In This Issue
Midlife career changes are, by nature, exciting and gratifying. And because they tend to shake up our carefully crafted world, they can be scary and confusing. Read the lead article this month for some tips on breaking down these barriers to change. The other article contains a provocative exploration of whether we should spend more time improving our weaknesses or our strengths. To reply to this newsletter, please click here.
Overcoming the Obstacles to Midlife Career Change
Midlife is a lot like being a teenager again--only with more wisdom. We may not stay out all night and run with a wild crowd, but many in their 40s and 50s experience the same restlessness and yearning for change. We're still asking questions about what we want to be when we grow up, but the questions are deeper, more profound. This time we won't settle for less than what makes us truly happy. Full story here.
Play to Your Strengths
How often have you invested in a training to try to improve something you felt you were not good at? Perhaps it was a seminar in marketing, sales, personnel management or public speaking. For most of us, trying to improve our weak areas in operating our business or managing our department comes with the territory. Whatever the area, we feel as if we are required to do battle with what we don't do well. Read more here.
Structure Creates Your Outcome
Whether mineral, vegetable or animal, everything has structure. That structure determines what it is and how it functions in the world. Some structure can be easily seen, such as a crystal, a leaf or a running horse. Other structure is harder to see, until you look for it, and then you can see the structure in everything. Read article here.
The following questions are designed to broaden perspectives, to open vistas, to widen the lens. There is no one right way to approach them. You can journal about them, talk to friends, create art... View questions here.
Relevant Reading
60-Minute Strategic Plan, by John E. Johnson and Anne Marie Smith
Brand It Yourself: The Fast, Focused Way to Marketplace Magic, by Lynn Altman
Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins: How to Use Your Own Stories to Communicate With Power and Impact, by Annette Simmons
Today's Quote
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."
--Theodore M. Hesburgh
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