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Hearing the words extravert and introvert, people often think of an extravert as the 'life and soul of the party' and an introvert as a 'shrinking violet.'

These caricatures have a grain of truth.  However, the psychologist Carl Jung devised the terms to mean your preference for how and where you get your energy.

Want to get ahead in your career?

Than get a mentor.

Who do you work for?  And how much time and money do you spend on your personal development each year?  These are two critical questions in undeerstanding how likely you are to succeed in your career.

Sometimes we choose our bosses, sometimes we don't.  It's the most important relationship to manage.

We all know how important it is to build relationships with the right people.  How those people can shape your world and your future.  Yet how much time and effort do we spend in identifying who those people are and in building strong relationships with them?

Choosing your next job is a serious business.  The time and effort you spend on deciding what is the right move for you will pay off.

Looking back on my own career I had no grand plan.  In fact it faltered at the first hurdle, when I dropped out of uni after the first year.  All I knew was that I wanted to speak French every day in my work and that I wanted to be 'in charge'! 

I am a great fan of the work of Michael Bungay Stanier.  I have subscribed to his newsletter for some years and it is the only one that I read every time - there is always something interesting and thought provoking in it.

This weekend I had the opportunity to meet Michael and attend the workshop to launch his new product - Do More Great Work.