Tag: First Job

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Why it’s bad to problem-solve everything

It's not about appearing smart; it's about empowering others to develop their capabilities.
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Please don’t reach out

I understand the need to talk the same language as your audience but does it really have to come at the cost of our beautiful language?
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Fighting the ‘prove branding works’ brigade

The thing that angers me as a planner is having to spend so much of my time justifying why people should invest money in their brand.
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A lesson in being humble, presenteeism, and writers networks

The 9-5 mindset is so outdated. Measuring someone’s performance based on how many hours they’ve been in the office, will get you nowhere.
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Climbing the ranks, and how long it takes to become successful

I was managing 9 staff and 250 rental cars with next to no experience, and I was shit at it. I was working ridiculous hours, running myself into the ground and hating life.
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Losing your life savings and where it can lead you

Immediately after my MBA at Manchester Business School, I joined a tech startup as an investor employee, investing £50k into the business.
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Losing respect, unethical advertising and the wisdom of age

I would like to see more media owners taking a stronger stand on whom they’re affiliated with through their advertisers.
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Spending a lifetime deciding on a career

I had little to no clue what I wanted to do with myself when I left school. My biggest fuck up is the time it took me to decide on a career.
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Candidates not ready for the commercial world

We live in a cut-throat world so when at work, the primary focus should be delivering amazing work. I'm not sure the younger generation has worked that out.
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How not to be an arrogant prick

Lessons learned: don’t be an arrogant prick, never show off, engage brain before mouth, and ALWAYS have empathy and respect for others.
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The perils of pleasing everyone

I had massive anxiety that everything else I was doing at work was shit. The biggest thing I learned was to make a decision early and stick to it.
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Looking down on job hoppers

Don’t cram your to-do list! Half of it is lower priority crap anyway. Do fewer things well rather than loads of tasks half-arsed.
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