Ali's Blog - Outside of the Circle
Ali's latest articles on designing life, work, or business on your own terms, creating change successfully, and unleashing your true potential.
I used to have a “successful” corporate career (based on the conventional definition of success).
And yet, it didn’t feel fulfilling or meaningful to me. As a result, I...
There are many factors that contribute to creating change to achieve specific outcomes successfully.
But in this article, I want to focus on an important factor that is often...
If you feel stuck in a rut in your life, work, or business, you are not alone. Midlife and beyond is a particularly common time for people to feel stuck in a rut, for many reasons.
When you feel...
When you want to change something to achieve a specific outcome in your life, work, or business, it is important to be aware of obstacles that could hold back your progress and results....
Fear is one of the most common factors that holds people back from taking the actions that would help them to achieve the changes, goals, and results that matter most to them.
Many people think...
There are times in life, work, or business that we feel derailed. Progress comes to a grinding halt. It can feel frustrating and demoralising.
Sometimes the cause can be factors outside of our...
When you want to change something in your life, work, or business it can feel hard, messy, and uncomfortable. It can trigger emotions that can feel challenging to navigate and overcome. It can...
Some changes in your life and work will be ones you choose, want, and welcome with open arms.
Others will be ones that you didn’t choose, don’t like and don’t want. When...
It feels so frustrating when there is a change you want to create and you know you are getting in your own way of the results you want to achieve but don’t really know the best way to deal...
We all experience struggles at times in our life and work, for all sorts of reasons. Some happen due to external sources outside of our control. Some are self-created.
Solving those things can feel...
If you would like to feel less busy in your life and work but don't know where to start, you are not alone. We live in a society where busy seems to have become the default mode in life and...