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Another Year Gone By – a Move to Living More Intentionally
I realised the other day (and perhaps on the odd other occasion this year) that I’d not written generally and in terms of a blog for a...

Rupa Datta
Dec 30, 20232 min read


Recognising “Enough”
One of the stories I tell a lot as a reflection of when I first went self-employed over a decade ago was the realisation that the...

Rupa Datta
Dec 30, 20223 min read
Post Corona News
Wondering what the future will look like, post Corona? After intensive idiotic investigations and ridicoulous rigourous research the...

Rupa Datta
Aug 13, 20213 min read
The Client Delusion
Alas! The client-sales relationship. It used to be so simple! When I started it was, ‘I’m the Almighty Client and you’re just a low...

Rupa Datta
Aug 11, 20213 min read
Cluck, cluck, sales chicken
You’ve heard the phrase: there’s no such thing as a stupid question. In sales there is. The questions you don’t ask because you’re...

Rupa Datta
Jun 6, 20212 min read
3 reasons why you need to have an up-to-date headshot
We've spent a year in lockdown. It looks like we're coming out of it…or are we?The other day I met a colleague for lunch whom I've only ...

Rupa Datta
May 20, 20212 min read
Mind The Mind
Join the Conversation. It's Mental! -May brings Mental Health Awareness week (10-16) and just in time too! Only last week a friend...

Rupa Datta
May 14, 20213 min read
The Virus, the Glitch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Sonia (Life in Lockdown Lifting)As pubs and shops re-open, I can’t help but remember the day lockdown started; March 23...

Rupa Datta
Apr 16, 20213 min read
The Portfolio People podcast – Episode 3
Rethinking your career goals during Covid with Meera Das Like many, Covid and the last year has given many the opportunity to rethink ...

Rupa Datta
Mar 22, 20211 min read
The Great British Boss Off – Improving the boss employee relationshi
Now that I’m self-employed I wake up at midday, take 7-day weekends and … I’m out of work.One self-employment’s biggest downer is not...

Rupa Datta
Mar 11, 20213 min read
The Portfolio People podcast – Episode 2
How home and environment influence your portfolio career with Violet Karamagi Of the 4 facets of a portfolio career, we often find that...

Rupa Datta
Mar 10, 20211 min read
Welcome to the community!
When I go back in time, I'm reminded of the community of Portfolio People we started to build that often met in person. Lockdown has...

Rupa Datta
Mar 7, 20211 min read
3 reasons why you should go for that interview (2021)
The future of work right now is pretty fluid. Some of you may feel like you are going for interview after interview. Some of you may not...

Rupa Datta
Feb 25, 20212 min read
How your Portfolio can change…in one month!
January 2021 in review! What day is it? No, seriously….I spent most of last month asking that. Being in pretty much full lockdown with a...

Rupa Datta
Feb 9, 20212 min read
Change of Direction…
All of us experience change of some sort during a 12 month period. Some unexpected, some saw it coming and some of us may have not yet...

Rupa Datta
Jan 29, 20213 min read
The Portfolio People Podcast – Episode 1
Making the best of furlough with Karen Farrell We've kicked of our podcast interviewing heaps of cool people starting with the...

Rupa Datta
Jan 29, 20211 min read
New Year, New You?
Resolutions Made Easy One of January’s bummers is that it brings in the New Year … with the OLD YOU. It has others, like running out of ...

Rupa Datta
Jan 8, 20213 min read
Dunbar's 5 Part 2
Did you complete Exercise 1? Surprised? Expected? For me, I’m glad of the first 2 and being able to slow down and spend time with those...

Rupa Datta
Jan 5, 20211 min read
Remembering Dunbar's 5
2020 was a funny year for most of us. Let's face it. Regardless of whether you are risk averse or not, chances are you saw people a lot...

Rupa Datta
Jan 3, 20211 min read

Rupa Datta
Dec 29, 20200 min read
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