14. Choosing purpose and intention over status and ego - with Jimmy Barber
What happens when you’ve built a successful corporate career, reached senior leadership and you realise you don’t actually want the next promotion?
In this episode, I’m joined by Jimmy Barber, who left the corporate world in his early 50s after a career that took him all the way to COO and Board level.
We talk about why it’s so easy to keep following the career path in front of you without stopping to ask whether you actually want where it’s taking you.
Jimmy shares his experience of turning down opportunities that looked great on paper, the promotion that made him less happy and worse at his…
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