#445 How to give without getting it wrong

Squiggly Careers

The Squiggly Career

Management, Careers, Business

5 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Being generous with your time and expertise can payoff in lots of ways for your career. You build stronger relationships and feel better about the work you do. However, if you give too much you can be at risk of burnout. This week, Helen and Sarah talk about different types of giver and where risk can creep in. Whether you can be a bit of a people pleaser or have a tendancy to be an adhoc helper, they share practical ideas for you to give without getting it wrong.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Sarah. And I'm Helen. And this is the Squiggly Careers podcast. Every week we talk about a
0:09.3	different topic to do with work and share some ideas and actions to help you and us navigate our
0:14.7	squiggly careers without a bit more confidence and control. And this week's topic is how to give
0:20.6	without getting it wrong. So we want to dive into
0:24.3	the world of sort of generosity and how to use that as a bit of a superpower in your squiggly careers
0:29.8	to build better relationships and create new opportunities, but how to do it in a way that means
0:35.9	you don't feel drained by giving to lots of people or actually
0:39.5	there's quite a lot about generosity burnout which is not what we want to tip into so we're going to
0:43.5	talk about some different ways you can give without getting it wrong but before we get into it
0:47.6	we want to talk about a new thing that we are launching to support you with your learning in
0:52.1	2025 and that is the drumroll Sarah can you do a drum
0:55.8	I don't know if that'll translate our podcast producers probably like no that's just a really
1:00.1	loud horrible noise Helen but anyway imagine a drum roll. Hey I enjoyed really harder that drum roll
1:04.2	thanks thanks so anyway imagine a drum roll everybody but we are launching the squiggly
1:09.2	Careers video book Club in January.
1:11.8	We are going to have lots of information on this on LinkedIn. So if you want a bit more detail,
1:16.4	head over to the at Amazing If page on LinkedIn. But effectively, it is a one month learning experience.
1:22.8	So for anyone who signed up to the Squiggly Sprint, this might be up your street. And we have got free access to
1:28.4	everybody to Litvid Video Books Library. And we have got a reading or a watch list of four
1:33.7	books we are going to be focusing on in January. And each week we are going to talk about that book.
1:38.8	So for example, week one is Katie Milkman's book on how to change. So if you're thinking of a
1:43.3	career change of some
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