Repurpose Your Career 3rd Edition Creating the 3rd edition of the book has been a transformative experience. Why you may ask? The world has changed significantly in the last couple of years. The economy has greatly improved for many but not for all. Those of us in the 2nd half of life have not always […]
Technologies That Makes My Business Location Independent
Making My Business Location Independent Over the last few years, I have been exploring technologies that would allow me to make my business location independent. As a solo-entrepreneur, I want to work from where I want to work and when I want to work. My wife and I have relocated to Ajijic, Mexico in the […]
How To Identify Ageism In The Workplace – Ageism Series Part II
Ageism In The Workplace Can you identify when ageism in the workplace occurs? Very often ageism is very subtle or veiled in language that on first blush is acceptable but after some reflection, you might say “they said I was too old”. In the first post in this series, I discussed how to define ageism […]
Do I Ever Want To Retire? I Do Not Think So.
Do I Ever Want To Retire? On my walk back from my workout this morning, the question about whether I ever wanted to retire popped into my brain. My wife and I are living in Ajijic, Mexico, one of the oldest expat and retirement locations in Mexico. We are finalizing our move in the coming […]
How People Think of You May Be Frozen in Time
Frozen in Time How people from our past think of us may be frozen in time. We all have colleagues from the early years of our career who do not think of us in today’s terms. They remember us how we were back then. Their memories of us are frozen in time. I learned about this concept […]
What If You Are Not Passionate About Anything? [Updated]
What If You Are not Passionate About Anything? Well, there are a lot of us out there who are not passionate about any ONE thing. We are passionate about a combination of things! I have talked about those interests that you must fulfill to be happy. In a previous post, I talked about my wife […]
Combat Age Discrimination with Strategic Relationships [Updated]
Combat Age Discrimination with Strategic Relationships? Have you used a strategic relationship to combat age discrimination? We first want to look at what we mean by age discrimination. Most of you reading this are over fifty years old and probably have had to combat age discrimination. I have heard it many times where someone has said, […]
‘Playing it Safe’ in Your Career is the New Risky [Updated]
Are you Playing it Safe? If so, that is pretty risky! Are you ‘Playing it Safe’ with your Career? We live in a world where creative destruction has accelerated. If you are not aware of creative destruction then I suggest you read my post: Surviving Creative Destruction in the 2nd Half of Life first. We live in […]
“Advice” – The Magic Word in Managing Your Career
“Advice” is the Magic Word When someone comes to you and asks for some advice, do you ever turn them down? Probably not. In fact, you probably take it as a compliment! What is the best way to approach a contact for help with your career? Ask for advice? I use this in a larger […]