Ascendimo

05/08/2022

Today we are focusing on how you can progress your career with the help of mentors and accountability partners.

If you want to develop your career it is important to take time to reflect and access what you have achieved, identify your desired career destination and find pathways and people that will help you gain traction and move forward in a supported, inspired and encouraged way.

Here is cheers to all those who give their time to mentor and challenge us to be more and do more, even when it takes us out of our comfort zones.

Are you making progress in your career or are you marking time? If you want to move forward you need to know who you are - specifically your strengths, capab...

29/07/2022

After some time out to refocus the Ascendimo team are back and excited to provide career information and insights to help you with your unique career journey.

Feeling confused about your next career steps?

Do you suffer from Career Confusion?Are you overwhelmed and don’t know where to go for information on your career and employment choices?Maybe there is a rea...

27/10/2021

What is the Great Resignation? Also known as the Great Discontent and the Big Quit. Millions world wide are leaving their jobs and looking for greater career choice and freedom.

Millions are voluntarily leaving their jobs across the US and the UK. In August 2021 4.3m people quit their jobs. The Great Resignation is also called the ...

27/10/2021

What is the Great Resignation? Are you ready to call it quits?
In this video we discuss the reason why so many people are discontent in their work roles and how millions of people are leaving their employment in search of greater career freedom.
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Millions are voluntarily leaving their jobs across the US and the UK. In August 2021 4.3m people quit their jobs. The Great Resignation is also called the ...

28/08/2021

You have a responsibility - to yourself. You are very fortunate to have been gifted with this lifetime. Yes circumstances can be challenging, but many great people have been forged by challenges far greater. If you don’t know what you want from life, start from identifying what you don’t want. This process is called identifying your ANTI-GOALS. From here work out the opposite of that anti-goal. Whatever you do - USE YOUR TIME HERE WISELY!

You will never regret making an effort to improve your life and your career.

Do something today that moves your life or career forward. Undertake a course, read a book that ignites your ambition, just do something to get started.

27/08/2021

If you are moving through your week with no clear plan of what it is you would like to achieve - you are just spinning your wheels. Whatever you are focusing on becomes your reality.

So if you don’t like the results your getting its time to start narrowing your focus on identifying exactly what you want to create with your time.

You should have 3 main deliverables each week. One of these should be not negotiable - you must complete this NO MATTER WHAT. This primary deliverable should be directly linked to a major goal you have set for yourself.

Grab three post it notes and write the date on them, then stick your deliverables in an easy to see place. This is a good practice to undertake on Sunday with the objective being that by Friday afternoon you will have completed all three. If you don’t complete them they continue into the following week - see how long they take you to complete from the date they were set. This will show you if you are procrastinating or if you have underestimated the time it takes to complete certain tasks. This process provides a good feedback loop for productivity improvements.

26/08/2021

Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown

Have you ever found yourself stretched too thin?
Do you simultaneously feel overworked and underutilized?
Are you often busy but not productive?
Do you feel like your time is constantly being hijacked by other people’s agendas?

If you answered yes to any of these, the way out is the Way of the EssentialistThe Way of the Essentialist isn’t about getting more done in less time. It’s about getting only the right things done. It is not a time management strategy, or a productivity technique. It is a systematic discipline for discerning what is absolutely essential, then eliminating everything that is not, so we can make the highest possible contribution towards the things that really matter.

By forcing us to apply a more selective criteria for what is Essential, the disciplined pursuit of less empowers us to reclaim control of our own choices about where to spend our precious time and energy – instead of giving others the implicit permission to choose for us.

Essentialism is not one more thing – it’s a whole new way of doing everything. A must-read for any leader, manager, or individual who wants to learn who to do less, but better, in every area of their lives, Essentialism is a movement whose time has come.”

25/08/2021

No one who ever achieved great things in their lifetime - sat around waiting for success to present it self. Get up, get dressed and GO.

24/08/2021

Be very clear on what you focus on. What you think about you bring about. Anticipate that your actions will result in success. If you think about failure you are more likely to bring it about. Never give up.

23/08/2021

The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday

“We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better.

If the competition threatens you, it's time to be fearless, to display your courage. An impossible deadline becomes a chance to show how dedicated you are. And as Ryan discovered as Director of Marketing for American Apparel, if your brand is generating controversy - it's also potentially generating publicity.

The Stoic philosophy - that what is in the way, is the way - can be applied to any problem: it's a formula invented more than 2,000 years ago, whose effectiveness has been proven in battles and board rooms ever since. From Barack Obama's ability to overcome obstacles in his election races, to the design of the iPhone, the stoic philosophy has helped its users become world-beaters.”

22/08/2021

You have to know WHO you are, WHAT you stand for and the VISION that you hold for your life. Once you have a clear focus on your direction - then consistent action will propel towards your desires. If you struggle to maintain momentum find an accountability partner and watch how much you can achieve when you are held accountable.