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Surviving Unemployment

by Zara Thustra

Surviving unemployment one day at a time.

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Episodes

  1. Small Changes

    Small changes

  2. Be careful of fees or fines.

    Be careful to pay bills on time and avoid fees.

  3. Be aware of scams

    Be aware of scams out there that will charge you for nothing.

  4. Asking for help from your local food bank

    Dont hesitate to ask for help from your local food bank

  5. Self help

    Personal growth time for reflection

  6. Budget during unemployment

    Budget during unemployment

  7. Having a plan b

    Having a plan b is not a bad option

  8. Changing bad habits

    Assessing your consistent bad habits and finding a way to break the cycle.

  9. Entrepreneurship

    Is starting your own business really worth it?

  10. How unemployment shaped a career

    How Duane The Rock Johnson’s career was affected by unemployment.

  11. Recovering From Trauma

    Recovering from being let go is hard. Give yourself the time to recover.

  12. Assessing your mistakes.

    Looking at your mistakes constructively.

  13. Mirror talking

    Building confidence while staring in the mirror

  14. Volunteering

    The great thing about volunteering

  15. Self help confidence training

    A free way to coach your self into better body language.

  16. Book Recommendation

    A great read despite not being about unemployment.

  17. If you want to begin again

    If you feel down and you want to begin again

  18. What is it that I want and need?

    If the big picture is too overwhelming do something small.

  19. A word of encouragement

    A word of encouragement from Colonel Sanders.

  20. Networking part 3

    Informational interviewing

  21. Networking part 4

    Small chats go a long way

  22. Networking part 2

    Using linked in premium

  23. Networking part 2

    Mentally preparing myself to network

  24. Networking part 1

    A quick intro to networking

  25. Philosophy of life

    Redefining your new philosophy of life

  26. The nine kingdoms of mission and purpose

    The nine kingdoms of mission and purpose to figure out your new mission

  27. Finding mission and purpose part two

    Second part to finding your mission and purpose

  28. Finding your new purpose

    Finding a new mission given that this one did not work out.

  29. A word of encouragement.

    Declutter your inbox.

  30. Last step in the minimum amount that you need

    Last step in assessing your monthly budget.

  31. Minimum Amount if money you need to survive

    Without changing your life style figure out how much you need monthly.

  32. My Preferred Salary in my ideal job

    Figuring out what your preferred salary is in your ideal job

  33. Distasteful working conditions

    Distasteful working conditions and how to ranks them

  34. Patterns and Priorities in the transferrable skill assessment

    Looking at patterns in your skill set stories

  35. Motivation to find nee stories to assess your transferrable skill

    Motivation to write seven stories to find your transferrable skill

  36. Transferrable skill assessment

    Assessing your transferrable skill after you write your story

  37. Transferable skill part 2

    Figuring out your transferable skill

  38. Transferrable skill part 2

    Find your transferrable skill

  39. My transferrable skill part 1

    Figuring out your transferable skill

  40. Ideal Environment that you would thrive in

    The most ideal environment you would thrive in

  41. Flower Petal #2 part 2

    My Favorite People Chart

  42. Flower petal #2 People I want to work with

    People I would love to work with

  43. The flower exercise knowledge part 4

    The flower exercise knowledge part 4

  44. The flower exercise knowledge part 3

    Unpacking your knowledge

  45. Flower exercise knowledge part 2

    Knowledge, question 1

  46. The first flower petal knowledge part 1

    Unpacking what to write on the first flower petal

  47. A word of encouragement

    I hope this story motivates you, I am in no way trying to be political, I just thought to share this unemployment story to help you out.

  48. Flower exercise part 4

    Continuing the exercise

  49. Flower exercise part 3

    Continuation of the flower exercise

  50. Flower exercise part 2

    Continuation of the flower exercise

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Surviving unemployment one day at a time.

HOSTED BY

Zara Thustra

CATEGORIES

business careers

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Surviving unemployment one day at a time.

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