Dr. Nicolas T. Deuschel - Work Psychologist & Advisor

12/01/2022

New year, new goals. 💪
Fresh mountain air always has this inspiring effect on my mind.

👉Perfect time to set goals for 2022, No?

Here a quick (and proven) to set goals you care about and are likely to reach:
☑️1) What do you care about in work & life. Choose 5-8 areas. For example for me family, mental wellbeing, freedom. NO RIGHT OR WRONG. That is only yours!

☑️ 2) Rate each between 1-10. Ask yourself:
- Why is it a 6 or 7?
- What would a 10 look like?

☑️ 3) Choose for each area 1-2 goals you want to achieve in five years. Don't worry how to get there.

☑️ 4) Repeat but for 1 year, 3 months and 1 months. Be specific on the outcome "I will meditate 2 times a week". "I will presented to the board by march".

☑️ 5) Review your goal progress and life areas (2) in one month.

That is it. No mystery and no excuse not to start :P
AND have fun. Nothing cooler than to design your Work and Life!

What are your work & life goals for 2022?
👇Let me know in the comments.

23/12/2021

Here the replay of the Job-Hunt & Career Booster Q&A. Thank you all for your CV, Cover Letter, Interview questions.
Merry Christmas,
Nicolas

17/12/2021

Do you wonder how to move up in your career or to grow into a new position?

Often it start by understanding what keeps us back. But we don't see these roadblocks.

👉This easy tool helped me to quickly uncover roadblocks in the important areas of my work AND life.

Every time I was wondering "Why cant I just move ahead" it helped me see straight again

I call it the Work-Life Unblocker as it is a step-by-step framework for getting unstuck by finding roadblocks in your career or work-life.

🔧 Use this tool to go through each level of your work-life so you identify what holds you back and find your next steps and how to get there.

14/12/2021

We often have this rule that we must suffer to be successful.

Something like:

- “𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚”
- “𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙏 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮”

But to my knowledge there is nowhere a United Nations contract that demands it.

Michael Porter, Brené Brown, and the Sahin couple (Biontech vaccine developer) prove the opposite. This “black/ white” or “either or” thinking is very limiting.

What always helps me is to ask “𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙚 “𝙣𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜” 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚?”.

If not, then usually I decide their advice isn't very helpful.

👉 Instead lets go for '𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱', '𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼' and '𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼'.

This way of thinking not only feels better but will improve performance as well!

💡 In my own research, participants who were looking for achieving rewards AND tried to avoid failure were more likely than others to come up with truly creative product ideas!

It doesn't mean hard-work or perseverance aren't important; instead it means that we should enjoy the journey TOO WHILE trying our best at growing or attaining goals –

Starting by saying:

𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲, 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲..

06/12/2021

Are you scheduling “Me-time”?
Every time I need to finish an important goal (like writing a boring & tough report), giving myself a present afterwards works real wonders to finish the final bits & pieces.

Like this weekend on Fuerteventura 🏖

This is so important, because often we talk to ourselves like a mean teacher from the 19th century.

Something like “𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙫𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣/ 𝙨𝙥𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮/ 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣… 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 2021”.

I know how it is, especially at the end of the year, when we realize that maybe we did not reach the goals we planned for ourselves.

But punishing yourself for SURE does not help. In the end it is about the doing things, like:
➡️ Writing the next application despite the 20th rejection,
➡️ Sending the email to the prospect even if they said no before,
➡️ Going on the 8th blind date

💡If anything - science tells us it is the perseverance to keep on that separates the successful from the rest.

And for that lets celebrate us for “good enough”.

👉What will be YOUR present that you give yourself this year?

23/11/2021

You have a job-interview? Congratulations. The hiring manager will only invite you if they believe you can be the right candidate for the position. So take a moment to pad yourself on the back as getting your dream-job just became a real a possibility.

After interviewing 100s of candidates during the last 10 years I saw so many professionals fail their interview (even the ones with most impressive backgrounds) just because they got the basics wrong.

👉 Here the 7 Most Important Questions that nearly always show up, so you get the upper hand in your interview.

Most candidates use a random approach in preparing for the interview. But if you spend a few hours in preparing for these most 7 important interview questions you can put yourself far ahead of the competition.

✅ With the CheatSheet that I created, you can use the exact steps to impress the recruiter.

Which question do you want to improve most?

https://personal-advisor.deuschel.com/7-job-most-important-interview-questions/


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The 7 most important interview questions you're likely to be asked and the answers to best prepare for each one.

29/10/2021

Whenever I was stuck with my career and did not know what work really excites me, I have tried a true and trusted method to get inspired.
Today on my Blog I´m posting a piece-by-piece breakdown of how you can use 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 and how to use your strength to thrive at your work-life.
⚠ And it is not the Myers Brigg or DISC (they don’t work)… but free tests that really tell you how you tick.
👉 Let me know which of the 3 tests test you liked most, so check it out.

27/10/2021

Whenever I was stuck with my career and did not know what work really excites me, I have tried a true and trusted method to get inspired.

Today on my Blog I´m posting a piece-by-piece breakdown of how you can use 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 and how to use your strength to thrive at your work-life.

And it is not the Myers Brigg or DISC (they don’t work)… but free tests that really tell you how you tick
👉 Let me know which test you liked most, so check it out.

https://personal-advisor.deuschel.com/the-only-3-personality-tests-you-need-in-your-career/

Learn why tech skills wont be the most important to grow your career in the future of work and which skills really matter.

18/10/2021

If you want to be successful as a professional in the future-of-work, you need a few key skills.

As 50% of the job of today will be gone by 2025 (McKinsey), without these future skills you just won't grow your career at the pace you want.

And surprisingly the most important skills for the job market of tomorrow are not technological.

👉In my post I show you the the most valuable skills you need to be competitive in the future of work.

I give you important questions that you can ask yourself to know where you stand on each skill.

Learn twhy tech skills wont be the most important to grow your career in the future of work and which skills really matter.

17/09/2021

Motivating yourself for big goals can be really hard. Especially in your job-search when you want to land a next level position

But if you want to make a leap as an ambitious professional there is no way around staying motivated to actually do what is needed.

The problem is that we often follow the 7-motivation hack, 3-think big exercises, or any of those outdated systems from pop-psychologist or gurus.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱.

👉 In my post, I'll show how you can use one of the most influential new psychology theories to motivate yourself based on your own style.

>> https://bit.ly/3Cj2SOZ

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲.

Learn the latest science on how to motivate yourself and use unique motivational strategies for your specific personality type.