those mental barriers.