As the year winds down, many of us find ourselves immersed in personal retrospectives (I just published one myself!), reflecting on our current roles, jobs, and the paths we tread. It's a time when questions about career trajectories and the value of our work come to the fore. This moment of introspection often leads to pondering one of the most critical yet overlooked aspects of professional life: the true nature of the trade-off we're making in our jobs.
Read More“You’re the most offline person I know while on holiday.” This was a comment one of my coachees, a product director, heard from their manager. As we dove into the conversation, it became clear that this comment was not intended as a compliment. In fact, it was the manager’s not-so-subtle way of saying, “Maybe you should be a bit more available online during your time off.”
Read MoreWe all know: constraints are good. They are the fuel for our creative thinking. But for life choices and career planning, I see too many people accepting constraints way too easily. They are living on autopilot. Instead of creating their own future, they are more accepting of the future others have in mind for them.
Read MoreI recently attended a product meetup and have to share an observation: Many of us could better introduce ourselves. So I’m sharing real-life examples with this post of how an improved introduction could look like.
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