Episode 36 – Marc recaps the career pivots or changes of eight individuals on this episode. Description: Marc introduces the common themes of the eight career changes or pivots recapped in this episode. First, they had an idea and did not act on it. Second, there was a moment or event that vaulted them into […]
Learning to Say “No” My client, Karen, came to me a few weeks ago and told me she wanted to say “no” to a superior but was afraid of the consequences of that action. She was being asked to travel with a superior to a working meeting with a business partner. The trip was to fly up […]
Episode 35 – Richard Eisenberg provides a behind-the-scenes view at this website for Boomers and Gen Xers facing the complications of middle age Description: Richard Eisenberg is Marc’s expert guest in this episode. Richard is the Managing Editor for PBS’s Baby Boomer website, NextAvenue.org, a site for people 50-plus, and Editor of the site’s Work […]
Episode 34 – Marc and Elizabeth answer some of your career questions about teachers transitioning, resumes, and competing against internal candidates! Description: In this episode, Marc answers questions with his trusty sidekick, Elizabeth Rabaey. You can learn about her career pivots in Episode 020. Listen in for ideas on exploring the job market, transitioning from […]
Creative Destruction? According to Wikipedia – Creative destruction describes the “process of industrial mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one.” Creative destruction is nothing new. I was listening to the Freakonomics Radio podcast called How Safe is Your Job? (Rebroadcast) and they were discussing that in 1905 […]
Episode 33 – Marc Miller appeared on the Think, Believe, and Manifest! Online Radio Podcast, with Constance Arnold. This episode is an edited version of that show. Description: In this episode, Marc says he has been getting tremendous feedback from his appearance on the Think, Believe, and Manifest! Online Radio podcast, and he decided to […]
My Connecting on LinkedIn is Like What? Have you considered that when you are connecting on LinkedIn you should follow the same rules that you used when you asked for a date? I have been married for over thirty years. My memories of dating are pretty vague but I do remember those awkward feelings when asking […]
Episode 32 – Kay McManus talks about the steps she took to get to create her successful and rewarding company. Description: Marc first gives statistics about the Repurpose Your Career Podcast so far. The show is in the top half on LibSyn, after seven months of availability. Marc thanks you, his listeners for your support. […]
Create Opportunities and Stop Reacting Create opportunities? As a baby boomer born in the mid-1950’s I was taught by my parents that I should go to work for a father-like-company that would take care of me. I went to work for IBM. I, therefore, would react when opportunities were presented and make a choice. For […]
Moments of Clarity July 11th, 2017 marks an important anniversary of one of many moments of clarity. Fifteen years ago, I was riding my Bianchi touring bicycle on a club ride and I collided with a 1996 Toyota Corolla where our combined speeds exceeded 50 miles per hour. I wrote about how this was a blessing in […]
