Why Self Care is Essential for Career Success

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of self care in achieving career success, illustrated through a personal story of recovery from surgery.

Love Your Career Podcast? Let us know! Picture this: A poster of me, at the age of 16, modelling sunglasses in Hong Kong, looking glamorous with them perched stylishly on top of my head. Not protecting my eyes, just making a fashion statement. [Click this link to view my 1975 poster] Fast forward 50 years to last Wednesday, and I'm recovering from painful pterygium surgery with my bandaged eye, staring at that very poster on my wall. The irony? I spent decades with the solution literally on m...

People in this episode

Host: Jane Jackson

Topics covered

• self care
• career success
• personal development
• health
• wellness

Keywords

• self care
• career success
• personal growth
• wellness
• health

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