Hi, I'm Sarah Ellis.

And I'm Helen Tupper.

And you're listening to the Squiggly Careers podcast.

Each week we talk about a different topic to do with work and discuss practical ideas and actions to help you find your way through the increasingly squiggly world of work.

And before we get started on this week's topic, we wanted to let you know that we've

launched our first Squiggly Career Summer School. And we thought that some of you might be interested

to know a little bit more about it. So all the details of it are on amazing if learning.com.

But the three things that you need to know now are four week program covering four main topics, a different topic each week. So the first week's all about building your career canvas. So you've got a one-page summary of really what you want to get out of your career over the kind of short to medium term. Second week's all about confidence and resilience. Third week is about building your personal brand, so making sure that you

and your strengths show up and stand out. And the fourth week is all about connections and career

conversations. It's going to be four live learning group coaching workshops with Sarah and me.

That basically means 90 minute Zoom sessions where we talk through models and tools and you get

the chance to connect and discuss them with other people. So super interactive, but also very,

very actionable. And it's a program for everyone. It doesn't matter what stage of your career

you're at or what industry you're in. If you feel like you need a bit of career support right now

and you want to get into some of these topics

and really maybe accelerate what you're doing after the summer,

then this is the programme for you.

And so today we're talking about meaning and motivation,

what they are, why we need them in our work

and why they're so important to so many of us right now.

I don't know if it's good news or bad news.

I was quite like a blueprint for

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