In this episode, I was interviewed by the Global NLP Conference about how to make big life decisions you won’t regret. Angela Wells, co-founder of the conference, asks some great questions which allows me to share:

• What key tools I personally use to make decisions to live a life true to myself and actually do it not just think it
• How you can shift from analysis paralysis and being stuck in life
• One killer NLP strategy to transform your motivation to take action
• How to take back control when your career or life problems seem impossible to solve
• How to not sweat the small stuff and spend your time more wisely
• The commonalities between my guests on the Burn From Within podcast on how they made hugely successful life and career changing decisions
• How Covid has changed everything in people’s minds and why The Great Resignation is happening right now

Resources:

• Use my special discount code MATT10 when you register for the Global NLP Conference (and check out all the amazing speakers and sessions) here
• For those that want a free guide to making big decisions with no regrets, including audio clips sharing real strategies from people I interview as well as clips from Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos who use this framework, go to www.burnfromwithin.com/noregrets and I'll send you my audio guide free today!
• Connect directly with me directly on LinkedIn here - leave me a voice note to really get my attention (thanks Valerie Mekki for that tip!)
• Check out Tony Robbins' explanation of the NLP Dickens process here on YouTube - I've adapted this for career and life decisions. The foundational structure is truly powerful for motivation to take action!

To book a free 20-min confidential call with Matt to discuss any career or life change challenges you are having, go to www.burnfromwithin.com/call

On this week’s episode, we have Valerie Mekki who used to be a retail buyer and product developer for major fashion brands for over 18 years and now she is a content writer and loves it!

In this interview, Valerie fascinatingly shares her career pivots including becoming an entrepreneur, returning to a 9-5 and a lot more! We discuss:

• The false security of job security
• How accreditations and side projects can really help in your career transitions
• The mindset to handle your ego being crushed when working more junior roles in a new career
• How to deal with tough times during your career transition
• Practical ways to make money from your years or decades of previous career experience
• A golden mindset trick to becoming prolific in sharing what you do on social media
• How to restore balance during your transition so you don't burn out

Resources:

• Check out Valerie’s amazing blog about a career change for mid-life professionals at Oh Hello Work Life
• Connect directly with Valerie on LinkedIn here - listen to the end of the episode to learn how to send a LinkedIn message that gets her attention!
• To find out more about prototyping your next career, listen to this episode of the show here
• Book a free 20-min confidential call with Matt to discuss any career or life change challenges you are having here
• Check out more inspiring interviews with full transcripts to scan quickly for career and life change nuggets on the Burn From Within website here

On this week’s episode, we have Claudio Antonini who is a career change coach for finance and investment banking professionals.

We cover a lot in this interview, from:

• What prompts finance and investment banking professionals to want to leave their career and what are the challenges in transitioning out of it?
• Typical routes out and common transferable skills they can use
• How to prevent your next career being a bad decision
• Finding more suitable roles within your existing bank
• How to recognise you are burnt out and what to do about it
• The impact of Covid-19 on career change in finance and banking
• When is the ideal time to leave your banking job or career?

The full show notes and videos of other interviews are available at Burnfromwithin.com/interviews, so listen all the way through, and enjoy!

Resources:

• Connect with Claudio Antonini here via his LinkedIn profile and his website is here
• To find out more about prototyping your next career, listen to this episode of the show here
• To hear about long-term career decisions and hear from Jeff Bezon about his regret minimisation framework and how other guests of the show have applied this, listen to my special episode, The Guide to Making Big Decisions, No Regrets here

To book coaching with me, Matt Garrow-Fisher, check out the Burn From Within website here