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Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The one thing about fulfilling your potential that almost none of your bosses or colleagues will kno
Well, it’s definitely autumn in the UK. As the leaves turn orange signalling the passage of time, the last of the warm sunny days are a...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
When it’s time to say goodbye: letting go to move forward
Last week, I said goodbye to two things I really care about and had put a lot of effort into over the past two years. One of them was the...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20226 min read
This is heaven on earth - cardboard boxes, self-betrayal and career purpose
It’s a long one. Last week, I gave a talk for a group of bright and inspired surgeons at Oxford University on invitation from a great...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The dark side of career change: 16 principles to get through
It was fun speaking at the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence's Annual Conference. It's the third time I'm invited but the...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The big leap from doctor to business owner in review (two year anniversary)
Dear Heroines and Heroes, It’s Wise Wednesdays #90+! Thank you for being part of Wise Wednesdays! It gives me great joy to write and...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
That Wild West spirit
It’s Wise Wednesdays! It was a month away from the end of my twelve year career in the National Health System. I hadn’t applied for a job...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Why hard choices are an opportunity
80,000 hours in a career... How do you make difficult choices about how to spend your 80,000? How do you make difficult choices? Do you...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20222 min read
What I learned from wanting more in my career and life (the wisdom of desire)
Most of us have trauma around wanting things. As life goes on, we accumulate experiences of frustration and “failure” that can replace...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? (especially when you’re changing career and life)
It was about 5 years ago when I declared my self-diagnosis: I don’t know how to relax. Of course, it wasn’t strictly true. I went on...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Why I invented my own job and why you could too
What do you do for a living when the best part of a million dollars has been invested in your education?...That’s a lot of education…For...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Why your dark side may be your greatest ally in creating the career and life you want
So much has happened in the past week in terms of coaching, travel and experiences. From discussing nuclear energy politics to leading...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
Why crying about your job could be a great thing.
THE WELL OF GRIEF Those who will not slip beneath the still surface on the well of grief, turning down through its black water to the...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20227 min read
When you feel lost (and 14 ways to feel found again)
Update: Thank you to those who attended the second Leaders Circle yesterday. We had meditation, busting negative thinking, body-based...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Why changing career was the most scientific thing I’ve ever done
Ever procrastinated on a decision when you knew what you wanted to do but people around you were discouraging? Groups self-reinforce...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
From surviving to thriving: 6 things that will happen
“We live in a society where the best adjusted person is constantly consuming; working too much; and not asking too many questions”. Jack...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
3 tips to win the numbers game in your job search
I don’t read the news on principle but I do like to get a decent news round on the state of the world every now and again...The Chatham...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The secret to everything (including career success)
It’s a moment of joy when a client wants to work on being more present and how to do that. It’s a powerful question that leads further...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20222 min read
It’s dark in here… [the change process]
I work with some of the world’s most incredible doctors and high performing professionals. The courage in the challenges they take; and...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
People hated me for this but it turned into an asset
INVITATION Grab an ice-cream or frappe and come to the “Beach Edition” of the Leadership Strategy Café which will include myself, Prof...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Are you a rescuer? (careers and power series)
Ever wondered how far you should compromise in relationships whether at home or at work? Should you take on that project/task to avoid...
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