Let me introduce the Juggler’s Manifesto.
These tenets are at the heart of my personal and professional DNA.
- Forget Specialism, discover the value of being across more than one discipline. Sticking to just one thing limits your potential, Place no limits on what you do and become more fulfilled.
- Be passionate about all you do. Let your passions and desires inform and shape your work life.
- Be adept at gear-shifting, from segueing from the huge to the tiny, from work to play.
- Make time for play. Being a successful juggler is about working hard but also mixing up work and play, and using playtime as your inspiration and stimulation.
- Be a chameleon, flexible and adaptable. Re-think all you do, be happy to change the rules again and again. Don’t stay entrenched in rigid ideas of how things should be done.
- The best plan is a non-plan. Success in the knowledge economy is about making it up as you go along. Be The Accidental Executive or The Accidental Entrepreneur.
- Use your instinct (every time); in making decisions, in deciding what to do, and what not to do.
- Re-define personal success not by a salary package alone but by more important currency, such as: did you get to see your kid’s sports day, do you work with a decent bunch of people, did you take enough holiday this year?
- Go beyond a job title and carve out a unique You-role. Take control, do it your way, be authentic.
- Develop a personal brand to unite and communicate your strengths.
- Work hard, but work smart. Whilst success relies on you working hard, it’s also doing what you love; and when you do what you love, it doesn’t feel so much like work.
- Have lots of self-belief and self-confidence. You must have a positive outlook, be an optimist.
- Be a pioneer, with no fear of the unknown. Be happy to learn new stuff and embrace new ideas.
- Have purpose in all you do. Focus on making a difference and leaving a legacy.
