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Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20226 min read
"I want to be the best" and other nonsense that can ruin your career!
***************************************************** Celebration! It’s the Wise Wednesdays 1st anniversary! Yep, it’s a year since I...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Are you a wounded healer? Stop the career self-sabotage now!
Do you tend to overgive at work? Spend long hours and weekends “doing what needs to be done” and counting on it just being a phase and...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20226 min read
Reinventing a career by letting go of planning: a doctor’s awakening in Alaska
THE BIRTH OF A CAREER DREAM… It was an ordinary lecture, on an ordinary day at medical school. As the population science slides flashed...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
What is Socratic coaching and how can it help you clear career confusion? (life after the NHS)
When I was a medical student at Cambridge, I remember being introduced to teaching by humiliation - an old fashioned approach probably...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20226 min read
How I cleared my career “brain fog”:
Have you ever had these thoughts? “Something isn’t right but I can’t put my finger on it” Or “I know things have to change/I need to do...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
How codependence can ruin your career (and what to do about it)
Have you ever felt that you’re putting more into your job than you are getting back? Or find that your health, hobbies and relationships...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
How to make the most of career confusion
It’s such a joyful moment when someone calls you and says: “Thank you for helping me find my dream job – I’ve just been offered the...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Anatomy of a career and how to avoid confusion
HUMAN ANATOMY As a first year medical student, a rite of passage was to attend anatomy classes and dissect a human body. We learned how a...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20226 min read
How to propel your career by increasing your visibility (don't rely on your boss)
VISIBILITY? NOT FOR ME... Some people are natural networkers and self-promoters. Most of us are not but have the capacity to cultivate...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Thou shalt remember Rocky and the phoenix: Final - The 10 Commandments of Career Transformation
Why does this keep happening to me?... Have you ever asked yourself that question? Perhaps around a situation at work or in...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
Why you should talk to yourself (and make friends with your mirror): The 10 Commandments of Career
Ever felt like there is something missing or that a part of you has been left behind as you progressed in life? You can sometimes reach a...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
How to get out of a dilemma - Relax: it’s not about you anyway. (The 10 commandments of career chang
Have you ever grappled with a dilemma and had the sense that there is no right answer? Perhaps you’re grappling with one now. The pros...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Passing on the (career) love: The 10 Commandments of Career Change #7
Finding the right balance between our needs and those of others is a continuous process of learning. Depending on culture, gender, age,...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20222 min read
Visit your heroines and heroes (Commandment of Career Change #6)
In 1967, a 12 year old boy looked up the phone number of the CEO of Hewlett Packard (HP) in his local phone book. He wanted to build a...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The 10 Commandments of Career Change #5: Thou shalt call on something greater than yourself...
Whatever the merits of individualism and its contribution to human freedom and social progress, it comes at a price...:alienation from...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
CAREER CHANGE COMMANDMENT #4: THOU SHALT BUILD A TRIBE
Transitions are scary. The are filled with uncertainty and risk which can really send our mammalian brain into overdrive. It takes a good...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20225 min read
The 10 New Commandments of Career Change: Interview yourself, then...
Alongside the application form and CV formatting, the job interview (and its preparation) ranks high among procrastination inducing...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The 10 New Commandments of Career Change: Thou shalt not tell your boss...
In today’s labour market, you are effectively a company of one. You don’t have to be an entrepreneur to think like one and organisations...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20224 min read
The 10 New Commandments of Career Change: Thou shalt not change career...but transform it
First: Congratulations to one of my coaching clients on his recent achievement! Tex Jones whose new company will be featured on BBC1’s...
Amina Aitsi-Selmi
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Is guilt or shame better for your career? (Wise Wednesdays series)
Watch this short video or read on... Let’s start with some definitions: Although used interchangeably, they are not the same. Guilt is...
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