Many of us are familiar with the concept of our ‘shadow selves’ – those parts of us that we would rather not be. Carl Jung brought these ideas to us in the 20th century and in doing so gave us some incredible tools to understand ourselves and our behaviors on a deeper level. The concept […]
Author Archives: growmotely
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Jan
Jan
Off the back of a rousing chat a couple of weeks ago with Growmotely’s Operations Director, Cass Biyang, I ‘dug out’ a TED Talk that a friend had sent me a few years back. It was a talk given by the author Taiye Selasi, in which she breaks open the question that is so often asked: ‘Where […]
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Jan
Jan
Do you say ‘thank you’ (in Japanese) when you find a coin on the ground? And: do you say ‘thank you’ (in Japanese) when you pay your electricity bill? If not – WHAT?! We need to talk. Ken Honda thinks you should. And I do, too! Let me explain. OK – so here’s how the […]
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Jan
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It’s not uncommon for me to be swimming upstream, going against the grain, or having a parallel experience to what the mainstream narrative is telling us we should be having. This moment in time is no exception. While I hear talk of ‘The Great Resignation’ everywhere, in my alternate Universe I’m experiencing ‘The Great Redefinition of Work’ […]
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Jan
Jan
Here’s the story with boundaries. If you invest your time in up-skilling yourself in the realm of ‘how to set good boundaries’, you will see your life transform before your very eyes. What we say ‘yes’ to and what we say ‘no’ to determines our reality. Yes. No. Yes. No. Yes. No. Just like you might […]
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Jan
Jan
One of the hardest things for so many of us to learn is delegation. Especially for us founders. At one point or another we were doing everything, and wearing all the hats, and then over time we gradually have to let go of things and hand them over as the business grows. For some of us […]
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Jan
Jan
Two people walk into a bar. A resume-writer and a location-independent remote professional. Which one gets up and walks out after a dissatisfying 30-minute conversation? You guessed it! The location-independent remote professional. I’ll come back to this story in just a bit; let me first introduce myself… Beloved job-seekers – and the larger Growmotely family. […]
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Jan
Jan
You could say we’re all about work, expanded. Freedom to work from wherever you want and the flexibility to attune to your natural rhythms and integrate your life’s wants and needs. Growth that comes from practicing self awareness and inner work. Expanding into one’s potential. I guess what we want to offer through all we’re creating […]
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Jan
Jan
In our monthly All Company meeting this week, I took the team through a powerful visualization exercise. Many of us, as entrepreneurs, are familiar with our ability to set goals, to manifest and essentially to create our reality. This exercise amplifies that power and potential, by harnessing the entire team’s ability to bring to life […]
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Jan
Jan
What a time to be alive! – is a line we hear frequently these days. Said with excitement or in disbelief, it carries a feeling I think many of us share – the feeling that something big is happening and that we get to live it. Our reality has shifted enough over the past year and a […]