Smart Moves

Smart Moves

by Téa Angelos
Released March 2023
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9781394160471

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Book description

The ultimate handbook for achieving your goals and transforming your life

In Smart Moves: Simple Ways to Take Control of Your Life, you'll find the knowledge, tools and confidence to go after what you want and live the life you've always dreamed of. This practical playbook is packed full of more than 100 actionable tips for levelling up in your finances, your career, your wellbeing and your relationships. Inside, you'll find everything you need to empower and motivate you to take charge—starting today!

Smart Moves breaks down a variety of complex topics into easy-to-understand steps, showing you how to conquer the challenges you encounter every day, in all aspects of your life. With tried-and-trusted strategies from Téa Angelos, founder of the wildly popular online community Smart Women Society, you'll learn how to:

  • Make your money work for you: spend wisely, learn how to budget, pay off debts, and invest for your future
  • Take your career to the next stage: write a resume that will land you your dream job, ace your interviews, advocate for yourself at work and negotiate a promotion
  • Beat burnout and rediscover your motivation: develop simple but effective practices for self-care, time management, productivity and wellbeing
  • Form and foster relationships that support and nurture you: learn to love yourself, set healthy boundaries, strengthen your friendships and build a healthy, happy love life

Smart Moves is the ultimate guide for any ambitious woman seeking to make smarter decisions and lead a happy, fulfilling and successful life.

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. DEDICATION
  5. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
  8. MONEY
    1. 1 Laying the foundations
      1. YOUR MONEY MINDSET
      2. FINANCIAL GOALS
      3. FIVE FINANCIAL NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW
      4. SIGNS YOU ARE FINANCIALLY CONFIDENT
    2. 2 Managing money
      1. MONEY HABITS TO FOLLOW
      2. ‘HAVING’ A BUDGET VS ‘BEING’ ON A BUDGET
      3. HOW TO MAKE A BUDGET
      4. BANK ACCOUNTS
      5. QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE TAKING ON DEBT
      6. PAYING OFF DEBT
      7. PAYDAY CHECKLIST
      8. MONEY CONVERSATION STARTERS
      9. MANAGING MONEY AS A COUPLE
      10. MOVING OUT AND NAVIGATING MONEY WITH ROOMMATES
    3. 3 Saving money
      1. SAVINGS STRATEGIES
      2. SAVING FOR A HOUSE
      3. SAVING MONEY ON YOUR BILLS
      4. SAVING MONEY ON GROCERIES
      5. SAVING MONEY ON TRAVEL
    4. 4 Spending money
      1. HOW TO SHOP SMARTER
      2. STOP IMPULSE SHOPPING
      3. NAVIGATING MONEY WITH FRIENDS
    5. 5 Growing your money
      1. TYPES OF INCOME
      2. WHY YOU SHOULD INVEST
      3. BEFORE YOU START INVESTING
      4. TYPES OF INVESTMENTS
  9. CAREER
    1. 6 Getting a job
      1. COMPONENTS OF A WINNING RESUMÉ
      2. COVER LETTERS
      3. ACING THE JOB INTERVIEW
      4. QUESTIONS TO ASK AT THE END OF A JOB INTERVIEW
      5. AFTER THE INTERVIEW
      6. NEGOTIATING YOUR STARTING SALARY
      7. HOW TO NEGOTIATE YOUR SALARY
      8. RESPONDING TO A JOB OFFER
      9. RESIGNING ON GOOD TERMS
    2. 7 Confidence at work
      1. POWERFUL WORK AFFIRMATIONS
      2. OVERCOMING MEETING ANXIETY
      3. WHEN TO SAY ‘NO’ AT WORK
      4. HOW TO SAY ‘NO’ AT WORK
      5. BOUNCING BACK AFTER MAKING A MISTAKE AT WORK
      6. STOP OVER-APOLOGISING AT WORK
      7. DEALING WITH IMPOSTER SYNDROME
      8. ADVOCATING FOR YOURSELF AT WORK
      9. ACCEPTING A COMPLIMENT AT WORK
      10. TACKLING SCARY CONVERSATIONS AT WORK
    3. 8 Your career pathway
      1. FIGURING OUT YOUR CAREER PATHWAY
      2. SIGNS YOU MAY BE STUCK IN YOUR CURRENT JOB
      3. WHAT TO DO IF YOU FEEL STUCK IN YOUR JOB
      4. HOW TO CHANGE CAREER PATHS
      5. IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR CAREER SUCCESS
      6. NETWORKING TIPS
      7. TRACKING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
      8. PREPARING FOR A PERFORMANCE REVIEW
      9. LANDING A PROMOTION OR PAY RISE
    4. 9 Side hustles
      1. BENEFITS OF A SIDE HUSTLE
      2. STARTING A SIDE HUSTLE
      3. CHOOSING A SIDE HUSTLE
      4. SIDE HUSTLE IDEAS
      5. MAKE A BUSINESS PLAN
      6. MANAGE YOUR TIME
      7. MARKETING YOUR SIDE HUSTLE
      8. SIDE-HUSTLE FINANCES
      9. SIDE-HUSTLE CHALLENGES
  10. WELLBEING
    1. 10 Self-care
      1. OUR MENTAL WELLBEING BATTERY
      2. BENEFITS OF SELF-CARE
      3. SELF-CARE MINDSET SHIFTS
      4. TYPES OF SELF-CARE
      5. BOOSTING YOUR DAILY HAPPINESS
      6. STARTING YOUR MORNING
      7. HOW TO SLEEP BETTER
    2. 11 Burnout
      1. SIGNS OF BURNOUT
      2. EFFECTS OF BURNOUT
      3. MANAGING BURNOUT
      4. HOW TO LEAVE WORK STRESS AT WORK
      5. TYPES OF REST
    3. 12 Motivation
      1. HOW TO SET GOALS THAT YOU'LL ACTUALLY STICK TO
      2. WHAT TO DO IF YOU FEEL STUCK IN YOUR LIFE
      3. FIXED VS GROWTH MINDSET
      4. DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET
      5. VISUALISING YOUR DREAM LIFE
      6. LIMITING VS EMPOWERING BELIEFS
      7. HOW TO CHALLENGE NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
      8. WHY YOU SHOULD PUSH YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
      9. HOW TO PUSH YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE
      10. OVERCOMING YOUR FEAR OF FAILURE
      11. HOW TO STOP DOUBTING YOURSELF
      12. FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL
      13. MAKE FASTER DECISIONS
      14. HOW TO STOP OVERTHINKING
      15. HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF
      16. WHAT TO DO IF YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP
    4. 13 Productivity
      1. PLANNING YOUR WEEK
      2. REMINDERS FOR WHEN YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED
      3. UNPRODUCTIVE WORK HABITS
      4. TURNING AROUND AN UNPRODUCTIVE DAY
      5. MAKE AN END-OF-WEEK CHECKLIST
      6. PRODUCTIVITY TECHNIQUES TO TRY
      7. EISENHOWER MATRIX
      8. BREAKING DOWN BIG TASKS
      9. POMODORO TECHNIQUE
      10. TIME-BLOCKING
      11. MUSIC
      12. PARETO PRINCIPLE
      13. YOUR FAVOURITE PRODUCTIVITY STRATEGIES
  11. LOVE
    1. 14 Self-love
      1. THINGS THAT DO NOT DEFINE YOU
      2. HOW TO STOP FEELING GUILTY
      3. HOW TO STOP CARING ABOUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
      4. HOW TO BOOST YOUR SELF-CONFIDENCE
      5. HOW TO CELEBRATE YOURSELF
      6. THINGS YOU DON'T NEED TO JUSTIFY
      7. TIMELINES DON'T EXIST
      8. THINGS YOU WILL NEVER REGRET
    2. 15 Setting boundaries
      1. WHY BOUNDARIES ARE IMPORTANT
      2. COMMON MYTHS ABOUT BOUNDARIES
      3. TYPES OF BOUNDARIES
      4. HOW TO BUILD HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
      5. BOUNDARIES WITH FRIENDS
      6. HOW TO SET BOUNDARIES AT WORK
      7. WHAT TO DO IF SOMEONE CROSSES YOUR BOUNDARY
      8. HOW TO REACT IF YOU CROSS SOMEONE'S BOUNDARY
      9. SET BOUNDARIES WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
      10. HOW TO HAVE A DIGITAL DETOX
    3. 16 Friendships
      1. FRIENDSHIP: GREEN FLAGS VS RED FLAGS
      2. HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FRIENDSHIPS
      3. MEANINGFUL COMPLIMENTS TO GIVE TO SOMEONE
    4. 17 Relationships
      1. RELATIONSHIP: GREEN FLAGS VS RED FLAGS
      2. LOVE SOUNDS LIKE …
      3. HOW TO SHOW LOVE TO YOUR PARTNER
      4. QUESTIONS TO DEEPEN YOUR CONNECTION WITH YOUR PARTNER
      5. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP TECHNIQUES
      6. HOW TO APOLOGISE
      7. WHAT TO SAY WHEN SOMEONE IS UPSET
      8. OVERCOMING A BREAK-UP
      9. BREAK-UP REMINDERS
      10. HOW TO BE HAPPY BEING SINGLE
      11. FIRST DATE CONVERSATION STARTERS
  12. FINAL THOUGHTS
  13. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Product information

  • Title: Smart Moves
  • Author(s): Téa Angelos
  • Release date: March 2023
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781394160471