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Have You Found Your "Side Hustle"?

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HAVE YOU FOUND YOUR "SIDE HUSTLE" YET? The corporate world is changing at a pace it never has before. It’s not just because of Artificial Intelligence. People are also changing in what they want from life and how they want to live it. They are more and more becoming multi-passionate which means they have/want other outlets that bring them joy and income. One only needs to look around to find that people are becoming more entrepreneurial now. The avalanche of new products, new technologies and new ways of working are helping people to become more creative in order to benefit from these changes. While people are becoming entrepreneurial, one also finds people who are: 1. In comfortable jobs but want to do something more 2.Are afraid of being made redundant and are looking for a backup 3. Have resources but don’t know what to do next. In the video below, see how “Side Hustle” is changing the way people live and work. Have you discovered your Side Hustle? If n...

Career Breaks and Fears

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"I have had 2 career breaks. Both for personal reasons and both in the last 5 years. Before this, my career was quite stable. The irony is that even though last 5 years gave me 2 career breaks, it also got me the 2 best jobs of my life. Now I am losing the job I really love. Why would anyone ever give me a job with this kind of track record? “ said a mother of 2 toddlers who was undergoing massive changes in her personal life and it was impacting her professional life. She continued, "My worst fear is explaining my career breaks”. "Whose voice is telling you this story?" I asked She continued, "My inner voice and my experience from my last interview with the elderly Head of a family run organisation. More than my work experience, he was more interested in my breaks. He kept looking at what I lacked and not at the massive changes I had brought about in my past roles.” As she went on to reflect and narrate. As a working Mom with career breaks of my o...