Podcast #174 – Replay of Marc’s Interview with Barbara Weibel, owner of HoleInTheDonut.com travel blog with an Update Description: Barbara Weibel is the owner of the HoleInTheDonut.com travel blog. Barbara is a travel blogger with an incredibly inspiring reinvention story. This is one of Marc’s favorite interviews in the last couple of years. The original […]
My Life in Mexico during the COVID-19 Pandemic [Podcast]
Podcast #173 – Marc Talks About the Last Few Months of Living in Mexico During the COVID-19 Pandemic Description: Marc takes you from the middle of February to the last week of April with how he is experiencing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico. Experiencing the pandemic as an expat in a foreign country can be […]
Life in the Peace Corps in the 2nd Half of Life [Podcast]
Podcast #172 – Marc Interviews David Jarmul, Author of “Not Exactly Retired: A Life-Changing Journey on the Road and in the Peace Corps” Description: I discovered David from my good friend, Andy Levine, who has the 2nd Act Stories podcast. That particular episode, At 63, He Joined The Peace Corps And Moved To Moldova, is […]
Looking at Your Career from a Turkey’s Perspective [COVID-19]
Careers and Turkey? The turkey metaphor comes from the book End of Jobs by Taylor Pearson. The following quote is actually from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder. Taylor compares our careers to turkeys. Taylor quote’s Taleb in his book: A turkey is fed for a thousand days by a butcher; […]
Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals [Podcast]
Podcast #171 – Marc Interviews Steven J. Stein and Paul T. Bartone, Authors of Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals Description: I was approached several months ago about interviewing Steven and Paul regarding their book Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals. I was fascinated by the book […]
Dealing with Stress and Uncertainty with Eliz Greene [Podcast]
Podcast #170 – Marc Interviews Eliz Greene, Author of “Stress-Proof Your Heart” and Expert in Dealing with Uncertainty Description: We are all dealing with a lot of uncertainty these days. I discovered Eliz Green on my friend Thom Singer’s podcast episode Uncertainty, Overwhelm, and Stress for Business Leaders. Eliz is the author of Stress-Proof Your […]
Can Phil Repurpose His Career? Part 3 of 4 [Podcast]
Podcast #169 – Marc works with “Phil” (not his real name) to pivot his career in the third of four episodes. Description: This week is the 3rd episode of the next Career Pivot evaluation series called, “Can Phil Repurpose His Career?”. This will be the fourth individual I have done this with. Previously, I worked […]
How to Create Your Career Story So That It Makes Sense [Podcast]
Podcast #167 – Marc Interviews Gary O’Neal on How to Create Your Career Story So That It Makes Sense Description: Gary is a recruiting and hiring consultant. He has trained and led high-performance recruiting teams that have made well over 10,000 hires. He has seen the inside story of how recruiting and hiring happens inside […]
Do You Suffer from Make Stuff Up Disorder? [Updated]
Do You Make Stuff Up? When we do not have all of the information to make a decision, we often just “make stuff up”. We can make stuff up when we fantasize about the future, or cause ourselves stress by imagining all of the worst things that could possibly happen – based on stuff we […]