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Squiggly Careers

Squiggly Careers is a weekly podcast that will help you take control of your career development. Hosted by the founders of Squiggly Careers. (https://www.amazingif.com/), Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, together they cover all things work: from how to manage stress and overcome your confidence gremlins to micro-aggressions and discovering your strengths. Each episode is full of ideas, actions, hints, and tips that

#604 5 ways to have a more confident day at work
Oct 2026
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#603 Ask the Expert: Vibe and Building Better Connections with Adam Grant
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Squiggly Career
Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper
they held up the cover of our book of the squiggly career ▶ tap to play from here
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Give and Take
Adam Grant
i always like the reciprocity ring that you talk about in this book and i think maybe in maybe in give and take ▶ tap to play from here
#602 High performance habits for your Squiggly career
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Learn Like a Lobster
Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
i say that as somebody who has written a book called learn like a lobster ▶ tap to play from here
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Give and Take
Adam Grant
he did um actually a very good ted talk about give and take and a good book on the same topic ▶ tap to play from here
#601 How to use profilers for your career development
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Cover of The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity
Lynda Gratton and Andrew Scott
so you've got the hundred year life which was the first book that she wrote um over ten years ago now ▶ tap to play from here
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The Squiggly Career
Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper
and of course people it h it turns out not everyone has memorised the squiggly queer book ▶ tap to play from here
#600 Everyday actions for everyday resilience
Oct 2026
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#599 Friction: Why making things harder can make you better
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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The Friction Project
Robert Sutton and Huggy Rao
the friction project um written by two i like uh robert sutton and huggy rao ▶ tap to play from here
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Learn Like a Lobster
Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
something that we wrote about in learn like a lobster ▶ tap to play from here
#598 How to understand and take action with your ambition
Oct 2026
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#597 How thinking inside the box will lead to more opportunities for your squiggly career.
Sep 2026 · 3 books
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Cover of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David Epstein
david epstein who wrote range um who's been on the podcast before ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
green next in hand which we're gonna talk about so that book came from a bet from their editor bennett seth i'm gonna say as a pronunciation bet him fifty dollars that he couldn't write an entire book using fifty different words so green eggs and ham has got fifty distinct words repeated throughout the book ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of The Squiggly Career: Ditch the Ladder, Discover Your Own Path
The Squiggly Career: Ditch the Ladder, Discover Your Own Path
Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
so we wrote a book called the squiggly career which includes the five skills the seed and squiggare career which we're gonna talk about now ▶ tap to play from here
#596 3 ways teams can learn when they are not together
Sep 2026
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#595 How to Answer AI Questions in Job Interviews
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Cover of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
Anne-Laure Le Cunff
and actually i was talking to anne law the brilliant author of tiny experiments and she was saying like try and spot those like repeatable predictable tasks ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of You Coach You: How to Overcome Challenges and Take Control of Your Career
You Coach You: How to Overcome Challenges and Take Control of Your Career
Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
which book is better you coach you ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of Learn Like a Lobster
Learn Like a Lobster
Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis
or learn like a lobster for this challenge ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work
We Are Not Machines: The Fight for the Future of Work
Sarah O'Connor
like i have just read um we are not machines which is sarah o'connor's new book ▶ tap to play from here
#594 How to increase your autonomy
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
Daniel H. Pink
i think as a topic it's something that i probably first started to consider when i came across dan pink's work on drive ▶ tap to play from here
#593 No Regret Skills: How to Get Better at Adaptability
Sep 2026
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#592 How to look for leaders you can learn from
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes to Be an Authentic Leader
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
episode three hundred and thirty three um with rob joffy who talks about why should anyone be led by you my favorite leadership book ▶ tap to play from here
#591 No Regret Skills: How to Make Better Decisions
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Thinking in Bets
Annie Duke
one is called thinking in bets and the other one is called how to decide ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of How to Decide
How to Decide
Annie Duke
one is called thinking in bets and the other one is called how to decide ▶ tap to play from here
#590 How to increase your impact in every meeting
Sep 2026
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#589 How to use the next 88 days at work wisely
Sep 2026
0:00 / 40:44
#588 How to Decide Which Goals to Give Up
Aug 2026
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#587 80,000 hours with Benjamin Todd (A Career Well Spent Series)
Aug 2026 · 1 book
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Cover of 80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
80,000 Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good
Benjamin Todd
we're gonna be talking about your book 8000 hours and probably not just the book but also the the work that has gone into it ▶ tap to play from here
#586 Questions to ask in an interview
Aug 2026
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#585 What to make of a life with Jim Collins (A Career Well Spent Series)
Aug 2026 · 3 books
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Cover of Good to Great
Good to Great
Jim Collins
you might be familiar with his work things like good to great ▶ tap to play from here
Cover of What to Make of a Life
What to Make of a Life
Jim Collins
i'm gonna hold your book up to the screen so people who are um watching can see it um what to make of a life ▶ tap to play from here
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Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
rob joffy and gareth jones's uh why should anyone be led by you ▶ tap to play from here
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