Self-Care With Shaki

I've made quite a lot of career mistakes. I also quit a well-paying job since I did not feel fulfilled in it. Since then, I became so passionate about finding ways to build a fulfilling, well-paying, and happy career. Being a coach, I read and connect with so many top coaches and career development gurus; this has enlightened me with all the mistakes I need to eliminate when trying to build a strong career right from the scratch. 1. Not enough clarity When I first got into my corporate job it was like a labyrinth. I felt like I was lost inside a maze.   I was not clear on what I want and what am I supposed to do. I know that at the beginning of every career it would be like being left blindfolded in a dense forest with no choice of getting out. But let's say you are allowed to untie your blindfold and given an option to walk out of the forest. How will you get out from there? You will be able to escape from the forest full of thorns and thistles only and ...

Career for most of us now is corporate. We are struggling to move forward and settle in a place where we feel respectable and posh. The truth is every one of us is affected by corporate and its norms in one way or the other. There are two types of corporations if we should simplify.  One is ‘talent - minded’ corporate and the other one is ‘work - minded’ corporate.    Learn from mistakes Today, most of them believe that for a successful corporate business, one should have a talent mindset.  Corporates create a culture that worships talent which in turn pushes them into a fixed mindset.   When people live in an environment where they are recruited solely for their so-called talent, they have great difficulty when their image is threatened.   For example, Jacob is hired for a manager’s post in a very profitable corporate company. He is hired only because he studied at the World’s best university. People who hired him thought that sinc...