These three people, close to my heart have inspired me hugely this month.

I hope their stories inspire you as much as they have inspired me.

Meet Sam:

• She had been frantically job searching for over a month, feeling drained, depleted, frustrated and exhausted.

• Last week, I was in a similar headspace and so we sat down together and got cosy. We surrendered up the fight and stopped ‘trying’ so hard to solve all of our problems. We spent the evening watching a feel-good chick flick, eating peanut butter out of the jar and laughing and hugging.

• The next morning, she woke up and BAM – she had a super aligned job offer waiting in her inbox.

Meet Tom:

• Tom has been in the same job for a year now. He doesn’t hate it, but he doesn’t love it either. In some ways it feels aligned, in other ways it doesn’t. Something just doesn’t feel quite right.

• Two months ago, Tom applied for a new job at a charity which he had always dreamed about working at; he blitzed the interview and was offered the job.

• However, whilst the new job offer may have given him a great deal of job satisfaction, it did not meet his ideal salary. In fact, it was less than what he was already on.

• So, Tom bravely declined the job – even though he felt he ‘should’ take it. He stood his ground and stayed where he was, knowing that he was worth more.

• A few weeks later, Tom was contemplating what his dream job might look like; he played with some ideas in his head. He dreamt of having more group contact work and thought how good it would be if he could stay on his current salary but drop one day a week of work.

• This month, out of nowhere, Tom’s current boss called him into the office and said:

• “There’s a new job role going, it’s a slightly different role with more group work involved. We can’t afford to pay you any more for the role, but we would be happy for you to simply work a 4 day week instead.”

• Tom couldn’t believe his luck! He had got exactly what he wanted, by simply staying where he was.

Meet Josh:

• Josh was halfway through his PhD. He wasn’t hating it, but he wasn’t loving it either – he was just feeling lost.

• His girlfriend had recently moved away to London and he was feeling like his life was in two places.

• He was working extremely hard; doing research for his PhD full time, lecturing on the side, picking up part-time work and enrolling on a coding course on the side.

• Four months ago, he had frantically been applying for jobs, trying to get ‘unstuck’ and to plan his future.

• After weeks of not hearing anything, he gave up and surrendered to the fact that this was where he was meant to be right now.

• This month, out of the blue he a reply from one the companies he applied for four months ago.

• They absolutely loved his application and immediately offered him the job with a starting salary of £34,000.

• Plus, the job location was in London…

• right next to his girlfriend.

These three people have lovingly reminded me, that sometimes – the best thing we can do is to stay where we are.