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 How often do you completely let go? In other words, when was the last time you just stopped running on that hamster wheel of life and took a real break from the action? It is important to take time-outs periodically in order to have the opportunity to unleash your inner self. This is not just about spending a quick moment to "stop and smell the roses" but instead hitting the pause button for a period of time. The issue with doing this is that we have a tendency to unleash our inner criti c. It is bad enough that we are bombarded 24/7 with negative news and images so why would we want to focus on negative things about ourselves? Is it because we have too high expectations of others and then we feel obligated to even be harder on ourselves? You need to just stop! All this negativity does not help you with your career journey. Instead it actually can do the opposite. By constantly berating ourselves we lose confidence and motivation to take on new opportunities/jobs/promotions...

 Some of us may remember the concept of a job for life, where you worked for a large blue-chip company or solid family business and received opportunities for training, promotion, travel and even relocation, leaving only due to personal choice or circumstance. Today this is a somewhat alien concept, with many people changing their jobs every three years or so through boredom or redundancy. A job for life is pretty much extinct. As companies fold, get bought out or reorganise redundancy has become a regular occurrence, with some people being made redundant several times in their working lives. And, as we move through this global pandemic, it's increasingly commonplace to find someone whose role has changed, whose way of working has been revised and who now works part-time, from home, has gone from staff to contract or whose duties have changed. Often there's little choice but to comply with the company's decision. But what a depressing word 'redundancy' is, meani...

 Some of us may remember the concept of a job for life, where you worked for a large blue-chip company or solid family business and received opportunities for training, promotion, travel and even relocation, leaving only due to personal choice or circumstance . Today this is a somewhat alien concept, with many people changing their jobs every three years or so through boredom or redundancy. A job for life is pretty much extinct. As companies fold, get bought out or reorganise redundancy has become a regular occurrence, with some people being made redundant several times in their working lives. And, as we move through this global pandemic, it's increasingly commonplace to find someone whose role has changed, whose way of working has been revised and who now works part-time, from home, has gone from staff to contract or whose duties have changed. Often there's little choice but to comply with the company's decision. But what a depressing word 'redundancy' is, mean...