When your friend decides to start a business by Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D. Etiquette books, as far as I know, will tell you how to behave when your friend gets married, buried, graduated, or hospitalized. But let’s say your friend, who always seemed sensible and predictable, tells you she’s quitting her job. Sure, it’s a good […]
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Should you take that leap of faith and quit your job?
Every so often someone posts a note to a forum: “I just quit my job today! I am confident I can replace my income quickly.” Inevitably, coaches and business owners jump in and cheer. Often these new business owners find they do really well. They quickly find a market and make money. But at other […]
REAL Career Change: A 40-Year-Old Cheerleader
Don’t you love it when people defy stereotypes of aging? I just read, It’s Not About The Pom Poms – how a 40-year old mom of 2 became the oldest NFL cheerleader. You can get it here on Amazon. Laura Vikmanis came from a difficult childhood and an 18-year abusive marriage. She had always loved […]
Center Stage: A Career Change Fable for Our Time
This movie illustrates one of the critical steps in any transition: listening to your environment and responding to your strengths and desires — even if everyone around you thinks you’ve lost your mind. I won’t claim that Center Stage is a great movie (the reviews were mixed), but I enjoyed the behind-the-scenes realism and the […]
Best jobs for career changes? No … worst advice.
Recently I came across an article on a site that looked extremely reputable. The site promised to include tips for midlife career change, but in fact the article is misleading and even dangerous. First, I don’t recommend following any guidance for “best job” or “hot jobs.” By the time you read about them, they won’t […]
Career Change: The Wrong Kind of Waiting
Clockwatchers is about living your life on someone else’s time. Four temporary office workers meet in a featureless building. We meet the heroine, Iris, as she spends much of her first day sitting in a chair where she was told to “wait till someone comes for you.” The building, with its square corners and cubicles, […]