In today’s episode, Anna looks at how taking care of your own mental and physical wellbeing will serve you, your employees and clients, and your friends and family. It’s a complete fallacy to believe that pushing yourself to the limit is going to get you the results that you’re after. In fact, taking care of […]
Episode 91 – The fallacy of the ‘hustle’
In today’s episode, Anna looks at the fallacy of the ‘hustle’ and why it’s a mistake to build a business on working too hard. The idea of the entrepreneurial ‘hustle’ is reinforced by prominent figures such as Elon Musk – I’m pretty sure he said not that long ago that he doesn’t sleep. And you […]
Episode 90 – Beyond the 9 to 5
In today’s episode, Anna looks at why we shouldn’t cling onto this traditional way of working, especially when we’re working for ourselves. The ‘9 to 5’ is an idea that came about at the turn of the previous century – a revolutionary idea at the time, it meant you were cutting back on excessive hours, […]
Episode 89 – Why work-life balance is a myth
In today’s episode, Anna breaks down this common-but-illogical concept and exploring the more useful idea of work-life integration. The phrase ‘work-life balance’ means different things to different people I think. What does ‘work’ represent exactly – time spent in the office? And ‘life’ presumably means personal life? But it’s unclear if we mean by that, […]
Fearless Fridays: From corporate marketing to graphic designer
In this month’s career transition interview, I’m speaking to Terri Witherden, who I met in a canoe on the Mississippi River back in 2015 and who has since worked with me in a couple of my different coaching programmes. From working in a corporate marketing role, Terri has evolved her business into providing digital design […]