Repurpose Your Career | Career Pivot | Careers for the 2nd Half of Life | Career Change | Baby Boomer

Description: In this episode, I will be talking about renting a property in Mexico. I will discuss some of the pitfalls and why you probably should rent for a significant amount of time before you decide to buy. I am not a lawyer but I suggest you get acquainted with one if you plan to apply for residency and to review any legal documents you will be signing including a lease. A lot of people assu...

Description: This podcast episode is being released on the US Labor Day holiday. Therefore, I am rebroadcasting an episode where I spoke with Diana Wu David who is the author of  Future Proof: Reinventing Work in an Age of Acceleration . If you have listened to this podcast long enough, you have heard me discuss a number of concepts that I attribute to Diana and her book. Read you her about sectio...

Description: This week I am speaking with Adele Field who is a member of the Career Pivot community and a winner in the GetSetUp Startup Accelerator Program for 55+ . Adele is on a journey that I wanted you to hear about. Adele has done a lot in her career but most importantly she is a creative. I labeled her from our first discussion as a logical creative. She has been working in email marketing...

Description: In this episode, I am speaking with Twyla Teitzel , owner of  Plant Based Twy . Twyla was a participant in the GetSetUp Startup Accelerator Program for 55+. Even more importantly Twyla was one of the winners who received a $2500 prize to assist her in getting her business launched. I want you to hear about her journey. The GetSetup page that announced the winners said the following ab...

Description: In this episode I am rebroadcasting one of the most impactful episodes that I published in 2021 - Are You Ready to Reimagine Your Life and Career with Michael Clinton? Michael is the author of ROAR into the second half of your life (before it's too late!) . It is a really great book. If you listened to the original episode in August of 2021, then I want you to listen to it again, espe...

Description: This week I will be talking about the adaptable expat mindset and what it takes to be successful as an expat. We all of expectations of what moving to another place might be like, especially another country, and those expectations are almost always wrong. The decision to be an expat is experiential and not a logical decision. A lot of what I will discuss comes from a workshop that I d...

Description: This week I am speaking with Toni Frana , Career Services Manager for Flexjobs , and we are going to discuss the freelance job market. This is a follow-up to episode 274 where I discussed with Mike McNatt how he navigates the contract job market to stay employed in the technology sector in his 70s. I am currently running my annual survey and I would be honored if you take a moment to...

Description: This is a continuation from episode 278 which I called Has Your Network Abandoned You? Let's Discuss How to Plan to Get it Back! I talked previously about how to identify who you need to network with and what was strategic networking. I want to discuss in this episode how to ease back into networking. I was giving a webinar for AustinUp the other day and someone posed the question abo...

Description: In this week's episode, I am speaking with AJ Harper, author of   Write a Must-Read: Craft a Book That Changes Lives--Including Your Own . If you have thought of writing a non-fiction book this is the book for you. I have already recommended this book to several people as it will make the task far less daunting and more importantly help you write a book that delivers. Her bio is as fo...

Description: Many of you have lost connection with your network and community in the last 2 plus years. This could be your business community aging out on you, or losing contact with family and friends. You may have lost contact with religious organizations, social groups, and civic groups. For many, these are the people who pulled you along in your career and life. Now is the time to re-establish...

Description: This podcast episode is being released during the US 4th of July holiday weekend. I am going to rebroadcast one of my favorite episodes from 2020 which was What is Your Mindset Right Now? Are You Ready to Change It? This is a discussion I had with my good friend, coach, and former therapist Diann Wingert . I think it is an excellent listen to begin the second half of 2022. Diann Winge...

Description: In this week's episode, I am speaking with Richard Eisenberg, who is the former managing editor with Next Avenue. Richard unretired in January of this year and we will be discussing what it means to unretire. I listened to Richard on The Big Middle podcast a few weeks back and was taken by how well Richard had planned out his unretirement. I should have known this is something he woul...

Description: In this week's episode, I am talking about how to mitigate risks. I will give you 4 methods to use when you want to mitigate a risk that you are planning to take. This is a follow-on to episode 273 where I discussed real and perceived risk. If you have not listened to that episode, I would encourage you to go back and listen to that episode first. Way back in late 2019, before the beg...

Description: In this week's episode, I speak with Mike McNatt, a test and compliance engineer who continues to work contract jobs into his 70s. He was introduced to me as the guy who has got this gig work down and that is not working for Uber. My good friend, Marti Konstant , who is a workplace futurist and career coach, said I needed to have Mike on this podcast. Mike has worked contract engineer...

Description: In this week's episode, I am exploring risk both real and perceived. This is a follow-up discussion I want to have with you. If you have not listened to episode 271 when I interviewed Angie Morgan one of the co-authors of the book, " Bet on You: How to Win with Risk ," do that now. In late 2019, we held 3 sessions in the What's Next mastermind group around risk.  We first spent time d...

Description: This podcast episode is releasing during the US Memorial Day holiday weekend and therefore, I am going to give you a quick update on Career Pivot and the Repurpose Your Career Podcast and then I am going to rebroadcast the most impactful episode for me from 2021 which was How to Switch Industries from Executive Search Consultants Perspective with Glenn Zwieg . I have reached an intere...

Description: In this week's episode, I interview Angie Morgan one of the co-authors of the book Bet on You: How to Win with Risk . This is one of the best books on risk that I have read and given the uncertain world we live in I thought it was an appropriate topic for this podcast. Let me read Angie's about section from her LinkedIn profile: I learned how to lead during my time as a United States...

Description: This week's episode is a bit different. I recently returned from a 3 week trip from our home in Ajijic Mexico to Austin where I was a keynote speaker at a financial conference. I spoke to an audience that might have been as many as 700 people. There were 900 people registered for the conference. My wife and I then flew to Maryland so we could visit our son and daughter-in-law who we h...

Description: This week I am speaking with Teresa Ghilarducci and Sia Radpour about how the great retirement surge was not associated with the great resignation but by mass job loss by older workers during the pandemic. Teresa and Sia are both economists with the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy analysis and they recently published a report called No "Great Resignation" for Older Workers—Mass Jo...

Description: This week I am speaking with Kerry Hannon and she has written a new book called In Control at 50+: How to Succeed in the New World of Work. Here is a snippet from the Amazon page: Anyone who began working 20 or 30 years ago has witnessed astonishing changes in the workplace during their career. When the global pandemic hit, older workers fortunate enough to retain their jobs once agai...

Description: This week I am speaking with Deb Livingston, domain lead in the health and wellness, cooking, food, and nutrition areas for GetSetUp . Deb made this leap only with her passion for healthy food and no formal credentials. Deb had a pretty traditional business background but when her mother became ill, she took a break to be with her mother in her final years. Deb joined the Career Pivot...

Description: This week I am speaking with Susan Cornish from College Nannies, Sitters, and Tutors. You are probably going huh because most of my audience school a long time ago but I think you will find this really interesting as they are looking for people 50+. For those of you who are looking for an encore career, this is a really interesting way to work on your terms, when you want to work and...

Description: This week I am speaking with Becca Levy author of Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long and Well You Live. Becca takes a different approach in discussing ageism and what to do about it. Read the following from her about section from her website: Dr. Becca Levy, the leading authority on how beliefs about aging influence aging health, is Professor of Epi...

Description: This week I am speaking with Tammy Gooler Loeb author of Work from the Inside Out: Break Through Nine Common Obstacles and Design a Career That Fulfills You  and podcast host of the Work from the Inside Out podcast . I had Tammy on the podcast way back in June of 2020 in episode 182 and that episode was called Networking and Remote Work in the COVID-19 World with Tammy Gooler Loeb [Po...

Description: This week I have an interesting discussion with Ian Sanders, author of 365 ways to have a good day , a book I found thoroughly enjoyable, and more importantly, actionable and a time of disruption. I was first approached by Ian's publicist and I requested a copy of the book. As usual, I procrastinated. Reading the book, it may surprise some of you but I grew up with a learning disabili...