The Reinvention Chronicles
The Reinvention Chronicles
Brett Ballah and Sue Doi
Starting a brand new career when you've spent a long time in another one takes bravery and confidence. The Reinvention Chronicles is the invention of Sue Doi and Brett Ballah. Two Vancouverites and longtime friends who happened to find themselves going through mid-career reinventions at the same time. Their reinventions paths and stories are very different. On this podcast, they share what they’ve learned with others who are on their own reinvention journey.
THE Guide to Reinvention
We found it! In the episode, Sue and Brett talk through some of the highlights from the book Switchers, by Dawn Graham. This book is the best tool we’ve found for how to do a mid-career pivot. Switchers: How Smart Professionals Switch Careers and Seize SuccessRecommendations from this episode: Karen Armstrong’s The Lost Art of ScripturePassenger List podcast
Jan 25, 2020
Ah ha Moments and Learning Loops
We’re back! In this episode, Brett and Sue share some ah ha moments and learning loops. We share what we learned when the lightbulbs went on for us in our reinventions and hope to inspire a mindset shift to see “setbacks” as learning loops. Recommendations from this Episode: Planet Money Podcast Turbulence - David SzalayClaire Sellers - Amazing coach, friend and WhatsApp-voice-memo-support-buddy, with a pretty great Instagram feed. Ashley Derrington - Fellow Reinventer, blogger, and superstar soccer player.
Sep 23, 2019
Books & Tools to help you Reinvent - Episode 2
Brett and Sue take you through what books and tools were the most helpful to them in their reinvention journeys.
Jun 20, 2019
43 min
Are you ready for reinvention? Episode 1
Sue and Brett chat through what it means to be ready to Reinvent your career.
Jun 7, 2019
31 min
Our personal reinvention stories - Intro Episode
In this short intro episode, Brett and Sue take you through their personal reinvention stories and why they chose to reinvent their careers. Listen to this episode to ensure that you follow later episodes, as we will refer to these stories as we go.
Jun 6, 2019
9 min