Sometimes your career starts changing before you've made a firm decision about where you're going next.

You might find yourself becoming interested in different opportunities, learning new skills or stepping into spaces that weren't part of your original career plan. What makes this stage difficult is that you can't always see where it's leading while you're in it.

In this episode of I'm No Rookie, Ayo Bamgbose reflects on how starting her PhD introduced her to opportunities she didn't know existed, from presenting research and writing academic papers to submitting abstracts and proposals.

She explores what can happen when experienced professionals allow themselves to become beginners again and why you don't always need to know exactly where a new direction will take you before taking the first step.

What You'll Learn

• Why some career opportunities only become visible once you start moving in a new direction
• How stepping outside familiar environments can change what you see as possible for your career
• Why becoming a beginner again can introduce you to opportunities you couldn't have planned for

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Sometimes we rule ourselves out of opportunities based on assumptions we've carried for years.

Perhaps it's a job you don't think you're qualified for, a career change that feels out of reach, or an experience from your past that still influences the decisions you make today.

In this episode of I'm No Rookie, Ayo shares what happened when she finally questioned an assumption that had influenced her career choices for almost twenty years, and why sometimes the first step forward is simply finding out the facts.

What You'll Learn

• How old experiences can continue to influence the career opportunities you consider today.
• Why assumptions can quietly become barriers when we never stop to question them.
• Why taking action can be as simple as asking a question, checking the requirements or getting the information you need.

Thinking About Becoming an Educator?

If teaching or training is something you've been considering, don't rule yourself out before you've explored what's possible.

Developing Educators Academy offers the CIBTAC Level 3 Award and Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training, as well as the Level 3 Assessor qualification.

Download the course brochure

Enjoyed this episode?

If you found this conversation helpful, I'd really appreciate it if you subscribed to I'm No Rookie and left a review on your favourite podcast platform.

Your reviews help more experienced beauty, spa and wellness professionals discover the podcast and realise they're not alone in thinking about what comes next.

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How many times have you told yourself, "I'll do it next year"?

For many experienced professionals, wanting something different doesn't simply go away. We tell ourselves we'll make the move after Christmas, when work settles down or when life feels less hectic. Then another year passes and we're still thinking about the same change.

In this episode of I'm No Rookie, Ayo Bamgbose looks at the hidden cost of waiting and shares her own experience of putting off her Level 5 Education and Training qualification for several years.

What finally made her take action, and what happened afterwards, became a reminder that sometimes the opportunity we're waiting for starts with one small decision.

If "maybe next year" has become a familiar phrase, this episode might give you something to think about.

What You'll Learn

• Why we convince ourselves it's never the right time to make a career change.
• The difference between preparing for change and simply postponing it.
• Why confidence usually follows action, rather than coming before it.
• How one small decision today could completely change where you are this time next year.

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