Podcast #274 – Mike McNatt Explains How He Stays Employed in Tech by Contracting Description: In this week’s episode, I speak with Mike McNatt, a test and compliance engineer who continues to work contract jobs into his 70s. He was introduced to me as the guy who has got this gig work down and that […]
In Strange Times You Should Focus on What You Can Control
We Live in Strange Times I have said so many times in the last year, ‘we live in strange times.’ Who could have predicted at the beginning of the pandemic in February of 2020, that over two years later, we would still be dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic? Many think it is over but if […]
What are Your Lessons Learned after Surviving 2 Years of COVID-19 Pandemic?
Lessons Learned after Surviving 2 Years of COVID-19 Pandemic What are your lessons learned from these last couple of years? I know you have learned things about yourself, your family, and/or your work colleagues. We have all been thrown out of our comfort zone in one way or another. How we reacted and behaved when […]
Vicki Soll Finds a Happy Place in Her Career by Teaching Older Adults [Podcast]
Podcast #260 – Vicki Soll a Career Pivot Community Graduate Talks About Her Journey to a Happy Place in her Career Description: This week I am speaking with a graduate from the Career Pivot community, Vicki Soll. Vicki wandered around a lot in her career in the high-tech industry. She did okay but was never […]
Learning how to Adapt and Get Scrappy with Your Career with Thom Singer [Podcast]
Podcast #255 – Thom Singer Discusses How He Has Adapted his Career and Business to the Pandemic Description: This week I am bringing back Thom Singer to the podcast. I have known Thom for well over a decade and I first had him on back in 2017 to discuss his pivot from business development for […]
How Women 50+ Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power [Podcast]
Podcast #250 – Bonnie Marcus, Author of Not Done Yet!: How Women Over 50 Regain Their Confidence and Claim Workplace Power Description: This will be the last episode of 2021 as I will be taking a break during the holiday season. The podcast will return on January 3rd of 2022 with a 2022 reality check discussion […]
Deferring Career Happiness to the 2nd Half of Life
Deferring Career Happiness Are you deferring career happiness until you reach financial independence, paying off the mortgage, you become “empty nesters” or some other milestone in life? If that is the case, what are you deferring may never happen. My buddy Roger Whitney of the Retirement Answerman podcast uses the term life maximization. We learn […]
Do You Know When to ‘Throw in the Towel’ in Your Career?
Do You Know When to ‘Throw in the Towel?’ Sometimes you have to know when to ‘throw in the towel’ and move in a new direction. I know, I know, some of you are saying that this is being a quitter – or more importantly, admitting that you are a failure. Well, that is BS. […]
Mindset and Belief Systems in the 2nd Half Of Life [Updated]
Mindset and Belief Systems We all have mindsets and belief systems that proved useful in the first half of life. I am squarely in the second half of life and that mindset no longer works for me. Over the last couple of years, many of my mindsets and belief systems have been challenged. My wife […]