Personal Development

Inspired by Carl Jung’s work that helped define the human ethos through his ‘Map of the Soul’, I present 10 perennial lessons that delve into my own learnings from a decade. No matter how old you are or where you’re at, these lessons will help you navigate your own map of the soul to live a happier and more fulfilling life.

With a global pandemic, imminent economic downturn, and what feels like an irrevocable change to our personal freedom and life as we’ve known it, it’s no wonder that everything feels doom and gloom.

It was April 2016. I was 25, and enthusiastic about life.

Cultivating a fulfilling career that delivers value is what Reintention strives to help you achieve through self empowerment.

Experiences allow assessment of efficiency, performance and progress indicating whether anything that can be measured has been successful. Complementing my last post on warning signs in your career, how do you know if your efforts are moving in the right direction?

Push factors include the changing work environment and pull factors consist of uncovering your why and purpose. But how do you know you need to reinvent yourself? What are the calling signs for change?

Setting goals is a roadmap to change because it incapsulates the mindset and direction of where we want to be.

Emotional intelligence (EQ) has been attributed as key to personal, organisational and leadership success.

Turning demotivation into motivation can be an eye-rolling bombardment of “stay positive”, “keep at it” and “work harder” messages that are seldom useful. If like me, you’ve felt a serious case of the “ceebs” from time to time (or constantly, it’s OK to admit), you’re probably keen to find motivation and keep it.

Connect the dots of any value, belief or situation in your life and it will trace back to your past. Even the smallest incidents can have lasting impacts whether we know it or not.

Tony’s message had me critically re-evaluate my life, choices and perspective. Some of these messages reinforced prior values and beliefs, and some were completely new.

Taking off rose coloured lenses ask, “What is perfect?“. Do we have an unrealistic view and expectation of ourselves?

“Business or science?” Was the question my 17 year old self was asked when I needed to make the big decision of what I was going to do with my life.

The productivity paradox occurs when investment in information technology results in decreased employee productivity.

A personal brand is the associations people have with you. It is your trademark. Marketers utilise branding to create a reputation and identity for a company. Brands convert into sales because of emotional, functional or social connections made with a product or service.

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”― Guy Gavriel Kay

Superheroes are glorified. What makes them invincibly attractive? Their extraordinary ability to overcome odds and create salvation to those in need.

Communication is confronting.

“We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we default to the level of our training.” — Archilochus

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” — Alan Kay

“You are who you are and where you’re at because of what has gone into your mind.” — Zig Ziglar