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Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

Escape the nine to five: how to design your career

By: DEHLS MEDIA
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 So you're looking to leave your nine to five job right? You want to do something else, but you're probably afraid what if it doesn't work out? What if I quit my job, and the thing I fall into fails. Or worse. I'm even more unhappy there. What happens? My name is Steve Oehley. I'm somebody on my own journey to escape the nine to five. I'm here because I know that there are other people just like me who are also stuck in the trap of a nine to five job they don't enjoy. Join the movement: https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf In this show, you'll hear from both people who've taken the leap, as well as trained professionals who can share their experience with you. We get career advice from a banker turned videographer, a woman who turned down a corporate job for a life working with horses, a guy who quit finance to start a podcast, and many more... I wanted to create a podcast that not only inspires you to make a change out of the nine to five job, but also provides a realistic framework to actually achieve change. We all love hearing about the girl who spends two hours a week blogging and the rest of your time traveling or the guy who started Instagram out of his garage. Those stories are great, but they're not realistic for the vast majority of us. You'll hear stories to motivate you on your own career change, knowing that these people have once been in a similar situation to you. And you'll always get three tips from our guests to help you escape the nine to five. You might be thinking these stories are great, but how is this going to help me make a career change? Alongside our guests, I'll be providing an episode by episode guide to helping you escape the nine to five. This is a comprehensive framework based on years of work by people smarter than me. At the end of each episode, you'll be given a challenge to help you on an achievable journey out of a nine to five. The show is designed to give you inspiration to escape the nine to five, but it is just a starting point. It's scary. You've done training and reached a stage in your career where you're getting paid comfortably. You're probably at least in your late twenties, maybe with financial commitments, like a mortgage and or kids, it will be hard. So having a group of people to support you or make the journey easier. I encourage you to join our Facebook group: Escape the nine to five PODCAST. There you'll join a community of people making their own transition out of the nine to five job Categories: career coaching, career guidance, career advice, career development, career transition, career change, auckland, wellington, christchurch, new zealand.Copyright 2025 DEHLS MEDIA Career Success Economics Personal Development Personal Success Philosophy Social Sciences
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Episodes
  • INTERVIEW: How to Pivot From a Career That Doesn't Feel Quite Right, w/ Joseph Liu (TED Speaker)

    INTERVIEW: How to Pivot From a Career That Doesn't Feel Quite Right, w/ Joseph Liu (TED Speaker)
    Apr 22 2025

    Imagine to spend your entire life marching towards a career... only to realise it wasn't for you.

    But even worse:

    To discover it on your first weeks on medical school.

    Would you keep going, or risk everything to find a life that feels more like... you?

    Today's guest: Joseph Liu - Keynote speaker, career consultant, and podcast host dedicated to helping professionals relaunch their careers

    If you're ever in a career that doesn't feel quite right, Joseph's story might inspire you to take action.

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    In this episode you’ll learn:

    1. How to figure out where in your career journey you are & what kind of move you need to make.
    2. How to identify what you need right now.
    3. And I'll give you one simple step you can do today to help you pivot in your own career.

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    If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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    https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephpliu/

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    To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/

    Or email: steve@nextstepcareers.nz


    Or check out his socials:

    https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/

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    Topics:

    Escape the 9 to 5

    Escape the 9-5

    Career Coach

    Career Advice

    Career Guidance

    Career Transition

    Career Change

    Next Step Careers Limited

    Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand
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    45 mins
  • REPLAY: The SECRET to Work Life Balance (Steve's on Paternity Leave)

    REPLAY: The SECRET to Work Life Balance (Steve's on Paternity Leave)
    Apr 8 2025

    As I'm slowly returning back from paternity leave, I thought it would be fitting to share an episode on the very thing we work for:

    Our life.

     Is having work-life balance achievable?

    Is it realistic?

    What does work-life balance even mean to me?

    These are likely questions you've had running through your head.

    What does your current work-life balance look like?

    And what is your own definition of work-life balance?

    You want a successful career.

    You want to earn good money.

    But you're also getting stressed out

    Not spending enough time with family and friends, barely time for hobbies or some exercise at the end of your Workday.

    Something's got to give.

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    This week's interview, we're talking to Nigel Marsh.

    Famous for his TED Talk on Work Life Balance.

    You'll learn:

    1. How to define your own work-life balance.
    2. What are the 4 disasters that often lead people to make people change careers.
    3. How to make change in your life without waiting for a disaster to happen.

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    If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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    Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf

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    To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/

    Or check out his socials:

    https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/

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    Topics:

    Career Coach

    Career Advice

    Career Guidance

    Career Transition

    Career Change

    Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • HAPPY FRIDAY: Wave goodbye to sticks & carrots. There's a better alternative for your career.

    HAPPY FRIDAY: Wave goodbye to sticks & carrots. There's a better alternative for your career.
    Mar 20 2025

     If you're a millennial, chances are you've got boomer parents. Parenting with reward and punishment. Sticks and carrots. Extrinsic motivation. And this might lead to a career choice based on reward and punishment. A well paying "prestigious" job. Implied negative consequences if you didn't go to college. Safe professions. And the result? A draining job where work is exhausting. Days drag on forever. And by Friday, you're counting the minutes till the weekend. What if you could achieve the opposite? An energising job, where you look forward to going to work, and don't care if you're working on Friday night, let alone the weekend. In this happiness episode, you're going to find out how.

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    If you’re enjoying this podcast, don’t forget to follow us on your favourite app.

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    Join the Escape the nine to five MOVEMENT:

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/etntf

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    To contact Steve directly, visit: https://www.nextstepcareers.nz/

    Or email: steve@nextstepcareers.nz

    Or check out his socials:

    https://www.instagram.com/steveoehley/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-oehley/

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    Topics:

    Escape the 9 to 5

    Escape the 9-5

    Career Coach

    Career Advice

    Career Guidance

    Career Transition

    Career Change

    Next Step Careers Limited

    Auckland Wellington Christchurch New Zealand
    Show More Show Less
    22 mins

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