A Canadian CEO, Brian Levy, returned to medical school after his corporate job went sour. To be sure, he enjoyed a number of advantages. He’d left corporate life with a package of $11 million. He drives to the hospital in a Lexus. But his profs say he works harder and he’s the most prepared for […]
Age Factors
Aging Gracefully and Graciously (If you’re healthy, wealthy and aged 50-75)
Review of The Third Chapter: Passion Risk and Adventure in the 25 Years after 50 Author: Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Published in 2009 by Sarah Crichton Books, a division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux As a sometime career consultant, I continue to search for a book targeting people at mid-life. This book seems to be about […]
Facing age discrimination? Get thee to the Internet…
Age discrimination is real. I would never encourage anyone to forego a job search and start a business. But sometimes starting your own business is faster than pounding on pavements and mailing out resumes. When you have downtime during a job search, I would say, Investigate the Internet. Nobody cares what you look like. And […]
Recession worse for younger workers?
The New York TImes posted an op ed piece suggesting that a tough recession will be harder on younger workers than older workers. You can read the article here. The Times ask you to register but they don’t bombard you with all kinds of junk email. I’ve subscribed for years and never had a problem. […]
Perceptions of health vs Actual Health
Not strictly about mid-life career change, but addresses some concerns of mid-life career changers with aging parents or concerns about their own aging process: A very good article here.
The Mid-life Brain: Smarter than we realized
Mid-life growth calls for sensitivity to stereotypes about aging. One stereotype is that we take longer to learn and resist learning new things. About 8 years ago, a New York Times article supported a theory I’ve held for years. As we get older, our brain holds more and more data. So we just have more […]