Reframe & Reset Your Career: Job Search & Career Development Insights

Episode 29. How To Found A Startup With A Non-Tech Background - Sophia Matveeva

Is it possible to found a tech start up without having any experience in this area? That is what Sophia Matveeva did and she discussed this, insights from building a new business Tech For Non-Techies and so much more on Episode 29 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Our shared interest in classical literature;
Studying politics at Bristol University and where this interest came from,
Her passion for communication which helped her find a job in PR at Finsbury Glover Herring,
Why marketing and selling skills are vital for a CEO and founder of a business,
Creating Enty, a fashion tech startup, despite not having a tech background,
Learning the tech skills and knowledge to help her lead a tech business,
Pivoting and moving her focus to her Tech For Non-Techies business once the pandemic hit,
The importance of creativity in tech companies,
Navigating the relationship between a Founder and the Chief Technology Officer, and
Cutting through “bro culture” and tech jargon to run a tech business.
Sophia is the founder of Tech For Non-Techies, an education company and consultancy. Sophia has contributed to the Financial Times, The Guardian and Forbes on entrepreneurship and technology, and hosts the top rated Tech for Non-Techies podcast.  She has also guest lectured at the University of Chicago, London Business School, and Oxford University, and led the Blackstone x Techstars accelerator at the University of Texas at El Paso. As a non-technical founder, she has co-created apps and algorithms that have been used by thousands, won App of the Day by Mashable, and were featured by Inc, the BBC and more.  Sophia loves helping entrepreneurs and has advised Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge and Microsoft x London College of Fashion incubator.  She holds an MBA from Chicago Booth, and a BSc (Hons) in Politics from Bristol. She speaks English, Russian and French. Sophia also sits on the Board of University of Chicago’s Alumni in the UK.
I met Sophia on one of her courses just prior to the first lockdown in the UK as I am designing a personal development App. It was great to catch up with her again on the show.
Sophia and I talked about starting her tech business and told me "When I was doing my MBA at Chicago Booth, I actually remember I wrote in my application essay that my plan was to come up with an idea for a business, get a team and raise some money during my MBA and then leave business school for this company. I mean I didn't actually expect it to happen, I thought it would be nice if it happened, I didn't expect it to happen but you know what it did happen! I tested the idea, I had to do a lot of ego busting work to raise money but somehow I did it and essentially the team and I, we came up with an idea for a fashion tech company." 
 
Resources & People mentioned
The Odyssey
The Iliad
Dorie Clark
Rachel Rodgers
 
Contact Sophia
Website: https://www.techfornontechies.co/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-for-non-techies
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/techfornontechies/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechForNonTechiesCommunity
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophiaMatveeva
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
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YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 
LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
Thank you for your continued support of Reframe & Reset Your Career, I do appreciate it. I now have a new website, see link above, please do check it out, I hope you find it helpful. It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 28. Why Kindness Is The Must-Have Superpower For Leaders - Julie Adam

Why is kindness such an important characteristic for leaders? Julie Adam, author of Imperfectly Kind and the Executive Vice President & General Manager at Universal Music Canada, discussed this, her successful career in the music industry and much more on Episode 28 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Her love of baseball and music from childhood;
The creative process and how taking time for yourself outside work helps;
Dealing with nerves;
How her mentors helped her realise that her skills lay in working behind the scenes rather than on air;
Making the most of an unexpected opportunity in an interim role as Program Director which became permanent;
Overcoming limiting beliefs to write her book;
How Julie created a management style of being kind which aligned with her values but was also great for her business;
Being kind does not mean you can’t make tough decisions;
Taking ownership for your career development;
Why it pays to be nice to everyone not just those with power;
Being flexible and dealing with uncertainty; and
Finding a job that you find fulfilling and is true to yourself and your values.
Julie is currently the Executive Vice President & General Manager at Universal Music Canada. Prior to this, she was responsible for driving the strategy and overseeing the management and development of Rogers Sports & Media’s local and national News & Entertainment brands, including the likes of CityNews, 98.1 CHFI, Citytv, KiSS 92.5, Pacific Content, Frequency Podcast Network, FX/FXX, OLN, OMNI Television, and Rogers tv. As President of News & Entertainment, her portfolio included Rogers Sports & Media’s 54 radio stations, 2 podcast networks, 29 local television stations, and 15 television channels.
With decades of experience in radio and broadcasting, Julie is a passionate and dedicated leader in her industry.
She began her career at Rogers in 1999 as the KiSS 92.5 Program Director. Since then, Julie has been recognized as Canada’s first female Vice President of Programming and is a recipient of the Rosalie Award from Radio Trailblazers. Julie is a graduate of Ryerson University and holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree, with a major in Radio and Television.
Julie is proud to sit on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Canada, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, MusiCounts, Radioplayer Canada, and Canadian Broadcast Sales. At Rogers, Julie was Chair of Rise for Women, a part of the Rogers Women’s Network, and sat on the board of the company’s Inclusion & Diversity Council.
I met Julie through Seth Godin’s writing in community course, which led to her book “Imperfectly Kind: Why Kindness Is The Must-Have Superpower You Need To Lead”, which is an enjoyable read.
Julie and I talked about how you can be kind but firm as a leader and told me "Sometimes, people mistake kindness with weakness and that you can’t be a kind boss because then you’re giving up your power, that’s not it at all. In fact what I’ve learned in business is that often by being kind, you get more as a leader, people want to try harder because you treat them well. That does not mean that you let them do whatever they want or no matter how good or bad people are at their job, they get to stay in it, it’s the opposite." 
 
Resources & People mentioned
The Dalai Lama
Vincent Walsh TEDx talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyU-AbYiEd0
 
Contact Julie
Website - https://julieadam.ca/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieadamcanada/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/julieadam
 
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E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 27. The Principles Of Influence & Persuasion - Brian Ahearn

Interested in learning more about the principles of influence and the ground breaking work of famed psychologist, Dr Robert Cialdini? Brian Ahearn, author, coach and consultant talked about this, his work and much more on Episode 27 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Applying the self discipline that he picked up from sport to work and aligning that to a goal;
How Brian first formed a connection with Dr Cialdini simply by being helpful;
The seven principles of Influence: liking, reciprocity, social proof, authority, commitment and consistency, scarcity and unity;
Using the liking principle to build relationships;
Creating content and social proof;
Reciprocity in the business environment;
Looking for things to like about people rather than making them like you;
Reciprocity may be used against you;
Applying influence when looking to be promoted at work; 
Pre-Suasion, the concept of unity and how it helped Brian get engaged to his wife!, and
His new book, "The Influencer".
Brian is a dynamic international keynote speaker, author, coach and consultant. He specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations.
He is one of only a dozen individuals in the world who currently holds the (CMCT) designation and one of just a handful to have earned the Cialdini Pre-suasion Trainer® (CPT) designation.
These specializations in the psychology of persuasion were earned directly from Dr Robert Cialdini, the most cited living social psychologist in the world on the science of ethical influence. I am a huge fan of Dr Cialdini’s work and his book “Influence” is the one that I most often reference on my podcast.
A cum laude graduate of Miami University, Brian has been in the business arena for more than 30 years and training people for over two decades. Brian is also a Competent Toastmaster and a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter.
Brian’s first book – was named one of the Top 100 Influence Books of All Time by BookAuthority. His second book, Persuasive Selling for Relationship Driven Insurance Agents, was an Amazon new release bestseller in several categories. His new book is “The Influencer”, which is a fictional account of how an ordinary young man, develops his influencing skills by learning from clients, colleagues and mentors and is partly based on stories from Brian's personal journey.
Brian shared this fascinating insight about Dr Robert Cialdini and his groundbreaking work on influence "Dr Cialdini … had an instinct that if we really want to understand the social influence process we can't confine it to a laboratory ... we've got to get out into the real world. So he took almost a three-year hiatus from teaching and he went out and got jobs … then after that three years he stepped back and he looked at everything that he had learned and he combined it with his understanding of the influence process … and he said you know what there are really six principles, now a seventh, but at the time six universal principles that people all across the globe tend to respond to in one way or another."
 
People & Resources Mentioned
Seneca
Influence - Dr Robert B. Cialdini
 
Contact Brian
Website: https://www.influencepeople.biz/ 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianfahearn 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IinfluencePeopleBrianAhearn 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianahearn 
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD_YhPzafzXUmtDhPWyDow 
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
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LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 26. Talking Careers - Insights From The First Year Of The Show

“We're not trying to tell people think this way, or think that way. What we're saying is just stop and think, just stop and think … Do you have what you want? Is it working for you? If not, be true to yourself. Reframe, reset what you need to, there is not one definition of success. You may have a definition of success, or a definition of how you should be going about what you want to achieve all these years of your life, then you wake up one day and you say this isn't what I want at all and so you can change it if you want,” Tammy Gooler Loeb shared with me on Episode 26 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
Episode 26 is slightly different in format as it marks the 1-year anniversary of the show. Tammy, who hosts the "Work from the Inside Out" podcast, kindly agreed to co-host the show. We discuss and celebrate some of the insights and lessons that have been shared by the guests on Reframe & Reset Your Career. I first met Tammy in late 2020 to chat about podcasting and her encouragement gave me the final push to launch my own podcast and a YouTube channel just a few months later, thanks Tammy!
Tammy is an Executive and Career Coach, Author, Speaker, Facilitator and the founder and host of the “Work from the Inside Out” podcast. She is passionate about working with clients to achieve growth and deeper satisfaction in their careers and work relationships. She does this by providing individual coaching, training, speaking programs and team facilitation in a wide variety of industries and professions. Tammy brings over 25 years of professional experience to her work and is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach by the Co-Active Training Institute and a graduate of the Co-Active Leadership Program. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from Hampshire College and an MBA from Boston University.
Prior to establishing her practice, Tammy held a variety of positions in mental health services, higher education administration, public policy analysis and fundraising. Her practical knowledge and experience in organizational and leadership development, workplace communications, and change management builds a relatable relationship with clients striving for higher performance results.
Tammy has written a book also titled: Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career that Fulfills You, which will be published on 25th January. The book includes 22 real-life stories that illustrate the hurdles that can hold you back, offering successful strategies and reflective activities that will move your thinking and actions toward new possibilities.
We had a great conversation and discussed the following:
How playing sport shaped my interest in performance development;
Managing failure;
My interest in neuroscience and how this inspired the podcast;
Starting the podcast and how Tammy’s encouragement helped overcome limiting beliefs;
Growth Mindset;
Luck and creating opportunities for yourself by being curious;
Defining what success means from each of our perspectives;
Empowering yourself and taking ownership of your career development;
Adaptability and being creative to deal with uncertainty;
Trying small experiments to test potential new areas for work;
Being resilient and responding to failure;
Focus on what you can control; and
The “Stockdale Paradox” as described by Jim Collins and reframing difficult situations.
 
Resources & People Mentioned
Why the F*ck Can't I Change - Dr Gabija Toleikyte
The Long Game - Dorie Clark
The Serendipity Mindset - Dr Christian Busch
Emilie West
Future Proof - Diana Wu David
Forever Employable - Jeff Gothelf
Rogue Waves - Jonathan Brill
Deb Reuben
Jamie Cox
Good To Great - Jim Collins
 
Contact Tammy
https://www.tammygoolerloeb.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tammygoolerloeb
https://www.facebook.com/TammyGoolerLoebCoaching/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf
https://twitter.com/tammygoolerloeb?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/tammygoolerloeb/
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHASU4QApsJ3RsOFo1zTnhQ
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast and YouTube channel or anything else, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 25. The Success Factor - Dr Ruth Gotian

Looking for insights into the four attributes that high achievers, like Olympic athletes, Nobel Prize winners and astronauts share and how this can help you improve your performance? Dr Ruth Gotian, discussed this, career development strategies and much more on Episode 25 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Her love of soccer from an early age and how she became the only girl on her soccer team;
How high achievers’ growth mindset helps them overcome challenges;
Following her passion to move from finance into learning and education;
The P.I.E. concept and how your exposure is significantly more important than your performance to professional success;
How Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan focused on the fundamentals and building strong foundations;
Discovering four attributes shared by high achievers: intrinsic motivation, perseverance, strong foundation, constantly learning through informal means;
Innovation & Creativity;
Being open to learning from the most appropriate person, even if less experienced;
Finding suitable mentors who connect with your learning style;
How a security guard helped Ruth find a mentor for her PhD;
Building your network through relationships and giving more than you receive;
Career development strategies including volunteering, especially outside your field and network and
Taking control of what you are able to control like Olympic athletes.
Ruth is the Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine. She has been hailed by the journal Nature and Columbia University as an expert in mentoring and leadership development and is currently a contributor to Forbes and Psychology Today where she writes about ‘optimizing success’. She also has a weekly show and podcast by the same name where she gathers high achievers to talk about their journey to success. In 2021, she was one of 30 people worldwide to be named to the Thinkers50 Radar List, dubbed the Oscars of management thinking and is a semi-finalist for the Forbes 50 Over 50 list.
During her extensive career, she has personally coached and mentored thousands of people ranging from undergraduates to faculty members.  As Assistant Dean for Mentoring she oversaw the success of nearly 1,800 faculty members at Weill Cornell Medicine. Currently, she researches the most successful people of our generation, including Nobel laureates, astronauts, CEOs and Olympic champions, in order to learn about their habits and practices so that we may optimize our own success.
Ruth was awarded the prestigious Thinkers50 2021 RADAR award and is the author of "The Success Factor" which is a great read.
Ruth received her B.S. and M.S. in Business Management from the University at Stony Brook in New York and certificates in Executive Leadership and Managing for Execution from Cornell University. She earned her doctorate at Teachers College Columbia University where she studied Adult Learning and Leadership and focused her research on optimizing success.
Ruth told me “Everyone thinks, I'm going to do a good job, people will recognise it and I will get promoted or recognised or whatever it is. The problem is that's not how it works! There's been a lot of research on this for over a quarter of a century and the needle has not moved on this … remember the word pie, P.I.E. … P is performance, I is your image and E is your exposure … the amount of your success that's actually based on your performance … is only 10%, that's it, 10%, your image is 30% and your exposure is 60%!”.
 
People & Resources mentioned
Tim Grover
Kobe Bryant
Michael Jordan
Dr Beau Lotto
Dr Robert B. Cialdini
Andy Lopata
Sally Helgesen
Marshall Goldsmith
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthgotian/2021/05/18/why-kobe-bryant-and-michael-jordan-kept-winning-on-and-off-the-court/?sh=7acab068167b
www.ruthgotian.com/mentoringteam
www.ruthgotian.com/passionaudit
 
Contact Ruth
Website: www.ruthgotian.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgotian/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthgotian
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ruthgotian/
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 24. Reframing Setbacks To Succeed On And Off The Pitch

"You've got to move forward, you've got to make sure that wherever you are each day, you're somewhere in front of where you were yesterday and if you take that simple approach other stuff works because you're always going to be dealing with something in your life that's not perfect" Jamie Cox shared this insight with me about the importance of managing failure both in cricket and life on Episode 24 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
Jamie was a successful professional cricketer, enjoying an 18-year career in first-class cricket in both England and Australia, representing Somerset and Tasmania. He scored in excess of 18,500 first-class runs, as well as almost 6,000 in List A matches.
After his cricketing career, Jamie moved into sports administration and completed a Law degree with the Open University.
He has subsequently gone on to hold senior roles across a number of organisations including the Australian Institute of Sport, Cricket Australia, the South Australia Cricket Association, St Kilda Football Club and Cricket Tasmania.
Jamie is currently the Assistant Secretary, Cricket and Operations, at the Marylebone Cricket Club ("MCC"), where he looks after all the cricket departments of the MCC, including the delivery of the Out-Match programme, which sees the Club play around 500 fixtures each year, and the important overseas touring schedule. He is also responsible for delivery of the World Cricket committee.
We had a great conversation and talked about the following:
His interest in cricket and sport in general from an early stage;
Learning to manage failure and adversity in cricket;
Not dwelling too long if you’re stuck and taking action;
How the concept of “The Stockdale Paradox” has been helpful;
The importance of focus;
Dealing with pressure and clarity of thought;
How he overcame the loss of his consulting work during COVID;
Be present but set future goals and work towards them;
Taking ownership of your career development;
Looking forward and not dwelling when he encountered adversity;
The skills that he picked up from sport which helped his career after cricket; and
Being polite and treating people well no matter their position.
 
People & Resources mentioned
Sir Donald Bradman
Good To Great – Jim Collins
Admiral James Stockdale
 
Contact Jamie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-cox-62207340/ 
https://twitter.com/jamiecox1969/
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 23. Overcoming Limiting Beliefs To Reshape Your Future - Deborah Reuben

Limiting beliefs impact many of us but there are strategies that can potentially help manage them. Deb Reuben and I discussed this, becoming comfortable with fear, how her business adapted to life after COVID and much more on Episode 23 of the Reframe & Reset Your Career podcast.
In this episode, we will learn about:
Overcoming limiting beliefs;
The value of building and maintaining strong relationships;
Being more curious to develop your life and career;
Moving outside your comfort zone;
Transitioning from gymnastics to the business world after an injury;
How she developed an interest in technology through the encouragement of her boss;
The lessons and mindset that she learned from gymnastics;
Becoming comfortable with fear, uncertainty and not knowing;
Gaining inspiration and knowledge from people outside her company to develop her career;
Continually evolving through your career;
Networking in the virtual world;
Looking into the future and adapting to not becoming obsolete;
“The Stockdale Paradox”;
Developing TomorrowZone and adapting to life post COVID; and
Potential strategies for job search and career development.
Deborah "Deb" Reuben is the CEO and Founder of TomorrowZone, a technology strategy consultancy inspiring fresh ideas and collaborations to shape the future of business. She encourages new thinking to explore the art of the possible through her extensive technical knowledge, equipment finance experience, and passion for challenging the status quo.  
 Her view on digital transformation and future readiness is radically different with over two decades of innovating, speaking, and most importantly, real-life innovation experience in finance and software industries. Deborah appreciates and shares with clients and audiences that digital transformation is less about the digital and more about the people.
Deb's clients and audiences include companies like PNC, Wells Fargo, Dell, Mitsubishi UFG, and Caterpillar.
 A member of ELFA's Board of Directors, Deb chairs the ELFA's Technology Innovation Working Group, serves on the Monitor Editorial Board and co-founded the Disrupted+ conference series with Monitor.
Monitor Magazine honored her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women Leaders in Equipment Finance and, in 2021, named TomorrowZone one of the most innovative companies in the equipment finance ecosystem.
Deb spoke with me about becoming comfortable with fear and how this was developed through competing nationally in gymnastics in the US and said "You're building physical muscles but also ... building mental muscles and facing fear, getting used to continually facing fear and discomfort and knowing that as you're going through the learning process when you're trying something new, you're going to suck at it at first and you have to be okay with that if you're ever going to become awesome at anything. The ability to stick with it, the ability to try new things and a little bit of risk taking, I think a lot of that I got from my experience in gymnastics." 
 
Resources and people mentioned
William H Murray
Jim Collins – Good To Great
Admiral James Stockdale
Professor Vincent Walsh
Craig Dahl
 
Contact Deb
Website: https://tomorrowzone.io/
LinkedIn (TomorrowZone): https://www.linkedin.com/company/tomorrowzone/
LinkedIn (Deb Reuben): https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahreuben/
Twitter (TomorrowZone): https://twitter.com/tomorrowzone
Twitter (Deb Reuben): https://twitter.com/dreuben
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 
E-mail - reframeandresetyourcareer@harshaboralessa.com
It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
*Reframe & Reset Your Career, including any comments made by the host and guests, is for informational purposes only and does not constitute advice of any description, including but not restricted to financial, legal, investing or medical advice.*

Episode 22. Demystifying The Path To Success In Investing & Finance

“I wanted to work for an investment company … one of the regulators had a list of investment companies listed A to Z, so I had a very simple strategy. I started off with the ones starting with an A and wrote them all a letter … none of the initial As replied and I was just about to start on the Bs but I got a letter from a company beginning Ar and they said "we’re interested, come and have a chat with us" and that was purely good luck”. My good friend, Chris Bailey shared with me how he managed to get his big break into the investment industry, which set him on the path to a successful career without the aid of connections or contacts, simply hard work and writing lots of letters!
Chris is the founder of Financial Orbit, a research and investment consulting firm. He has 25 years of investment industry experience at long-only and long-short institutions as a global multi-asset fund manager, strategist/macro thinker and, in the earlier part of his career, as a securities and fund analyst.He strongly believes in the importance of the fusion of top-down and bottom-up analysis taking a view that an understanding of both aspects is the only way to get a full view of global opportunities.Prior to Financial Orbit Limited, Chris worked for a London based fund management group and headed the team for a range of globally directly invested mutual funds, personally running the Growth, Balanced and Conservative funds (collectively around US$2bn of assets) all of which were either first or second quartile against their respective peer groups from inception in 2010 to the end of 2012. In the four years prior to this, for the same fund management company, he managed global thematic equity and European equity funds that also outperformed their benchmarks.He is in the process of writing a book on his journey in the investing world which will be published in 2022.
We had a great conversation and talked about the following:
How he became interested in investing through breakfast TV,
The need for continuous learning in your career;
The role psychology plays in investing;
The danger of group think;
Learning from your mistakes;
Accepting failure and moving on;
How he got his first break into the investment industry;
Developing an enquiring mind and interest in investing to help your job search;
Insights from working for a hedge fund;
Dealing with pressure;
Leaving a successful career to start his own venture; and
Recovering from a serious illness.
 
Resources & People Mentioned
One Up On Wall Street - Peter Lynch
Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
Warren Buffett
Charlie Munger
 
Contact Chris
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bailey-5008ab63/ 
http://www.financialorbit.com/ 
https://twitter.com/Financial_Orbit 
 
Reframe & Reset Your Career Resources & Contact Info
YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/ReframeResetYourCareer 
LinkedIn Page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/reframe-reset-your-career/?viewAsMember=true 
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It would be great to hear from you, the listeners, and your thoughts about the podcast, YouTube channel or just to say hello, it's always a pleasure to hear from you. I have had some great reviews but not had any way of responding. Thanks so much for your support and have a great week!
 
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