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Oppositional Thoughts…Volume 4

Here is Volume 4 of my Oppositional Thoughts...They are designed to gently puncture some of the slightly precious life advice out there, and to complexify overly simplistic homilies, that make life appear a lot simpler than it is in reality. You can find Volume 3 here and Volume 2 here and Volume 1 here Oppositional thoughts...There is ...

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Oppositional thoughts Volume 3 Amusing and lateral views on Career and HR Advice

Here is Volume 3 of my Oppositional Thoughts...They are designed to gently puncture some of the slightly precious life advice out there, and to complexify overly simplistic homilies, that make life appear a lot simpler than it is in reality. Earlier volumes of Oppositional Thoughts can be found here (volume 1) and here (Volume 2) Oppositional Thoughts..You can ...

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Do you work in a hot office, or is your romantic culture cold?

Bill Gates met his wife at work and Rupert Murdoch met his current wife at work. Even Elton John met his first wife through work (she was a sound recording engineer). A few years ago, Griffith University academic, Dr Geoff Carter, found that about 80% of a sample of Australian workers admitted to having an ...

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Carole King Tapestry – Albums that speak volumes about careers and life

Carole King Tapestry – Albums that speak volumes about careers and life. I am always out of step.  I was a huge Elton John Fan, just when his career dipped in the early 1980s and David Bowie was uber cool.   Now a couple of months ago a friend introduced me to the delights of Billy ...

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A “twitter” -brief summary of the Chaos Theory of Careers.

A twitter-brief summary of the Chaos Theory of Careers. This blog is a companion piece to a blog on using the Chaos Theory of Careers Practically in Counselling. That blog will appear in time on David Winter's Careers in Theory Blog (http://careersintheory.wordpress.com/). Specifically find the article here http://wp.me/pCwmV-oI #careersintheory Below I set out "briefly(!)" some of ...

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Oppositional Thoughts…amusing provocations against simplistic careers and life advice Volume 1

Oppositional Thoughts…What if you follow your Passion and your Passion gets a restraining order for stalking?

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Fear – the major barrier in career development

fearful employee
fearful employee

Fear stifles some of the most important career behaviours we need to exhibit to be successful in the 21st century workplace such as flexibility, openness, persistence, curiosity, creativity, teamwork, and leadership.

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