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My insider tips for accelerating your career | EP37

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You can go through your career at the standard pace, getting promotions alongside everyone else in your cohort. Or... you can accelerate it!I've learned a lot over the years about how to accelerate your career and on this episode I share all my tips for moving faster, getting promoted earlier and landing more senior jobs ahead of your peers. 
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Everything I’ve learned about money (PartII) - How to think about building wealth and spending money to maximise happiness| EP36

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Links:
Naval Ravikant Video on How to Get Rich
Money Dials by Ramith Sethi
 
This podcast is about helping people figure out what they want to do in their careers and to build lives that they love. Lives where they can do the things they want to do. Spend time with the people they want to spend time with. Go to the places they want to go to... EVERYTHING
Whether we like it or not, one big topic in this conversation is MONEY. With every job or career path we're often thinking about money. It can cause us a lot of stress. But it can also allow us to do some of the things we've always wanted to do.
So in this two part episode we're going to talk about money. How to understand the role money plays in your life. How to make money work for you, instead of the other way around. How to make money, how to making money across the course of your career, how to manage your money, build wealth and spend that wealth so that you can live the life you want to live.
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Everything I’ve learned about money (Part I) - my tips on how to think about money in your career | EP35

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This podcast is about helping people figure out what they want to do in their careers and to build lives that they love. Lives where they can do the things they want to do. Spend time with the people they want to spend time with. Go to the places they want to go to... EVERYTHING
Whether we like it or not, one big topic in this conversation is MONEY. With every job or career path we're often thinking about money. It can cause us a lot of stress. But it can also allow us to do some of the things we've always wanted to do.
So in this two part episode we're going to talk about money. How to understand the role money plays in your life. How to make money work for you, instead of the other way around. How to make money, how to making money across the course of your career, how to manage your money, build wealth and spend that wealth so that you can live the life you want to live.
Tune in to Part 2 to hear the rest of the show!
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Top tips for making better career choices | EP34 (solo episode)

Sign up to the Divergence Program > https://tworoads.ubpages.com/divergence/ Making big career choices is really hard. On this episode I break down my four step process for making bid decisions, sharing practical tips, exercises and tactics to help you make better decisions. I also share the common mistakes people make when deciding on career choices and how you can avoid them. 
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How to travel the world and make a living | @fiveftmol | EP33

Sign up to the Divergence Program > https://tworoads.ubpages.com/divergence/ Today on the show we have Molly, better know as @fiveftmol .
Since the age of 18, Molly has been travelling the world, working as a ski instructor. But lately, she completely blew up on instagram and tiktok. That's how I found her her content on instagram a few weeks where she was talking about the day in the life as a ski instructor in Japan - I thought, I have to chat to this woman.
On this episode, you'll hear about:
The video Molly watched at 14 to lead her to only do things she loved
How Molly has spent the last 7 years, travelling the world and working as a ski instructor
What to do if you want to travel more in your life but are afraid or dont know where to start
How Molly has amassed 80,000 followers on Insta and TikTok in just two months
What life is like living in Japan and some of the things that most surprised Molly about living there.
She has such a unique and wonderful attitude to life that I am really drawn to.Find Molly on socials:
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How to create a life you love by working backwards | Lucy Lee - EP32

Check out the Divergence Program > https://tworoads.ubpages.com/divergenceEP32 with Lucy LeeLucy's story could be a novel. She was adopted at a very young age and had an idyllic childhood in England. In her late 20s, she had translated that idyllic childhood into an idyllic adulthood. She was working in sales, making great money, living in a beautiful house in Devon with a Mercedes C class in the drive. And she was engaged. But then all that changed and Lucy took a massive leap to leave that all behind and follow her gut to do something completely different....On this episode you'll hear about
What happened to Lucy after leaving her idyllic adult life behind and moving to the other side of the world
Lucy's career journey, from working as a PT to Sales to now working in sales enablement
Why she has done courses in DJing and barista training
How to use Life Design to work backwards from what you want in life
Why Lucy decided to live a more wholesome life and what that means for her
What Lucy has learned about moving where you live
How to make friends as an adult
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From McKinsey Consultant in London, to Building a Life in East Africa | Juan de Francisco Rasheed - EP31

Join the Divergence Program waitlist > https://tworoads.ubpages.com/divergence/ EP31 with Juan de Francisco RasheedJuan lives in Nairobi and is the Uganda General Manager for the very successful and impactful company, M-Kopa. 
On this episode you'll hear about:
Why you should be brutally honest in conversations about jobs (even if you feel like you should be trying to impress someone)
Why pay really does matter in a job - even if you want to take it for experience and learnings.
Why always trying new things is so important for finding a job you love
Why Juan left McKinsey to join M-Kopa
What Juan is doing to improve the mental health of his team
What Juan loves about his role at M-Kopa
Why Juan started DJ'ing and how he recently played 22 venues in 14 days
Some of the absolute crazy experiences Juan has had in his life. Some that he would recommend and others.... he probably wouldn't.

The 4 types of entrepreneurship and how to figure out which one is for you | EP30

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A lot of people want to do their own thing. They want it for the freedom, for the lifestyle, for the impact or for the money. 
But there is not one single path for doing your own thing and being an entrepreneur. And each one is actually VERY different. You need to know the differences between each path so you can pick which one is best for you.
On this episode I break down the 4 types of entrepreneurship. I go into detail on what your work looks like, your lifestyle, how much money you can make and what skills you need. I've spent the last few years working closely with people from each of these categories and interviewing many of them for this podcast. 
This episode shares everything I've learned about each of those paths.
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Want to hear stories from entrepreneurs in each category? Here's some of my favourite people from each category - I've had a lot of them on the pod so go check out their episode if you want to learn about their journey.
 
1. Venture Entrepreneurs:
Jack O'Meara (EP 11)
Brian Chesky
2. Solopreneurs
Justin Welsh
Rose Radford (EP 2)
Ash Read (EP 13)
Brian Moylett (EP 12)
 
3. Everyday Entrepreneurs
Alisha Conlin-Hurd (EP 4)
Chanel Venter (EP 28)
Ogie Hollywood (EP 3)
Sam Parr
Codie Sanchez
Andrew Wilkinson
 
4. Corporate Entrepreneurs
Philip Doran (EP 9)
 
 

How to use your friends to find your passion + balancing career & motherhood | Claire Carroll - EP29

EP29 with Claire CarrollClaire graduated university with a degree in psychology and has spent twenty years in the advertising and sales industry - including 10 years as a sales leader at Google.
But 2 years ago, she was offered a redundancy from Google and the opportunity to embark on a new path. After some soul searching, she made the decision to become an executive coach and to start her own business. She now runs that full time whilst also being the primary care giver and bread winner for two young kids, aged 6 and 4.
Because Claire works with so many people going through career changes, she has a unique perspective on the challenges people face when trying to figure out what they want to do, and make a change. As you have heard, she's also had a very impressive career herself, with lots of lessons learned along the way.
On this episode you'll hear about;
The 4 things that hold people back from leaving their job and how to get over them
How to use your friends to find your biggest strengths
What to do if you've recently been made redundant
What to do if your identity is tied to your job
What life is like running a coaching business - what Claire enjoys about coaching and what makes a good coach
How Claire balances her career with also being the primary care giver for two young kids
How Claire finds a sense of belonging and meaning in normality
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Starting a Business to Build a Life of Freedom | Chanel Venter - EP28

EP28 with Chanel Venter, Founder of Magnify
In 2019, Chanel was working in a corporate job in hospitality. By all accounts she was a high achiever and had received multiple promotions in her work. But she found that with each promotion, the high would quickly wear off and she would be left feeling pretty dissatisfied with her role. She wanted more freedom in her life and started to think of ways she could make that happen...
Fast forward 4 years and Chanel is the Founder and Managing Director of a very successful business providing mystery shopping in the hospitality industry. Chanel has doubled the revenues of the business each year business, and has grown her team to 5 people, providing services to some of the top hospitality brands in mutiple countries. But perhaps more importantly, Chanel has achieved her goal of creating a life of freedom for herself. She lives in Bali where she works remotely amd has complete control over how and where she spends her time.
Although this is a great story of someone creating a life they love, Chanel will be the first to say that it's been a total roller coaster. We talk about all the highs and lows of this journey and what she has learned about herself along the way,.
On this episode you will also hear about;
Why Chanel finally decided to leave her job and start her own business
The exact steps she took to transition from her full time job into doing her own thing
What life is actually like for Chanel, running her own business and living in Bali
Some of the downsides of being a solo founder and what Chanel has done to combat those
Advice for someone who is trying to figure out what to do in their lives
Chanel's thoughts on relationships and how to make sure you are doing the right thing for yourself in your relationships, while still pursuing your work goals.
Chanel is a wonderfully interesting person who is incredibly open about her own journey and I think that is what helped make this conversation so enjoyable.
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