I’m not very good at keeping New Year’s resolutions. But I guess I’m in good company. Apparently, more than a third of New Year’s resolutions are broken by the end of January. Only 23% of people actually stick to their resolutions. What does work for me is creating New Year’s intentions. Intentions aren’t the same [...]
A friend passed this video on to me, and I’m so glad she did. In it, Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, talks about the importance of “wholehearted living,” and how shame and fear can keep us from living authentically. I wanted to share this with [...]
How do you get work experience for the new career you want? Depending on the type of work you’re interested in, you may be able to show on your résumé how your current accomplishments and skills are transferable to that new career. In some cases, though, it can be difficult to change career direction without [...]
Sometimes it takes a wake-up call to shake things up. A couple of weeks ago I lost some of the vision in my left eye. Apparently it’s related to high blood pressure, which I’ve never had before. My wake-up call wasn’t really a shock, though. There were plenty of hints along the way, which I [...]
Achieving life-work balance might have been difficult for you earlier in your career. But it is a possibility now, as you transition into retirement. You face challenges to life-work balance throughout all the stages in your life. First, you take care of your children, then your parents need assistance. Health problems can occur at any [...]
If you’re looking for resources to help you with your career change or job search, check out this excellent list – 100 Best Career Books of All Time. Although some of the books on the list are targeted to new grads, most are relevant for any age. Books have often served me as companions, guides, [...]
Do you know where you’re headed? When making a career change, it’s important to have a sense of direction. The first step toward a meaningful career change is to know what matters most to you, and then design a road map for the journey ahead. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a [...]
Have you ever been miserably unhappy in your career, but have no idea what to do instead? The only thing you’re sure about is that you want out now. Conventional wisdom has it that you should be clear about where you’re going before you leave. That you should be sure you’re not running away from [...]
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