Career Change & Personal BrandingBlog

When I was thinking about leaving the corporate world to start my own business, one of the hardest things to figure out exactly what to do next. I had been feeling a bit detached from my work, and I wasn't sure exactly what that meant I should do. I still liked aspects of my marketing role, [...]

Exactly two years ago, I left my corporate marketing job behind. The kind of job that actually looked pretty decent on paper—nice salary, comfy corporate office, fancy job title, and the automatic reputation that comes with working for a blue-chip corporation. The kind of job you’re “supposed” to have after you finish your MBA, one [...]

Shortly after leaving the corporate world behind to start my own business, I realised all the systems we used at work were no longer at my disposal, leaving me in my home office to feel rather disorganised. I was tracking tasks using Apple Reminders, random to-do-lists and lots of checklists on Post-It Notes. My notes […]

For many years, I didn’t know a thing about how to work with recruiters, mostly because I hadn’t really crossed paths with them until I was several years into my professional career. The first time I was ever contacted by a recruiter was during my first Associate Marketing Manager role at Clorox, and I had […]

Last month, I gave myself a whole month off from work. That’s right. A whole month. My wife and I went to Japan, my favourite country in the world. We took the picture above in one of the many beautiful Japanese gardens in the Nanzenji Temple area of Kyoto. Then, we went to Taiwan to meet […]