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My top 10 career development books

Career Development Books

My top 10 career development books It is an almost impossible task to come up with a definitive list of my top ten career development books. However I set myself the task of choosing a list of books that met my following criteria. My top ten career development books: I have personally found them useful and inspirational ...

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Coaching Fractal Action for Personal Development

We get frustrated when we are unsure how to act, and feel disheartened when we voluntarily or involuntarily act in ways that are not true ourselves.  We can get lost while searching for the sweet spot that lies between pattern and surprise, consistency and spontaneity, security and risk, familiarity and freedom, and order and disorder. ...

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Act before you think: In coaching and careers

"Nothing will be achieved if first all objections must be overcome" said the wise Eleanor Roosevelt.   Objections prevent action.  Objections to our own actions are ultimately authored by ourselves.  Others may advise caution or object, but it takes us to take on board and own those objections to prevent us from acting.  It is our ...

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Coaching Counselling Courses: Remaining dates in 2012 to catch the Career Coaching, Counselling and Assessment 3-day certification course with Jim Bright

Coaching Counselling Courses 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. Coaching Counselling Courses 3-Day Career Coaching Counselling & Assessment Course Includes over $600 of books, tests, resources (this course can count 25% recognised ...

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The top 10 words of 2011 or of all time?

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 each of these words have appeared in books since the 1500s!  It is interesting to ...

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The role of parents in career development and thoughts on my father

here is a link to my column in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age newspapers on parents and careers. The role of parents in career development is critical. Here I share some thoughts on the role of parents in career development and thought on my father. Vale John Robert Bright 1925 - 2011  

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How to get luck on your side

Here is an article in the Australian Financial Review on Luck in Careers. How to get luck on your side in your career. It is about luck in careers, luck readiness, and luck and career success. Click this link for the article. Click this link if you want to take the Luck Readiness Inventory.        

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