It was a pleasure to be interviewed by John Neral on Episode 243 of The Mid-Career GPS Podcast. He is a thoughtful host and keen to help mid-career professionals on their journey to finding greater career satisfaction and a job they love.
It’s an interesting experience going from podcast host to guest, it’s not easy to get your point across concisely and make it engaging! John and I had such a fun chat and talked about:
Learning Japanese in evening classes when I started training at EY as a way to differentiate myself. Although there was no immediate benefit at work, I did enjoy learning Japanese and it eventually lead to a secondment in the tax department,
Focusing on the long game, understanding your strengths, achieving mastery in them and trying to find roles which align with your skills,
How taking managed risk and making small experiments such as learning new skills or exploring different areas can help your career,
Careers can appear deceptively linear in hindsight but in reality, they are much more squiggly so don’t worry if you feel uncertain on your journey,
The benefits of curiosity and having a growth mindset,
How limiting beliefs can hold us back and talk us out of pursuing opportunities, and
How being resilient and reframing can help if you’re struggling with your job search. Focus on the positive, look forward and not back.
The podcast episode is available on Apple (see link below), Spotify, Amazon, YouTube and most major platforms.
Apple: https://lnkd.in/e86X4gmA
Many thanks to our mutual friend Mac Prichard of Mac’s List who helped connect us and is a big supporter of both our podcasts. I hope you enjoy the episode and have a great week!
