The Career Happiness Podcast

In this episode we look at: 1. What is Shiny object syndrome in business 2. Why do we fall prey to it 3. Why can it ruin your business 4. What can we do to prevent it 5.How can I support you further Episodes that you may find useful 1.Episode 137 - Why Cliques in business can ruin your own business 2. Episode 170 - Should you hire a business mentor? 3. Episode 173 - Five home truths about the business coaching industry Other things that I mention in this episode 1. Crypto queen podcast listen here –  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p07nkd84 2.  Neal’s business find out more here - https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/ Working with me s a business owner Business mentoring find out more here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-business

1. Why I choose to talk about this subject 2. A career in a law and what that could look like 3.  Three Home truths about Why is a career in Law not for everyone 4. Further reading and resources 5.  How can I help you Useful links mentioned in this episode - https://www.prospects.ac.uk/job-profiles/browse-sector/law - https://www.prospects.ac.uk/jobs-and-work-experience/job-sectors/law-sector/areas-of-law - https://www.lawcareers.net/ - https://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/ - https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/career-advice Doctor Death Lawyer I mention - https://legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/chicago-bar/2021/10/the-dr-death-edition-a-conversation-with-dallas-d-a-michelle-shughart-about-the-crimes-and-prosecution-of-christopher-duntsch/ Article why a law degree can be difficult to obtain - https://www.bolton.ac.uk/blogs/is-a-law-degree-hard-to-do#:~:text=However%2C%20different%20courses%20present%20different,understanding%20the%20challenges%20law%20presents.&text=Legal%20concepts%20can%20be%20quite,family%2C%20labour%2C%20and%20more. How Can I support you link to working with parents - https://www.somaghosh.com/parents-of-teenagers Parental consultation – https://www.somaghosh.com/parental-consultation Careers advice service – https://www.somaghosh.com/career-advice-service Questions about the episode please email me us at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com Other useful episodes 1. Episode 88 - How to find work that lights you up (Interview with Janine Esbrand) 2. Episode 102 - How to empower your career and be who you want to be (Interview with Andrea Petrek) 3. Episode 169 - What are the most demand careers the UK? 4. Episode 179 - Is having a degree really worth it  

In this episode we spoke about the following: 1.  Some background about why the 9-5 was created 2.  Why this topic may be the future of working life… 3.  Take some time to reflect on what your thoughts are first what do they tell you about your career. Career mentoring exercise for you 4.  Three reasons why it doesn’t exist anymore 5. Key things to take away from this episode Some articles that talk about the 9-5 and why working life has changed 1. https://www.business.com/articles/the-death-of-the-workday-is-9-to-5-working-obsolete/ 2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/07/25/working-9-to-5-is-an-antiquated-relic-from-the-past-and-should-be-stopped-right-now/?sh=14bc374e40de 3. https://www.redwigwam.com/articles/2022/nov/why-working-9-5-is-outdated-and-the-future-is-flexible/ Career Obstacles workshop To sign up please see page here – https://www.somaghosh.com/career-obstacles-waitlist Any questions about this episode or anything else please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com      

Being a business adviser and key tips on how to thrive as a business owner with Lee Lam In this episode we spoke to business founder and business strategist Lee Lam In this episode we spoke about the following 1.  What Lee does as a business owner and who she supports 2. Lee’s ideal client and what they are struggling with 3. What is a COO role in a company and what do they do 4. Lee’s Career and her highs and her career and lessons 5. What are some of the qualities to be a good mentor 6. What led Lee to starting her business 7. Advice and tips on how to keep going in business when you feel like giving up 8. Building relationships in your business and why this matters 9. What can we learn from business failure and how can it help us in business 10. What has changed in business post pandemic Where can you connect with Lee 1. LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/soma-ghosh-26086638/ 2.  Website - https://www.linkedin.com/in/leelam/?originalSubdomain=uk

The format of this episode was as follows 1. Purpose of the episode 2. Running a business what is your purpose and why 3. Your mission for continuing 4. Thinking about Meaning vs future Other episodes you may useful 1. Episode 52 - Should I turn a hobby into a business 2. Episode 126 - 3 ways to create a business brand and why it's so important 3. Episode 137 - Why Cliques in business can ruin your own business 4. Episode 148 - How to keep going in your business even when you feel like giving up 5. Episode 180 - 3 reasons why building your business is a long game Working with me Are you interested in working with me as business owner find out more here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-business If you have any questions about the podcast or working together please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com

The main format for this episode was as follows 1. The Idea behind this episode 2. Awards and how they can help your brand and business 3. Some reflections from 2019 to now 4. Advice and support for you Episode I mention 1.  Episode 163 - Should you start a business podcast Shoutouts on this episode 1. Neal Veglio - https://podknowspodcasting.co.uk/ 2. Sangita Pillai - https://www.soulsutras.co.uk/about-sangeeta-pillai/ 3. Ravneet thank for the clip and you can she also won an award for Best Nutritionist that night she has also been on the podcast on Episode 178 - How Nutrition can be linked to your career and happiness at work with Ravneet Panesar. She awards winners in my category best podcaster 1. Amruti Choudhry who was also highly commended podcaster - https://www.amruticoaching.com/ 2. Manpreet Johal was one the main Best podcaster Award winners - https://www.heartshappiness.co.uk/ 3. Urvashi Lad was the other main Best Podcaster Award winner - https://www.unlimitedurvashi.com/ Awards I have been nominated for and the two awards I have won 1. Podcast for business awards -https://www.lynsayanne.com/ 2. International women’s podcast awards - https://everybody-media.com/awards/ 3. National Coaching Awards - https://thenationalcoachingawards.com/ 4. We are city Rising star awards - https://wearethecity.com/rising-star-awards-what-happened-next-for-soma-ghosh/ 5. She Awards - http://sheawardsuk.co.uk/ Links you may find interesting 1.  Feedspot blog - https://podcasts.feedspot.com/uk_career_podcasts/ How you can work with me 1. Professional women - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses 2. Parents of teens - https://www.somaghosh.com/parents-of-teenagers 3. Business Owners - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-business Any questions about this episode please contact me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com Waitlist for workshop - https://www.somaghosh.com/career-obstacles-waitlist

1. Intro and aim of this episode 2. Some of the ways you may be downplaying your career potential 3. Three Ways to not downplay your career potential Other relevant episodes 1.  Episode 104 - Returning to work as a parent (Interview with Lizzie Martin) 2. Episode 198 - How understanding your personal strengths can enhance your career happiness With Biraj Nakarja 3. Episode 205- Can Change affect your Career Confidence Articles related to the episode Lilly Allen article about this - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a60190077/lily-allen-says-having-kids-ruined-career/ Clip of what she said fully - https://youtu.be/LBdvKd1qzwE?si=j5ldpfqIAc0pOonA How to get careers advice and support 1.  Apply for a consultation - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses 2. Visit the women in employment page - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment

Special announcement : The Career Happiness Podcast won the “Highly commended” Best podcaster - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/soma-ghosh-26086638_awards2024-podcaster-businessowner-activity-7172863983773822976-pEFx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop 1.  Why I choose to talk about this topic? 2. How do you motivate yourself currently and why it’s important 3.    Three things to help with this topic 4.   Apply for a career consultation 3 spaces available till April 8th Other episodes you find helpful 1. Episode 157 - How can you find your career purpose and 2 ways to do this 2. Episode 201 - Why are we so unhappy at work and 3 ways to handle this? If you are interested in working with me one to one you can apply for a careers consultation to see if you want to do The Career Happiness Program - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses Further details about the program and how I work are here - https://www.somaghosh.com/women-in-employment and https://www.somaghosh.com/career-happiness-program If you have any comments or questions please email me at soma@somaghosh.com or soma@thecareerhappinessmentor.com        

What we spoke about in the episode 1. Who Aoife is and what she does in her business 2. What Aoife observed in the workplace around unhappiness at work and where it could be stemming from 3. The most common themes that Aoife is seeing in the workplace right now and how it’s affecting people’s happiness at work 4. Chronoworking and Aoife’s thoughts on this working trend for the future 5. Remote working vs hybrid working and Aoife’s thoughts on the future of how will be working with this approach. 6. Being productive vs being busy at work and what this actually means in the workplace 7.  Imposter syndrome the myth around it and of it exists. Also how to start to address it as well as building your awareness around it 8.  Redundancy and how this is affecting people in workplaces currently 9.  Fitting in at work and the research that Aoife in her masters around this 10. Flexibility at work and the importance of values in the workplace How you can connect with Aoife 1. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aoifemobrien/ 2. Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/happier-at-work/id1474115091 3. Website - https://happieratwork.ie/  

Intro – To the episode and why change is a theme that comes up a lot as well as why Confidence is something that never seems to change The main format of this episode Some more context into why I choose to speak about this Change is necessary and important Confidence and making sure you work on this through self-development is important Resilience and confidence can be connected especially through the low points Your confidence may be affected and that’s ok. Yet you have the power to control this Similar Episodes to listen to Episode 63 - Why resilience is so important in your career Episode 82 - Career confidence and Career Happiness what can you do to reignite your career now. Episode 150 - 3 tips to help you feel confident about your career Episode 160 - How to cope with change in business and why it’s actually a good thing? Subscribe to The Career Happiness Mentor Newsletter - https://thecareerhappinessmentor.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3cbb0dae04c3c14700da9770e&id=e2f25afd53 Career Happiness Insights LinkedIn Newsletter - Subscribe on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=6936996607292809216 Details on how to work with me You can apply to work with me here – https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_op9hNEHtgubM1Q5dfspOqSTonc5dsz9ktl1TpVa0Hs/viewform?edit_requested=true&fbzx=1337396816529605572#responses