Love Your Work!

Ideas and tools to help you boost your career prospects – whether employed, self-employed or currently unemployed.

PRODUCTIVITY BOOSTER: Learn to touch type (for free)

April 26, 2012
Old photo of Galli Curci (opera singer) at the typewriter

Want an easy productivity boost, to free up hours of your time? Up your typing skills! People often ask me how I have time to update so many social media pages, and assume it’s taken me hours, but in fact they’re usually just tiny, quick

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Stress Management, Motivation & Resilience: Free workbook!

April 24, 2012
Front Cover: Feel Better & Keep Moving Forward! (Workbook) - Strategies and ideas on stress management, motivation and resilience by Tracy Dempsey

You may have seen over on the Soul Ambition events page that I’ve been doing some free public workshops via Health in Mind over the last while, on stress management, motivation and resilience. I’ve also done free webinars for www.learningpool.com on the same topics; I know

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Before I die…

March 23, 2012
Photo of man dressed as pirate writing on a public wall that invites people to finish the sentence "Before I die..."

Today I stumbled upon a marvellous thing on one of my favourite websites, www.lostateminor.com – a public wall where people could share their “bucket list“; the things they want to do before they die. Last year, I came across and shared this blog post by

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Shorter snippets: Soul Ambition elsewhere on the web

March 10, 2012
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Most of my posts on here are pretty lengthy – detailed ‘how-to’ posts, descriptive travel stories and so on. But since you don’t always have time to read long posts, and I don’t have loads of time between clients and workshops to write lots of

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How to be happier in the job you have while you plan for the job you want

March 5, 2012
Be here now!

If you want to improve your situation, the first step is to accept the situation you’re in at this very moment. This does not mean ‘settling’ or resigning yourself to it – it’s about not creating more stress by trying to resist where you actually

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Can you read minds?

February 21, 2012
Derren Brown in classic

Think of a number, any number… I bet I know what it is! What’s that? You don’t believe in ‘mind reading’? I thought not; most people probably don’t. So why is it, then, that many of us assume we can do it? In our private

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Long-term job-hunters? How to stay motivated!

February 7, 2012
Smiling runners in Copenhagen marathon

Can’t seem to get a break in the current job market, despite your best efforts? Feeling demoralized and demotivated? Feel like you’ve been on a long road and no end is in sight? In difficult economic times, you can be doing everything right and still

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Low on Money, Rich in Time? Consider Skill Swapping

February 22, 2011
Time & Money: Photo of a pocketwatch on a wallet

So you’re trying to improve your career prospects with some new training, but you’ve no spare funds to invest in it. Or maybe you’re out of work and struggling to pay for necessary (and not-so-necessary) services. You’ve got little money, but a lot of time.

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Boost Your Career Prospects: A Holistic Approach

January 31, 2011
Soul Ambition and man with outstretched arms, rays of sunshine in the background

Whether you’re actively job-hunting or just wistfully dreaming of a career change, there are many practical steps you can take to boost your employability (and promotability).

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Knowledge Is Confidence

October 25, 2010
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When I do my confidence-building courses and coaching, I ask people what their biggest confidence saboteurs are. And one of the most common, in people’s business or personal lives, is a lack of knowledge. People are often scared of looking stupid, or ignorant, and dread

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Social Media – Useful Links & Tools: LinkedIn

June 11, 2010
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LinkedIn reached its 100 million member threshold in March 2011, and employers are increasingly using social media sites in their recruitment. (89% of employers will do so in 2011, according to this infographic.) For business owners, networking is of course crucial. LinkedIn’s been offering online,

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