How Not to Do Informational Interviews

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If you’re in your 40s, 50s, or beyond, and thinking about changing your career, you want to be sure you’re making the right decision. One of the best ways to explore whether a career option would be a good fit is by conducting informational interviews with people who are already working in that field. But [...]

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New Show Helps You Find a Second Chance

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Do you ever wish you could have a second chance to follow that old dream of yours? Maybe there was something you set out to do years ago, but life somehow got in the way. Well, I just heard about an exciting opportunity from Timothy, a casting associate for MysticArts Pictures. They’re casting for a [...]

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If You’ve Always Wanted a Great Career, Watch This Video

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In this TED talk, Larry Smith doesn’t talk about how to have a great career. He talks about why you will fail to have a great career. Wow… But it’s true – we do tend to create all kinds of excuses for not pursuing our dreams. Maybe you’re afraid you’ll look silly, or that you’ll [...]

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Is Career Happiness Really Possible?

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Does career happiness seem out of reach? According to a University of Wisconsin study about happiness in midlife, career satisfaction is possible, but it depends on your definition of “happiness.” If you’re like me, you may have grown up with the idea that career happiness is related to an ever-larger paycheck and all the things [...]

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Use What You Don’t Like to Discover What You Want

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I’ve often thought how wonderful it must be to know from an early age what you want to do with your life… and then travel a straight path to get there. Apparently, though, there are an awful lot of us who don’t experience that certainty. The number one concern I hear from people in their [...]

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Use the Cycle of Renewal to Chart Your Career Path

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The first time I made a major career change, I felt lost, very alone, and not at all sure I was doing the right thing. But some years later, as I began making my second career change, I discovered a transition model called the Cycle of Renewal that helped me make sense of what I [...]

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Turn Your Work into a Calling

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Many of us reach midlife impatient to find our “calling.” We experience a nagging awareness that there’s something more we’re here to do, some difference we’re here to make. But we’re not sure what it is. People don’t usually see one clear calling or experience a sudden flash of insight. By the time we’re in [...]

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Amy Purdy: Living Beyond Limits

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If you’ve ever been tempted to give up on your dreams, I think you’ll find inspiration in this TED video. Amy Purdy is a snowboarder who lost both of her legs to an illness. Yet she says that given the chance, she would not want to change her situation. Using her imagination as a tool, [...]

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