Flexible and Remote Working

If Covid has taught us anything, it is that we cannot predict the future, and we need to appreciate what we have now. It has led many of us to reassess what is important, and particularly our work-life balance. It has also shown us how resilient and flexible we can be.

Assume good intentions

Sometimes other people's actions feel like they have a really big impact on us, and, if we perceive that impact as negative, we can spend a lot of energy asking ourselves things like:

Why did they do this to me?

Why don't they care?

Why are they so selfish?

Don't they know how much time this is going to take me / money this will cost me / other impact on me?

Multi-tasking

Portfolio careers have been around for years, but the term is becoming increasingly prevalent.

You have a portfolio career when you have two or more different employment roles you perform alongside each other. These can be complementary to each other, or completely different, think

Imposter Syndrome

"I don't belong here."

"Everyone else is better than me."