Squiggly Careers

When your week gets busy, do you find yourself dropping the things that help you feel good? It can be easy to put rest, support and time outside work on hold just when you need them most.

In this Squiggly Career Shortcut, Helen shares six small actions you can build into your week to support your resilience. Pick one or two that feel useful to you and try doing them regularly, before things start to feel difficult.

🎯 In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

– Find something to look forward to, even in a hard week

– Work out what help you need and ask for it

– Notice and celebrate your wins

– Find someone you can talk to when things feel difficult

– Protect the rest and recovery that works for you

– Make time for your world outside work

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Is something at work feeling harder than it needs to be? It could be a meeting that takes too long, a decision that goes back and forth, or a process with more steps than it needs.

This week, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from The Friction Project by Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao. They explore how to spot the friction that slows you down, what you could subtract to make work easier, and why some friction is worth keeping.

🎯 In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

– Spot where friction is showing up in your work

– Ask your team what’s making their work harder

– Subtract steps, meetings or handoffs that aren’t helping

– Add useful friction through better questions and saying the hard thing

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

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1. Download our free career tools: https://www.squigglycareers.com/toolkit/

2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.squigglycareers.com/squigglysprints/

3. Sign up for our weekly Squiggly Careers newsletter: www.squiggly.me

4. Order Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.squigglycareers.com/books/
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In this shortcut, Helen, talks about a matrix that can help you to understand where your ambition is right now and what is the most effective action to take to support your development.

🎯 What You'll Learn
- that ambition is individual
- where your ambition in today
- what action to take to activate your ambition

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2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/
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Could putting more constraints on your career actually create more possibilities?

In this episode, Helen and Sarah borrow brilliance from David Epstein's book (Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better) to explore how choosing your own constraints can help you think differently and more creatively about your career. They experiment with constraints across six areas of career development, from learning and strengths to confidence and future possibilities.

🎯 What You'll Learn
– Why constraints can help you think more creatively
– How to experiment with constraints in your career
– How to focus your learning, strengths and values
– How constraints can help with confidence and networking
– How to explore your future possibilities differently

📚Resources mentioned
David Epstein – Inside the Box: How Constraints Make Us Better
https://davidepstein.com/inside-the-box/

Adam Morgan & Mark Barden – A Beautiful Constraint
https://www.eatbigfish.com/thinking/a-beautiful-constraint

Squiggly Careers podcast episode #256 – You Coach You: Overcoming Constraints
https://www.amazingif.com/listen/you-coach-you-overcoming-constraints/

Squiggly Careers podcast episode #220 – How to Explore Your Progression Possibilities

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

Need some more squiggly career support?

1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/
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The people you work with make a significant difference to your development. In this shortcut, Sarah shares 3 ways to learn more from the people around you.

🎯 What You'll Learn
- the importance of showing how you work
- why volunteering to support somone outside of your day job helps you grow
- how next level noticing will support you to succeed in your team

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

Need some more squiggly career support?
1. Download our free career tools: https://www.amazingif.com/toolkit/
2. Sign up for our Skills Sprints: https://www.amazingif.com/squigglysprints/
3. Sign up for our Squiggly Careers Newsletter, a weekly summary of the latest squiggly career tools: https://bit.ly/squigglynewsletter_pod
4. Order our new book Learn Like a Lobster: https://www.amazingif.com/books/"
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