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 […]
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt?
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Kicking You in the Butt? The COVID-19 pandemic is causing the 3rd major disruption in our careers in the last 20 years. The first was the dot-com bust, followed by the 9/11 disaster. Next came the great recession caused by the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Both the dot-com bust and the sub-prime […]
The Necessity Entrepreneur – A Path to Freedom [Updated]
The Necessity Entrepreneur A necessity entrepreneur is someone who has turned to entrepreneurship because they cannot find a job or another method to create income. Many see becoming an entrepreneur as a path to freedom. They are finally free from working for someone else and have some control over their livelihood. A typical necessity entrepreneur […]
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. I reviewed this book a couple of months ago in the post The End of Jobs – A Book Every Boomer Should Read. The following quote is actually from Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s book Antifragile – Things That Gain from Disorder. […]
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 […]
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World
Adapting Your Career to the Post CoronaVirus World Just about everyone I talk to has an opinion on what the post CoronaVirus world will look like. We all agree that life and work will be different in the post CoronaVirus world. We will all need to adapt to this new reality. Over the next few […]
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 […]