http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress Career Development Blog & Podcasts from Jim Bright, PhD, Bright and Associates Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:04:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 2006-2010 jim@brightandassociates.com.au (Jim Bright) jim@brightandassociates.com.au (Jim Bright) career development 1440 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/TheFactorysmall.gif http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress 144 144 The Factory Careers Podcast Career development help for individuals, schools and organizations from Bright and Associates Careers, Career Development, Vocational Psychology, Business, Career Management, Coaching Jim Bright Jim Bright jim@brightandassociates.com.au no no http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2046 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2046#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:04:46 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2046 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=2046 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2041 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2041#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:30:12 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2041 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=2041 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2034 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2034#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:35:46 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2034 We are all familiar with all the advice on how to get rich. However here I analyse George Clooney’s wealth and provide a possible reason for his wealth. George Clooney apparently earns $15m per film Assume he appears for 60 … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=2034 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2002 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2002#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:35:28 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=2002 LinkedIn report the top 10 clichés found on LinkedIn profiles in 2011 (see here).  So how do these words stack up in terms of historic usage?  Using a relatively unknown google research feature called Ngram, we can see how often … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=2002 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1984 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1984#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:07:57 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1984 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1984 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1982 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1982#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:18:20 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1982 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1982 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1967 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1967#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:57:31 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1967 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1967 5 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1921 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1921#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:18:35 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1921 There comes a point in all things that really matter in life when trying to exert control is not sufficient.  The complexities of the world  make it impossible to be any more planned or prepared, there will always be some … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1921 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1882 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1882#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:10:58 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1882 Inspiration is the starting point for creativity in the Beyond Personal Mastery® model. The inspiration step is all about getting ideas and experiences.  People cannot be creative, change or reinvent themselves unless they have some ideas or experience. The mind … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1882 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1885 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1885#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:34:08 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1885 Training Dates for 2012 All courses presented by Prof Jim Bright.  Other courses will be added here later – watch this space.  Courses tailored and delivered in-house on demand. Contact me for more details. 3-Day Career Coaching Counselling & Assessment … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1885 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1865 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1865#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:05:21 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1865 I want to share with you my model of Creativity that provides practical steps to enhance Life and Career changes.  I will describe the model in this post, and in subsequent ones discuss each of the steps in greater detail. … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1865 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1841 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1841#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:08:00 +0000 Jim B http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1841 Dogs are not triangles.  Any fool knows this.  They don’t even bother assessing this knowledge when they issue you with a dog license.  So it was very awkward indeed when my dog became a triangle. For a start her name … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1841 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1816 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1816#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:04:42 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1816 I want to share a resource I’ve been working on over the last week called the Edge of Chaos Posters.   I’ve designed a couple of posters that try to illustrate the idea of the relationship between certainty and uncertainty. I … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1816 6 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1799 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1799#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:51:39 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1799 What does uncertainty mean to you?  To many uncertainty is a threat to be avoided or overcome. To others it offers surprise and opportunity.  For some it is both of these things depending upon the context. Uncertainty has a love-hate … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1799 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1792 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1792#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:12:48 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1792 How long has there been serious interest in goal setting?  You might be forgiven for thinking it has always been a key approach to changing human behavior.  However according to PsycInfo (the largest and most authoritative database on published psychological … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1792 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1787 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1787#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:06:17 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1787 Are there moments in life that are make or break?  In Chaos Theory of Careers Terms, tipping points, where everything changes? Can we predict them, how do we deal with them? This link here takes you to an ABC broadcast … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1787 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1767 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1767#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:09:14 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1767 Here is a spoiler alert – if you are likely to be going to the cinema or watching TV in the next while, you may want to skip the next paragraph. Rosebud was his sledge.  They all did it.  The … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1767 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1745 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1745#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:03:11 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1745 When I was a child, I didn’t want to be with the other young kids in the shallow end of the pool, but I was also secretly too scared to want to be at the deep end where the cool … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1745 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1759 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1759#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:22:56 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1759 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1759 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1737 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1737#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:01:45 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1737 Redundancy is generally a bad thing but there are plenty of people who should be made redundant without delay: Kim Jong Il of North Korea, and Omar Al Bashir of Sudan spring to mind.  They should be joined by the … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1737 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1723 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1723#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:06:02 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1723 Here is a paradox – the strongest systems are those that are most susceptible to change. They are the ones that have a lot of connections.   The more connected a person is, the more sources of support they can draw … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1723 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1703 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1703#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:59:38 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1703 I got a gift from Brené Brown the other day.  Actually you could call it a gift squared, because the gift was The Gifts of Imperfection, her popular and really very very good book. Brené, unbeknownst to me, offers prizes … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1703 7 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1657 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1657#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:41:47 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1657 What is easier – working with a person to understand the limits and biases in their thinking and then helping them change their thinking, or giving them  leaflet? Is it easier to listen to a person’s career story, and help … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1657 3 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1688 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1688#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:02:12 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1688 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1688 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1644 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1644#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 03:36:51 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1644 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1644 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1631 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1631#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 13:34:53 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1631 The Chaos Theory of Careers says its all down to chance right? So why do you need a career practitioner if it is all chance?  So the logic goes that gives rise to the question and title of this blog.  … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1631 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1624 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1624#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 00:44:38 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1624 Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1624 1 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1616 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1616#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 12:47:20 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1616 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1616 0 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1610 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1610#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 22:18:45 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1610 The most common way of dealing with uncertainty is to close our minds and limit our options and behaviors.  The trouble is that the world and the people in it are uncertain, and our typical response to that risks us … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1610 3 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1595 http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1595#comments Sun, 08 May 2011 23:50:54 +0000 Jim Bright http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?p=1595 Shiftwork is the work we have to do to manage, thrive and survive in a world where shift happens.  I’ve identified 11 shifts that we have to make (see here), so far I’ve addressed the first six, and in this … Continue reading →]]> http://www.brightandassociates.com.au/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1595 3