[Episode 155] How writing a vision statement helped Rubyna Sheikh land her dream job

If you’ve got a woo-woo-ometer, the mere mention of words like ‘vision statement’, ‘holding space’ or ‘DreamBuilding’ may have the needle heading for the red zone. But what if we told you that focusing on what you would love and making it a reality isn’t just pie-in-the-sky thinking? Take Rubyna Sheikh. She arrived at TechPixies not perplexed by what getting clarity on her future meant, but she kept an open mind, leaned on the support of her fellow TechPixies and got to work mapping out her f...

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