Career Success in the 2nd Half of Life

Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You This book’s title piqued my interest – “Hardiness: Making Stress Work for You to Achieve Your Life Goals” by Steven J. Stein and Paul T. Bartone. What is “Hardiness” and what is its impact on me? Stress is usually perceived as something to avoid – i.e. risk aversion. The key […]

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 […]

Certification Certification is one of the hottest trends in adult learning and employment space. Over the next 20-30 years, I believe we will see a shift away from getting advanced college degrees to getting certifications. Note: This post was originally published in February of 2014. It was updated in January of 2020. The question I […]

Focus Word for the New Year I want to introduce you to a new concept, at least it is new to me. It is about picking a focus word that will be a guiding light throughout the next year. For the last few years, I have taken the last 2 weeks of the year to […]

Synchronicity and Serendipity Synchronicity and Serendipity came up in a discussion during a mastermind group video call in the Career Pivot Community when we were discussing a member’s success. Before I go further with this story let me define the terms. Synchronicity is defined by Dictionary.com as the simultaneous occurrence of events which appear significantly […]

Life Patterns When we are laid off, get fired, or leave a job voluntarily, often our life patterns suffer. This might include: When we eat What we eat Where we eat Exercise Sleep Bathroom (I will not discuss this but..) We are creatures of habit. Eating at the same time each day is healthy. Sleeping […]

Relationship Sales Career The relationship sales career is not dead yet but it is on life support. This is not a career you would want to start if you are graduating from college today. I cannot tell you the number of relationship salespeople I have talked to in the last 5 years who are struggling. […]

Restorative Niches I learned about restorative niches from the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain. Many people who know me find it hard to believe, but I am very much a closet introvert. I appear to be very extroverted because I am a public speaker and […]

Top 5 Career Books You may wonder which books I recommend to my clients or what I have been reading. It may surprise you that none of the books I am going to recommend from my list are conventional career books. Let’s get started. Note this post was originally published in October of 2015. It […]