Better conversations help you build stronger relationships, understand others more deeply, and make meaningful progress - together.

In this episode, Sarah talks to Jefferson Fisher, lawyer, speaker, and best-selling author, about five common situations where conversations can get tricky. From dealing with someone very different to you, to getting interrupted, or feeling stuck in people-pleasing, Jefferson shares simple shifts that can help you handle these moments with more clarity and confidence.

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Change at work isn’t always something you choose — sometimes your role is restructured, your team shifts, or decisions are made around you. When that happens, it’s easy to feel stuck, like your career progression is out of your hands. In this episode, Helen and Sarah share some practical actions you can take to regain control, build your confidence, and keep moving forward, even when change feels uncomfortable.

They explore how to make the best of where you are right now and take action, from shifting your mindset, to spotting opportunities in uncertain situations and choosing your change story — so change doesn’t stall your Squiggly Career.

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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Figuring out what makes your manager tick can be one of the most powerful tools for career growth. In this episode, Helen and Sarah discuss the significant impact that managers have on your development, job satisfaction, and progression within a company. They also share practical tips on how to profile your manager, allowing you to align your actions with their needs, improve your communication, and position yourself for success—all by gaining a deeper understanding of their mindset.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquigglyCareers

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com](mailto:helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com)

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Sign up for Squiggly Careers in Action, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ [www.amazingif.com/books/](http://www.amazingif.com/books/)

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This week, Helen and Sarah are deep diving into the world of deliberate practice to explore how it can apply to what we do at work. Together, they talk about the process of deliberate practice and use their own examples to bring it to life.

If you want to make your learning more intentional and your career development efforts have more impact, this week's episode should be a useful listen for you!

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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2. Sign up for our Squiggly Career calendar https://bit.ly/squigglycalendar_signup

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In squiggly careers, if we want to be at our best at work, we need to punctuate our days with pauses. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about how adding long or short pauses into your day can help to increase your performance and productivity.

From playing around with pauses in meetings to reflecting on your levels of 'space and speed', they discuss ideas for action that can prevent sameness and help you to get unstuck.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah are tackling a topic that's close to home. Having worked together for over 10 years, Helen and Sarah have learnt to bring their opposite profiles together to increase the impact of their work. It might not always have been easy, but over time they have learnt how much more effective they are when they bring the best of their introvert and extrovert tendencies together. Listen and learn from their ideas on how to approach 'you/me/we' work and the benefit of noticing what works well for other people with different profiles.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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Starting from scratch is an important skill in a squiggly career and the more we use our ability, the better we get! This week, Helen and Sarah share 3 ideas for action to help you to find more ways to start from scratch and to feel confident doing it. They talk through the importance of taking an MVP approach, Scratch Stacking and Smart Copying.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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Whilst the idea of a brand new role can be appealing, the reality for most of us is that we are more likely to stay in our current job than leave to do something different. However, staying does not have to mean stagnating and this week, Helen and Sarah talk about how you can grow your role. They share 3 tried and tested actions that can help you to increase your opportunities and the variety of what you are working on. From spotting problems and pitching ideas to finding mutual work wins, growing your role is a great way to take control of your career development.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week Sarah talks to futurist, speaker and author April Rinne. Together they discuss what we need to unlearn and relearn to get better at navigating change in our squiggly careers, skills you can develop to support you during career change and practical ideas for action when creating a portfolio approach to careers.

Find out more about April's work here: https://aprilrinne.com/

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah use reflection questions to discuss their impact and insights from the year. If you're a regular listener, you'll hear what happens behind-the-squiggly-scenes and if you're new, you'll get some coaching questions to end your year with and set 2024 up for success. Download the podsheet with the questions at www.amazingif.com and read Helen and Sarah's latest Harvard Business Review article for more end of year inspiration https://hbr.org/2023/12/how-to-create-your-own-year-in-review?ab=HP-latest-text-2

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

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3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen talks to musician and author James Sills about how singing can be used to create connection in teams. Together they explore the insights in James' book 'Do Sing' and his experiences of working with teams all over the world.

As part of Amazing If's 'teach a team to sing' campaign, at the end of the episode you'll also hear a squiggly sing-a-long with the Sales team at Cochlear.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

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3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah explore what to do when guilt is getting in your way. They discuss the four types of guilt, moving from your 'shoulds' to your strengths, understanding circles of control, influence, and concern and lots more practical ideas for action to transform your relationship with guilt.

All of the actions are summarised in this week's PodSheet - head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/ to download.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah are focusing on the quick things you can do to invest in your career development. If you want to accelerate your learning, rapidly increase your impact, boost your career community and get some fast feedback, this episode has got lots of ideas to help!

All of the actions are summarised in this week's PodSheet - head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/ to download.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this Squiggly Short, Helen and Sarah offer a quick summary of practical tips for staying confident and coping when you’re dealing with a toxic work environment. From minimizing stressors to finding energizers outside of work, they share simple actions you can take to protect your mental health and build resilience—even when things feel tough. Plus, they discuss how to take control of your situation and find support outside of your team to help you navigate the challenges.

Full episode: https://shows.acast.com/amazingif/how-to-cope-and-stay-confident-when-work-gets-toxic

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquigglyCareers

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com](mailto:helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com)

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our free careers tools https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

2. Sign-up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

3. Sign up for Squiggly Careers in Action, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ [www.amazingif.com/books/](http://www.amazingif.com/books/)

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This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the biases that can hold your career development back. They explore the issues that affinity bias, confirmation bias and recency bias can cause, sharing their own experiences of these at work. They then talk about how to increase your awareness of these biases and what actions you can take if you think they may be getting in your way.

There are lots of useful actions in this week's PodSheet - head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/ to download.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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his week Sarah talks to Harvard Professor Amy Edmondson to explore the concept of intelligent failure. Together they discuss why not all failure is born equal, why some types of failure are how we make progress and the importance of learning over knowing. To dive deeper into Amy's work we'd recommend reading her new book Right Kind of Wrong - the science of failing well (her other book, The Fearless Organisation is also excellent if you'd like to learn more about psychological safety)

To read the PodSheet that goes with this episode head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about strategic thinking - what it means, why it matters and how you can develop the skill at work. They discuss some useful strategic questions that you can apply to your career and some tried and tested frameworks that can help you zoom out and structure your thinking.

To read the PodSheet that goes with this episode head to https://www.amazingif.com/listen/

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the importance of creating clarity at work and the techniques and tactics you can practice to do it. They discuss how to use clarifying questions and the role of a clarity co-pilot to reduce confusion in conversations and communications.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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It's a special episode this week, recorded at Squiggly Careers Live on October 17th. In this recording, you'll hear Helen and Sarah talk to Anna Whitehouse (aka Mother Pukka), Lucy Aylen (Founder of Never Fully Dressed) and Peter Komolafe (financial expert). Together they discuss how to build communities, the things which drain and drives you and your how your mindset influences your approach to financial management.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah talk about the factors that contribute to a high performing team. They dive into Patrick Lencioni's work on the Five Dysfunctions of a Team and share ideas for action to help you address common issues that impact teams. If you feel like your team would be 'even better if.....', this episode will be a useful listen.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week Helen and Sarah talk about pressure and the tipping point between productive pressure and pressure that negatively affects your performance. They discuss how different types of pressure (anticipated and unanticipated) and your sense of control of a situation (high and low) affect the most useful response you can take. They share their own high pressure moments and different ideas for action that have helped them to respond with confidence.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen and Sarah are talking about learning agility. When we are primed to learn from our experiences we are better able to perform in situations we haven't experienced before. Squiggly Careers have lots of newness and learning agility means you are better able to navigate it! When you develop your learning agility you can move with confidence into your courage zone and make a faster impact.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1.Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint 

2.Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

3. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

4. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week, Helen talks to author Jenn Granneman about Sensitivity and the benefit sensitive people bring to businesses. Together they discuss what it means to be sensitive, how you can spot it and how you can support it in organisations. You can find out more about Jenn's book "Sensitive; The Power of a Thoughtful Mind in an Overwhelming World' here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/444843/sensitive-by-solo-jenn-granneman-and-andre/9780241525760

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

2. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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The words we use at work affect the quality of our career conversations and the way we approach our development. When we use 'ladder-like' language, we limit people's potential. Making some simple 'squiggly swaps' opens up conversations and creates more opportunity for people. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about 5 common examples of ladder-like language and what a squiggly word swap might sound like. They also share coaching questions to make it easy to use squiggly language when you're thinking about your own development or supporting other people with theirs.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5 

2. Sign up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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1 in 10 people are facing a toxic work environment today, and while it can be tough, you don’t have to navigate it alone. In this episode, Helen and Sarah dive into what makes a team feel toxic and who can contribute to that culture. They also share practical tips for staying confident and in control, even when the environment around you feels challenging. From finding pockets of light-relief to documenting your experience to seeking support outside your team, this episode is filled with actionable strategies to help you protect your well-being and keep moving forward with confidence.

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquigglyCareers

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email [helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com](mailto:helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com)

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our free careers tools https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

2. Sign-up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

3. Sign up for Squiggly Careers in Action, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ [www.amazingif.com/books/](http://www.amazingif.com/books/)

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Judgement isn't a skill that often gets put in the spotlight, but it's something we regularly rely on at work. Decisions about people, projects, priorities and purpose all require us to use our judgement. In this week's podcast, Sarah and Helen explore what we can do to become more conscious of our judgement detractors and the actions we can take to improve our use of judgement at work.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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This week Helen and Sarah discuss what we need to do to create more time to think in our week and why it matters so much for our development. They have lots of practical suggestions to create thinking patterns and techniques to help personalise your approach.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this weeks episode Sarah talks to Pinky Lilani, CBE about her squiggly career story. Pinky shares how kindness, courage and people helping people have helped her to navigate her squiggly career so far.

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our Squiggly Careers PodBook: https://rb.gy/orb0n5

2. Sign-up for PodMail, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools https://rb.gy/2xyo8i

3. Read our books 'The Squiggly Career' and 'You Coach You' https://www.amazingif.com/books/

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about strengths and how practising strengths stories can increase your confidence in talking about what you want to be known for.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about building your personal brand and the importance of reflecting on what you stand for, who you stand with and what makes you stand out.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about grit and how the 4Ps of purpose, positivity, people and progress can help you stick to your longterm meaningful goals.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about leadership and how to prioritise involving rather than solving and the importance of closing the say-do gap.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about conflict and what you can do to fix fiction fast.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

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If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about creativity and share how to use AI to accelerate creativity and a technique to use in teams to generate new ideas.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

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If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about questioning and how to use different styles of questioning in different situations.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

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In this short, Helen and Sarah share why searching for your purpose could actually be holding you back in your career development, and how focusing on purposeful work instead could be a more flexible and fulfilling approach. They also offer some useful tools and prompts to help you do understand what meaningful work looks like to you - without the pressure of having it all figured out.

Full episode: https://shows.acast.com/amazingif/469-do-you-need-to-have-a-purpose-at-work

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquigglyCareers

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our free careers tools https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

2. Sign-up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

3. Sign up for Squiggly Careers in Action, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ [www.amazingif.com/books/](http://www.amazingif.com/books/)

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about negotiation and share tools to try out to take control of negotiation conversations.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about assertiveness and share ideas for how to respond in challenging situations.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about curiosity and share their framework for having curious career conversations.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about resilience and share their ideas on how to reduce enmeshment by focusing on your world outside of work.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about listening and share their ideas on how to do an interruption audit.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of critical thinking and share their ideas on how to practice using problem statements.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-belief and share their ideas on how to move from limiting to limitless beliefs.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about the skill of conversations and share their ideas on taking a shift vs. support response and having a set of go-to-curious questions.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about experimenting and share their ideas on how to use the 'pitch, prototype and pilot' approach to make it easier to get started.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series, Helen and Sarah talk about self-awareness and share their ideas on how to use contrasting questions to support your reflection and understand your reactions.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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Finding your purpose can sometimes feel like a ‘should’—something we’re all expected to have figured out. The pressure to find a perfect purpose can leave us feeling stuck or unsure, especially when career paths are more squiggly than straightforward. But does having a purpose really matter? And if so, how do you stay connected to it?

In this episode, Helen and Sarah explore the difference between having a purpose and feeling purposeful at work. You’ll learn how to reflect on what truly motivates you, define your squiggly career sweet spot and connect with your core values—even if you’re still figuring things out.

(00:00) The problem with 'purpose'

(07:00) Why do we care about purposeful work?

(08:39) Finding your squiggly career sweet spot

(09:36) Defining your core values

(11:02) Defining your strengths

(13:10) Energy audits

(14:14) What do you want to make better?

(16:35) What do you care about that's bigger than your job?

(18:42) ChatGPT 1 sentence purpose statement

(21:05) Summary

📚 Resources Mentioned:

McKinsey Research Paper: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-search-for-purpose-at-work

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth: https://shorturl.at/b6oFv

Values Tools Kit: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

16 Personalities: https://www.16personalities.com/

Principles you: https://principlesyou.com/

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SquigglyCareers

For questions about Squiggly Careers or to share feedback, please email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

More ways to learn about Squiggly Careers:

1. Download our free careers tools https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/

2. Sign-up for our Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint https://bit.ly/skillssprint2024

3. Sign up for Squiggly Careers in Action, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/SquigglyCareersInAction

4. Read our books ‘The Squiggly Career’ and ‘You Coach You’ [www.amazingif.com/books/](http://www.amazingif.com/books/)

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about prioritisation and share their ideas on how to use a 'win watch' to keep you focused and the urgent/important matrix to create clarity.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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In this episode of the Squiggly Careers Skills Sprint series Helen and Sarah talk about Asking for help and share their ideas on how to be more specific about the support you need.

There are 20 episodes in the Skills Sprint and each is designed to help you create a regular learning habit to support your squiggly career development. Each episode in the series is less that 7 minutes long and has ideas for action and go-to-gurus on a specific topic.

Sign-up for to receive our Ready, Steady, Sprint guide here: https://bit.ly/scskills-sprint

If you have any questions or feedback (which we love!) you can email us at helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com

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