Squiggly Careers

Do you feel constantly defeated by a packed calendar and rushed for time? Reclaiming control of your schedule starts with changing how you view your 168 hours.

This episode of part 2 of 4 in the 'Career Well Spent Series'

Drawing on Laura’s bestselling books '168 Hours' and 'Big Time', Helen explores what it means to achieve true time abundance, and what your default response to a busy calendar reveals about you.

🎯 What You'll Learn

– Understand the difference between time abundance and time scarcity

– Apply the 'Would I do this tomorrow?' test to new commitments

– Track your time to separate feelings from facts

– Establish a weekly planning routine to reduce panic

– Build your career capital with four simple actions a week

– Reclaim control and autonomy over your daily diary

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Outsourcing your thinking to AI erodes the value of your contribution and means you are less likely to make a distinctive difference. Using AI as a thought-partner is a skill which can help you to refine your thinking, communicate more clearly and spot gaps before you share your perspective with other people.

In this shortcut, Helen talks through how you can use AI as a thought-partner for your career, your weekly work and the relationships you build to help you to be at your best.

🎯 What You'll Learn
- how to use AI as a squiggly career coach
- how to use AI to help you reduce overwhelm and find focus
- how to use AI to better understand your stakeholders and adapt your approach

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/
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How do we design a career that lasts a lifetime without running out of energy? In this episode, Sarah talks to world-renowned expert Lynda Gratton about how to navigate a multi-stage, 100-year life. This episode of part 1 of 4 in the 'Career Well Spent Series'

Drawing on Lynda Gratton's groundbreaking research and her new book 'Living the Hundred-Year Life', Sarah and Lynda discuss what it really means to design a multi-stage career, and what your balance of productivity and nurture threads reveals about your current career design.

🎯 What You'll Learn

– How to manage the tension between productivity and nurture

– Why 'calm' is often our weakest thread and how to rebuild it

– What the pivotal 40s mean for the future of your career

– How to use AI to amplify your human strengths

– Why curiosity is your most important career skill

– How to run small experiments to test new career paths

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod

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Do you struggle to speak up in meetings or find yourself watering down your ideas? Assertiveness isn't about being the loudest person in the room; it is built through small, daily actions.

In this episode, Helen shares simple actions to increase your assertiveness.

🎯 What You'll Learn
– How to quash qualifiers like "maybe" and "just"
– The power of being the person who creates clarity
– How to offer alternative perspectives to stop groupthink
– Making a habit of offering a question and a suggestion
– How to identify and fix your default assertiveness mistakes

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
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Do you feel like you were never meant to master just one thing? It is time to move beyond the traditional career path and embrace the potential of an M-shaped career.

In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore what it means to develop mastery across multiple areas.

🎯 What You'll Learn

– Define the M-shaped career model and why it is a competitive advantage

– Identify your existing areas of deep expertise

– Learn how to connect the dots between seemingly unrelated skills

– Use reflective questions to map your own M-shaped development

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For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email: helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

Need some more squiggly career support?

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3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod

4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/
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