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Stories and ideas to create a career and life that works
Rewrite Founder and Executive Career Coach Monique Shaw shares personal and professional insights, practical tools and reflections on rewriting your story to change how you work, lead and live.
Want More Time? Stop Doing Work That Isn’t Your Work
One of our scarcest and most sought after currencies is time. We want to maximise productivity, minimise effort, workout in minutes and meditate-on-the-go. But trying to cram more into 24 hours doesn’t create more time, it just creates more stuff to do. The single most effective way to have more time is very simple. Work less. And by that, I mean stop doing work at work that isn’t your work.
How To Escape The Email Trap
The number of email users and emails continues to rise. So does the use of mobile devices. Email is everywhere and it can get to you anywhere, anytime. Email isn’t going to respect you or your time so if you want to break out of the trap, you’re going to have to free yourself.
Why Right Now Is The Perfect Time For A Life Audit
If the stripping back of life that Covid-19 is creating has left you questioning where you’re at and what is really important, now could be the perfect time for a life audit. Life changes, priorities change but all too often our habits, activities and behaviours don’t keep up.
Make The Same Impact At Work In Half The Time
I halved my working hours almost overnight when I returned to full-time work after having a baby and my reputation – and the impact of my work – was not affected at all. In fact, I got a bigger job opportunity within that first year and eventually went on to launch my own business. Here is how I did it…