You’ve invested time, energy, and often money into getting where you are today… only to realise the shoe doesn’t fit. It’s an uncomfortable thought, and often comes with dread, frustration, and doubt. It can often feel like you’re taking a step back, when the reality is: you’re taking an important step towards where you need to be.

Over the last few years I’ve learned that nothing in life is permanent; uncertainty is the only certainty. Like many teenagers, I had failed to grasp just how true this statement was. I'd had a conventional upbringing, I was on track to secure the grades that would map out my future, and I could see the life that lay ahead of me.

I absolutely love working with trainees and playing a key part in their professional development; it’s extremely rewarding. However, finding a training contract is tough and unfortunately I can only help a very small number on their journey to qualification. So here’s my top tips on securing a training contract.

It was only when I stepped out of the corporate legal world and away from the rules and expectations that exist within it that I realised how oppressive that environment is. There’s no room for individuality, the whole system is engineered to suppress our individuality.

Entrepreneurship has become a topic of its very own, studied in universities, colleges and even corporate institutions. Learning how to become an entrepreneur was unheard of when I was at school - it certainly never came up in the pointless questionnaires which told us which career we were destined for. But is entrepreneurship something you can learn, or learn from?