Paul's Story (with John Lees): Vulnerability, Visibility, and Crazy Ideas

Expert Reflections: This episode is a discussion of Paul's career change story from Episode 5. If you haven't listened to that yet, go back and check it out...

John Lees is one of the UK's leading career change experts, and the author of 15 books on careers and work. He joined Natasha to talk about the lessons we heard in Paul's episode last week, including how your interpretation of events can change the speed of your shift, why you probably already know what you want to do, even if it doesn’t feel like it, and practical techniques for getting the most out of conversations with interesting people.

Find John at https://johnleescareers.com/

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Hear stories of career changers who have made successful shifts, and learn from the insights and experience of seasoned career change experts.

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