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Squiggly Careers · 2026-02-05 · 20 min · 3,923 words

CEO Shell-Shedding Moments: Purpose, Perspective and Learning from Mistakes with Nick Bent

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Hi everybody, it is a very happy Helen from the Squiggly Careers podcast. We'll get on to today's episode in just a minute, but before we do, I just wanted to say a huge, huge thank you because the reason that I'm very happy is that Learn Like a Lobster, our brand new book, is now live and launched in the UK. It's still got a few weeks to come to the US, comes out on the 24th of February there. But it is out in the UK now, which means that everybody that has pre-ordered, it will be arriving with you. And we cannot wait for people to start flicking through the book, sharing what they love with us on LinkedIn, letting us know what action they are taking.

There are so many ideas and things for you to do to inspire you with your learning so that you can be the lobster that everybody else looks to too and inspires everybody else to learn. So huge thank you. If you haven't ordered it, it is available in all bookstores now. So please order it and be part of the Squiggly Careers community where everyone's going to be learning like lobsters.

But yeah, just a big thank you from me and Sarah. We're hugely grateful. And now we'll get on to today's episode. Nick, thank you so much for joining us on the Squiggly Careers podcast today. Hi Sarah, I'm absolutely delighted to be here.

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