<description>&lt;p&gt;Retrenchments, Cost-cutting, Evil Colleagues - Everyone&amp;#39;s out to get you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you defend yourself? By building Career Moats! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here are 3 powerful ideas for you to implement this week!&lt;/p&gt;
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Retrenchments, Cost-cutting, Evil Colleagues - Everyone&#39;s out to get you. How do you defend yourself? By building Career Moats! Here are 3 powerful ideas for you to implement this week!

S13E07 - Career Moats - Your Best Defence Against Job-loss

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don’t Be a Professional Victim.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your default response is “they won’t let me,” “I can’t,” or “it’s unfair,” this episode is for you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We unpack why capable professionals lose agency, fall into learned helplessness, and outsource responsibility to circumstances. Then we cut through the noise with practical ways to take back control.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You’ll learn how to shift your mindset, set real boundaries, say NO without guilt, and stop letting other people define your career.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No fluff. Just straight talk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because hope isn’t a strategy. Action is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Don’t Be a Professional Victim.If your default response is “they won’t let me,” “I can’t,” or “it’s unfair,” this episode is for you.We unpack why capable professionals lose agency, fall into learned helplessness, and outsource responsibility to circumstances. Then we cut through the noise with practical ways to take back control.You’ll learn how to shift your mindset, set real boundaries, say NO without guilt, and stop letting other people define your career.No fluff. Just straight talk.Because hope isn’t a strategy. Action is.

S13E06 - Don't Be A Victim!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Are you appearing &amp;#39;too perfect&amp;#39; for the Interview? Hiring Managers can smell BS a mile away!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Adrian and Yen share how &amp;#39;Battle Scars&amp;#39; are valuable and make us stronger!&lt;/p&gt;
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Are you appearing &#39;too perfect&#39; for the Interview? Hiring Managers can smell BS a mile away! Adrian and Yen share how &#39;Battle Scars&#39; are valuable and make us stronger!

S13E05 - Why Hiring Managers Look For 'Battle Scars'

<description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s Jan 2026 - People are setting SMART GOALS as their New Year Resolution - and some have already failed! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try our Practical recipe that is focused on INPUTS and OUTCOMES instead! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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It&#39;s Jan 2026 - People are setting SMART GOALS as their New Year Resolution - and some have already failed! Try our Practical recipe that is focused on INPUTS and OUTCOMES instead!

S13E04 - When SMART Goalsetting Makes You DUMB.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Your career isn’t driven by your job description. It’s driven by the people who influence your success. Most professionals only manage one or two groups. The smart ones manage all five.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are the stakeholders shaping your career more than you realise. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want true career velocity, you must manage all five. Ignore even one, and your career ceiling lowers without you noticing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;🎧 &lt;strong&gt;Tune in. This episode might rewire how you think about influence forever.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Your career isn’t driven by your job description. It’s driven by the people who influence your success. Most professionals only manage one or two groups. The smart ones manage all five.There are the stakeholders shaping your career more than you realise. If you want true career velocity, you must manage all five. Ignore even one, and your career ceiling lowers without you noticing.🎧 Tune in. This episode might rewire how you think about influence forever.

S13E03 - The 5 Types of Stakeholders You NEED To Grow

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