Podcast appearances and mentions of nancy collamer

  In this episode, Joe Curry welcomes retirement coach and author Nancy Collamer to share how retirees can find meaning and purpose after leaving their careers. Nancy explains her shift from corporate HR to helping people build fulfilling second acts in retirement.   They explore what a second act career looks like, ways to discover new interests, and why some people feel lost after they stop working. Nancy gives practical tips for self-reflection, encourages trying new things, and suggests treating your first year of retirement like a “gap year” to explore what's next. Check out the show notes for EP 146 HERE

So you've retired. What comes next? Many retirees find themselves lingering within the retirement grey zone as they make their full transition into this new phase of life. But what if there is a second act following your career? One that could check off all the boxes; multiple streams of income, core pursuits, and socialization. Retirement coach and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement, Nancy Collamer, joins this episode to talk through exploring second-act careers and how they can benefit you in the long run. Listen as she provides tips for finding your second act, expert streams of income, and explains why it's never too early or too late to start your second act in retirement. Nancy also shares how she pinpointed her second act, why trying things you're interested in can lead to new opportunities, and the top fear of those seeking a second act. To conclude, Nancy describes the concept of a Reinvention R&D Budget, utilizing gig platforms, and Wes shares some insight about finding his core pursuits in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you flourish in a new vocation or avocation in retirement? Dick’s guest, Nancy Collamer, is a retirement coach, founder of MyLifestyleCareer.com and author of Second Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Retirement. 

How can you flourish in a new vocation or avocation in retirement? Dick's guest, Nancy Collamer, is a retirement coach, founder of MyLifestyleCareer.com and author of Second Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Retirement. 

Episode Guest: Nancy Collamer, speaker, author, and semi-retirement coachEpisode Description: If you're thinking about the possibility of working during retirement - whether to supplement your income, keep active and engaged, or some combination of the two - join us for a conversation with Nancy Collamer, author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. Nancy will share inspirational second-act career success stories and provide concrete advice about how you can profit from your professional expertise, passions and personal interests during your semi-retirement years.  In this episode, you'll discover:Why so many boomers are choosing to work part-time after retirementThe four main categories of second-act careersExamples of fun and unusual second-actsEasy steps you can take to discover your own "what's next"About Nancy Collamer:Nancy Collamer is a semi-retirement coach, speaker, and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She writes a monthly blog for NextAvenue.org (syndicated on Forbes.com) and publishes a free bi-monthly newsletter about second-act careers through her website, MyLifestyleCareer.com.She offers a digital toolkit and course for professionals who want to work part-time after retirement called Design Your Second Act. In private practice since 1996, Nancy holds an MS in career development from the College of New Rochelle and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Get in touch with Nancy Collamer:Check out Nancy's course: Design Your Second Act: https://second-act-school.teachable.com/p/work-after-retirement  Nancy's website: https://www.mylifestylecareer.com/ Purchase Nancy's Book, Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement: https://revolutionizeretirement.com/secondact Grab our free guide, 10 Key Issues to Consider as You Explore Your Retirement Transition, at https://10keyretirementissues.com/ 

Here are eight rules for getting hired today in the current environment of ageism, the Great Resignation, and the ever-changing job market. Second-act expert Nancy Collamer offers four key mindsets and 8 actions those of us that are "older" can use to be up-to-date, overcome ageism and put our best selves forward. Nancy is an author, speaker, and recognized expert on semi-retirement. She writes for NextAvenue, Forbes Magazine, and is the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She is also a retirement coach and has been featured on media outlets such as NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Marketwatch, and Fortune. Nancy's Company Website: https://www.mylifestylecareer.com/  www.NewWayFWD.com  New Way Forward will help you pivot, transition, transform and launch yourself to a life that is more fulfilling and right for you. Find your New Way Forward: -Discover possibilities you never imagined -Find new ways to earn an income or find a job over 50 -Overcome ageism -Discover your core passions and purpose -Live a healthier life in mind, body, and spirit -Find better alternatives to traditional retirement -Connect with and learn from experts and people like you -Transition and transform to the life you deserve The joy starts with the very first day you launch. Subscribe to www.NewWayFWD.com 

Find a home within a two-hour driving radius of Hoboken, New Jersey, where your new grandchild resides. Where do you go? Nancy and Joel Collamer decided to check out Bucks County, Pennsylvania by renting a home in an active 55+ community in Langhorne. After a year, they ended up loving it and purchasing a home in the same community. Bucks County has the best of both worlds--quaint towns and beautiful nature for outdoor activities. Our guest, Nancy Collamer, shares all the details on Episode 61 of Retire There with Gil & Gene.Nancy Collamer is the author of Second Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement;Nancy is the founder of MyLifestyleCareer.com which provides valuable information on semi-retirement careers.The SmartAsset Retirement Tax Calculator is available here.

Nate interviews Nancy Collamer, author, speaker, media contributor, and retirement coach about the many roads to finding your passions in retirement or semi-retirement to live a more fulfilling 2nd Act. Leave us a review, copy and paste it into an email, and send it to asknate@retirementrescueradio.com for a complementary copy of Nancy's book! Click here to receive Nancy's workbook, 25 Questions To Help YOU Identify Your Ideal Second Act. Key takeaways: Three G's of Retirement Side Hustle in Retirement How do you figure out what to do for your second act? Find your passion Chuck-It List

As we transition back to working at the office and see other signs of normalcy, now is the perfect moment to think about how we're working, what we're doing and what we should ditch. We get great advice from career expert Nancy Collamer.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

If you’re ready for a career change, this podcast is for you. If you dream about about pursuing your passion instead of just a paycheck, this is for you. If you want to make a career change but don’t know where to start, this is for you. If you have an idea for your own business but keep running into roadblocks, this is for you.   In this edition of The Bottom Line Advocator, we break from tradition, and share with you a recording of a panel discussion hosted by Bottom Line President Sarah Hiner with career and personal-development experts Jane Pollak and Nancy Collamer to help people find the courage and the pathways to pursue a career based on their passions.   Nancy Collamer is an author, speaker and recognized expert on semi-retirement. She writes monthly blogs for the PBS site NextAvenue.org and Forbes.com and is author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement.   Jane Pollak transformed her art into a thriving, profitable business and has spent decades speaking on the topic of “Strategies for Growing Your Small Business.” Now she guides remarkable individuals on their own journeys toward uncommon success. For more than 20 years, Jane has been guiding people to create passionate business lives that are balanced and truly meaningful.   Specific topics include… Janes cast study in her career from passion (3:23-5:11) Step 1 to finding your passion (8:30 – 10:34) Create a “chuck-it” list (10:35 – 11:25) Review your wheel of life (11:25-14:00) “What do I want?” (14:00 – 15:53) P.A.S.S.I.O.N. defined (15:53 – 19:14) Finding your expertise—when are you the “go-to” person? (19:15 – 20:53) Should your life stage affect your path? (20:54 – 23:00) Websites to help start your passion business on the side (23:00 – 27:00) Should you work alone? (27:00 – 29:55) Know what to delegate (29:55 – 31:45) Test-drive before you jump in full-time (31:45 – 35:20) Excuses that hold you back (yup, everyone has then) (35:20 – 42:09) What if I fail? (42:09 – 45:27) Most common hurdles (45:28 – 46:35)   Be sure to subscribe to the Bottom Line Advocator Podcast with Sarah Hiner on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher…and share a review.   You can connect with and stay in touch with Sarah at her website www.bottomlineinc.com!   Find Bt on Facebook @WeAreBottomLine and at Bottom Line Inc. on www.linkedin.com.

Are you entering into a new phase or transition in your life that is begging the question of whether you should be changing careers? Kellee explores the search for new purpose with Nancy Collamer, a career transition expert, on how best to enter into a new career or direction. Given that most people are living longer, she also shares how best to stay engaged as you enter into semi-retirement or the next 30 years, after your mid-span.

Meet Judy Myers, the nation's oldest competitive barefoot water skier. Judy doesn't look her age, and she doesn't act it either. Find out how standing up on her two bare feet changed her body, opened her mind and put the spark back in her life.

Nancy Collamer doesn’t believe in reinvention and thinks a focus on passions rather the purpose is more likely to provide the path to meaningful and fulfilling work.

We are excited to welcome retirement coach, columnist, and author, NANCY COLLAMER, to Smart Women Talk Radio this month. Nancy and Katana will discuss:•The three steps to design a Second Act .•Why it pays to plan for your Second Act.•Fun ideas for creating your Second Act.Nancy Collamer is a semi-retirement expert and the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She writes a monthly blog on work and purpose for NextAvenue.org, a PBS site for people 50+, and Forbes.com. She also publishes a free bi-monthly newsletter about second-act careers through her website. Nancy has been in private practice since 1996, and she holds a MS in career development from the College of New Rochelle and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.To Learn more about Nancy, go to MyLifestyleCareer.com

Nancy Collamer is a coach, consultant, author, speaker and author. She writes about the changing nature of work and retirement for PBS’ NextAvenue.org, contributes to Forbes.com, and is the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. There are now more opportunities than ever for people who are leaving full-time jobs but are not wanting to fully exit the workforce. Nancy, who herself is in her second-act career after working full-time in human resources, has conducted hundreds of interviews with not-quite-retirees, and compiled a hugely valuable career guide for anyone looking to take on fulfilling, profitable, and flexible work during what she calls the “encore stage” of their careers. Today, Nancy joins the podcast to talk about the changing trends in retirement, why we’re now seeing more entrepreneurs than ever over the age of 65, the common threads among the working retirees she’s met, and the tools she uses to help them find fulfillment at any age.   Get Today's Show Notes! To get access to today's show notes, including transcript, audio, and links to resources mentioned, visit RetireWithPurpose.com/23   Sign Up to Casey's Weekend Reading Email! Sifting through the copious amount of conflicting financial advice and retirement information can be daunting - but it doesn't have to be! Each week, Casey makes it super easy. He hand-picks 4 of the most important articles you need to read, that are beneficial to you whether you're at, near or in retirement! If you want them sent straight to your inbox, sign up by visiting RetireWithPurpose.com/weekend-reading   Disclosure:  Investment Advisory Services may be offered through Howard Bailey Securities, LLC, a registered investment advisor. Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. owns the certification marks CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and CFP® (with flame design) in the U.S., which it awards to individuals who successfully complete CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. The CLU® mark is the property of The American College, which reserves sole rights to its use, and is used by permission. Howard Bailey Financial is a registered trademark of Howard Bailey Financial. All rights reserved. Howard Bailey does not offer legal or tax advice. Please consult the appropriate professional regarding your individual circumstance. Not associated with or endorsed by the Social Security Administration or any other government agency. 

Nancy Collamer is the author of Second Act Careers: 50 Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She is a recognized expert on career change and writes a monthly blog for the PBS site NextAvenue.org. Our interview with Nancy focuses on an especially, powerful resource from her website (www.mylifestylecareer.com). "25 Questions to Help You Identify Your Ideal Second Act" details a series of questions in four major areas: 1) Values, 2) skills, and experience, 3) strengths, gifts and talents, 4) hopes, dreams and impossibilities, It's a terrific exercise for anyone considering a second act. DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT GET THE "25 QUESTIONS" FROM NANCY COLLAMER'S WEBSITE  

Nancy Collamer is a semi-retirement expert and the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit From Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She writes a monthly blog on work and purpose for NextAvenue.org (a PBS site for people 50+) and Forbes.com. and publishes a free bi-monthly newsletter about second-act careers through her website, MyLifestyleCareer.com.LEARN MORE: LinkedIn | mylifestylecareer.comResume Storyteller with Virginia Francohttps://businessinnovatorsradio.com/resume-storyteller-with-virginia-franco/

Marc takes some time to dissect the podcast audience survey, discuss podcast statistics provided by Libsyn, the podcast host server, and what this might mean for the future. This podcast was launched 14 months ago and targeted one of the smallest audiences who listen to podcasts, the over-55 crowd. According to Edison Research, which presented at Podcast Movement this last year, the over-55 crowd makes up about 15% of all podcast listeners, which, by the way, is about half of the demographic. They make up 38-40% of the population. Marc should be approaching 3,000 episode downloads in January, which pushed this podcast well into the top of all podcasts on Libsyn. For that, Marc wants to say, thank you! He is quite humbled by the response. Listen in for survey results and future plans for the Repurpose Your Career podcast.   Key Takeaways: [:57] The audio version of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life is available now on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. Listen to the end of this episode for how to win a free copy of the audiobook. Marc will give away one copy a week for one month. [1:21] Marc announces that the Repurpose Your Career podcast is now available on Spotify, via the Spotify app. There have been a fair number of downloads, already. [1:37] Marc lists the order of episodes. The first episode is an interview with an expert. Two weeks ago, Marc interviewed Nancy Collamer. Last week, Marc interviewed Christine Hopkins-Spidell, a late-in-life career pivoter. This week, Marc discusses the results of the audience survey. The last episode of the series is a listener Q&A. [3:33] Marc launched the podcast to support the publishing of the book, Repurpose Your Career. He started with about 300 downloads in the first few months — that was November-December of 2016, and it has steadily climbed ever since. [3:48] The podcast hit a plateau in the early Fall. Things have kind of exploded in December — a usually quiet month for podcasts. Episodes were up 50% in December and they continue to rise in January, at a rapid rate. Why? Marc has no idea. [4:09] Charts for the survey will appear in the Show Notes on the CareerPivot.com website. Look for Episode 62. The current episodes are averaging about 300 downloads in the first 30 days. This is a standard measure of the popularity of a podcast. Most downloads will occur in the first 30 days after you publish a particular podcast. [4:40] Marc received 33 survey responses, which he thought was pretty good. He guesses that one in ten listeners filled out a survey, which is not bad, considering most people listen on mobile devices, so they are not near a computer when they hear them. [5:02] About 70% of survey respondents were male. In previous surveys of Marc’s readership, the gender results were about split. According to Edison Research, male podcast listeners outnumber female podcast listeners 56-44. There will be a link to the report in the show notes. [5:27] 90% of the respondents were between 45-64; two-thirds of those were between 55-64. The survey shows Marc is hitting his intended audience. [5:44] Approximately half of all the listeners are unemployed or retired. The other half are mostly looking for a change in career, job, or industry. [5:58] 98% of the respondents are from North America. One is from South America, and one from Europe. [6:09] 25% of the respondents have been listening less than one month but you were inspired to fill out a survey in the very first month of listening. Marc thanks you! [6:23] 22% of the respondents have been listening for 10-12 months. Marc really thanks these folks! [6:30] The rest of the audience was fairly evenly split up between 1-3, 4-6, and 7-9 months. There was a pretty wide range of response and how long they have listened. [6:43] Over 40% of respondents listen to the podcast on their computer. That’s double the general population. [7:01] The most common source of downloads was iTunes, followed by all the web browsers — Chrome, Firefox, Mozilla, or Safari. You may have noticed, the most current episode of the podcast is embedded in the blog post as an ad, embedded in a player in the blog post. [7:41] Slightly less than 40% listen on an Android phone. iPhones came in last. Because of the fact that there is no common app player on Android, People on Android phones don’t listen to podcasts as much as people on iPhones. This was surprise to Marc.. [8:11] Half of respondents were selective in the episodes they listen to. ¼ of listeners listen every week. Many said they were too new to the podcast to say. [8:27] Over 70% said their favorite episode was an interview with someone who made a late-in-life career pivot. The other three episodes split the rest, pretty much evenly. [8:46] Marc shares things people liked about their favorite episode: seeing themselves doing the same in a few years, looking for practical experience-based examples of how to transition, relatability, engagement, learning about how they made the transition, enjoying “Marc’s pivots and lifestyle,” liking to hear how others did it. [9:27] Others liked: hearing actual specific personal stories from people who figured out what to do and made it work, really enjoying Marc’s podcast about moving overseas and how to grow his career-pivot business, learning about retiring early, moving to a low-cost area for retirement, second-act careers and side hustles. [9:55] Others said: applies to me at this stage in my career, am in the same situation of late-career move, liked the book and guest stories best, personal stories are relatable, knowing you are not alone in your journey. Marc says that is probably the most important piece he wants you to get from this survey. You listeners are not alone in this. [10:32] Others answered: looking for ideas on how to get where I want to be, real-world experience, illustrates clearly that those of us who are older  are still fully capable of working, changing jobs, starting a new career, building a business, etc., connecting with a person, enjoy the mailbag, it’s my story, it’s inspiration as I need to do a pivot. [11:08] More comments: some of my questions have been answered in the mailbag, I just graduated from college and I’m over 50. [11:21] Those are some sample answers why people chose their favorite episode. A lot of them want to hear stories that show them other people have accomplished this. They want to know they’re not alone. [11:41] Marc’s last question was what topics listeners want to have addressed. They said: include more minorities, specific steps of going into management consulting, how to get gigs, resources for structuring consulting contracts, transferable skills, how to earn while traveling. Marc is looking for a travel blogger who started after 50. [12:31] More answers were: the effect on work status of becoming a caregiver, funding a pivot, portfolio careers, running a retiree micro-business as part of a portfolio, pros and cons of downsizing or moving as a strategy late in life, retiring before 59-and-a-half, tapping retirement accounts early, how much you need to retire early, or abroad. [13:08] Retiring to Mexico or Ecuador is a big topic. Other comments: living overseas very helpful since you need at least $1 million to retire in the U.S.A., other organizations that help you rank and decide what would be helpful, how to post-mortem an interview, or why you didn’t get a job. Marc may add this one into a mailbag session. [13:43] More comments: transition from employment to self-employment, age discrimination, moving from a large-population area to a small-population area, rebuilding business network for an introvert in a new location, starting a business, ageism, how to avoid being screened out by people who know nothing about the job. [14:16] Additional comments: the online black hole (Marc says, go back to the Gary O’Neal episode, #58), gig-economy mindset, landscape, and resources, finding part-time work as a software developer, age discrimination, dealing with the fear of the unknown, preparing for change later in life, dealing with careful plans being upset. [15:17] Other suggestions: entrepreneurship, relocating, remote working, training and updating skills, research on career trends for people over 50, freelancing tips and examples, the possibility of multiple income streams, am I too old to start a business? Beating the doldrums of unemployment at 55, interviewing ‘don’ts.’ [15:46] Marc hopes you got something out of those comments. Marc plans on working with his producer, Podfly, to make changes based on your comments in the coming months. Marc will address a few of the issues in the next couple of Q&A episodes. Marc is looking for a travel blogger who has turned travel into an income stream after 50. [16:16] Marc has someone in mind to talk about the gig economy and the possibilities. The comments make it obvious that Marc needs to interview more late-career pivoters. If you know someone who has made a late-career pivot, please send Marc a note to Podcast@careerpivot.com. In the last episode, Christine came to Marc to tell her story. [16:55] Marc has one client lined up for an interview. She is a logical creative. She is a data analyst with a unique streak of creativity. [17:08] Marc thanks everyone who participated in the survey. Your feedback is invaluable. [17:36] Marc gives instructions on how you could get a free copy of the audio version of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd half of Life. Marc announces a previous recipient of a coupon for a free copy. [18:12] Marc is working on the Career Pivot community website. The website is live, in the process of being put into production and ironing out a few glitches. Marc is contacting people on the waiting list. To learn more, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community and sign up for updates. [18:42] Marc is currently working on LinkedIn and blogging training. He is planning on four to five beta groups with 10 or more people at a time. This paid membership community is a place where you can receive group coaching, special content, and most importantly, a community where you can seek help. [19:13] Next episode, Marc and Elizabeth will share answers to questions from listeners.   Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Libsyn Edison Research on Podcast Listeners 2017 Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. Marc has the paid membership community running on the CareerPivot.com website. Marc has an initial cohort of 10 members helping him. Marc has opened a waitlist. Sign up at CareerPivot.com/Community. Please take a moment — go to iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or Spotify through the Spotify app. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Email Marc at Podcast@CareerPivot.com. Contact Marc, and ask questions at Careerpivot.com/contact-me CareerPivot.com/Episode-62 Show Notes for this episode. CareerPivot.com/Episode-58 Show Notes for Episode 3 with HR expert, Gary O’Neal You can find Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast. To subscribe from an iPhone: CareerPivot.com/iTunes To subscribe from an Android: CareerPivot.com/Android Careerpivot.com Podfly.net

Christine Hopkins-Spidell earned her Doctor of Law and Policy from Northeastern University, in 2016. Her research focused on federal and state laws relating to our Medicare and Medicaid programs. She earned her Master of Science degree from Northeastern University in Drugs, Biologics, and Medical Devices and her BA in Social Science at Roger Williams University. Her early career began working as a paralegal in law firms focused in the areas of real estate and corporate law while attending classes to earn her BA. She joined Textron Financial Corporation, which provided commercial and consumer lending, a subsidiary of Textron, Inc., in 1991 and over the next 20 years held various roles, including the Litigation Manager and Compliance Manager before accepting the position of Senior Corporate Compliance Specialist at Textron, Inc. Chris is currently VP of Compliance for HealthDrive. Listen in for advice on preparing a careful and purposeful planned career pivot.   Key Takeaways: [:56] The audio version of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life is available now on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. Listen to the end of this episode for how to win a free copy of the audiobook. Marc will give away one copy a week for one month. [1:24] Marc announces that the Repurpose Your Career podcast is now available on Spotify. There have been a fair number of downloads, already. [1:49] Marc lists the order of episodes. The first episode is an interview with an expert. Last week, Marc interviewed Nancy Collamer. This episode, Marc interviews Christine Hopkins-Spidell, a late-in-life career pivoter. Next week, Marc will discuss the results of the audience survey. The last episode of the series is a listener Q&A. [2:48] Marc reads the bio of Christine Hopkins-Speidel. [4:08] Marc introduces Christine. Chris is happy to share with the audience how the things she learned from the Repurpose Your Career website helped her. Chris talks about her career as an early paralegal in law firms in the area of real estate. She learned early on the importance of knowing where to find the answers. [6:15] After Chris had her Paralegal certificate, she worked toward her Bachelor’s degree in Social Science. She received the offer to work at Textron, which was a great opportunity at a multi-national company of several industries. She had a lot of mentors there. After 20 years, she wanted a change. She wanted to plan it carefully to avoid risk. [7:32] Chris’s last position at Textron was Senior Corporate Compliance Specialist. It was an auditing position related to laws, risk assessment, and action plans. She developed training materials around the laws that impacted the industries. [9:27] Sometimes Chris needed to investigate non-compliance issues, which made her an unwelcome visitor. As Chris approached 20 years, she knew she could retire, and that was the impetus to look for other opportunities. She knew her Bachelor’s degree in Social Science would not take her far and that she had to prepare herself better. [10:48] Chris was in her mid-fifties when she looked at this career change. Her children were already married. She wanted to see what else she could do and make a difference. She looked at healthcare, especially Medicare, and also considered starting her own business, an herb and honey store. [12:46] Chris considered what would work best for her at that point in her life. She used a tool called the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. She determined that a store would have to be a longer-term goal. In the meantime, she took money she had set aside and studied for the healthcare industry. She started with math, at Khan Academy. [15:04] To pick up on some undergraduate work, Chris went to brick-and-mortar colleges. She remembers her first class very well. She felt unprepared. [16:21] Besides getting into a Master’s program, and the undergraduate classes, Chris recommends taking some free online classes that are not for credit but very worthwhile. [16:58] Chris was accepted into two Master’s programs: Regulatory Affairs and Psychology. She started in Psychology, learned a lot, but felt it wasn’t a fit for her, and she switched to the Regulatory Affairs program. [17:33] Northeastern had a great program, with mentors to help her along, and also an internship program that met her objective to gain work experience in the new area. She knew she was going into a very competitive industry. [19:10] Chris sent out one resume for a clinical research at a public hospital and got the job. She worked in Neuro-Oncology on clinical studies. It gave her the opportunity to really learn the healthcare industry. [19:59] Chris had been planning for an internship but got a job, instead, while she was still working on her Master’s degree. For the degree she needed an internship, so she asked the hospital if she could do it in their finance department, and learn that aspect of Insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. It was great experience. [21:31] Chris thinks she got the job because they were looking for someone with regulatory experience, although she hadn’t seen that in the job posting. [22:58] Marc notes that job descriptions are often misleading. This job turned out to be perfect for Chris. She learned all the medical terminology and acronyms. [23:57] From there, Chris was finishing her Master’s when she heard about the Doctor of Law and Policy program. She told the doctors at the hospital that she was applying for the program, and they gave her a great reference. She was accepted into the program, which meant more expenses. [25:40] To eliminate a commute, and to pay her expenses as she went, she got a job closer to the University in Boston. She got a couple of offers and accepted the one at HealthDrive, with the agreement that she could have time for research to finish her doctorate. [26:41] HealthDrive is an integrated healthcare program for patients in nursing homes in 10 states. Her initial title was compliance specialist at an entry level. Her boss there had 25 years of experience, and she knew she could learn a lot from him. After several months, they promoted her to Vice President of Compliance. [28:49] Changing industries is really hard. Christine had a huge learning curve between financial compliance and healthcare research, and then compliance. [29:38] Chris had to eat humble pie in college when she was yelled at for walking in late to class after an important executive meeting at work. She was shocked, but kept her calm. She also felt sluggish and slow compared to the young college kids. She also had to transition from running the show to not running the show. [30:52] At HealthDrive, Chris ensures that the company is in compliance with the laws and regulations that affect the industry — the same job profile that she had at Textron, in a completely different industry. HealthDrive has about a thousand employees in the field and at headquarters. [31:50] Chris didn’t expect to be back in an executive position in a new industry. Marc calls it good karma. Good things happened because she didn’t expect them. She really contacted the learning curve, and learned to study again. [32:58] Chris’s advice for the audience is to plan effectively for the change. She recommends the Failure Mode and Effects Analysis, a part of Six Sigma. You don’t want to guess. You want to plan what the risks are to you, and how to offset the risks before you make a change. She also recommends Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. [37:09] Marc’s final thoughts: Christine is risk-averse and is a meticulous planner. This is similar to the path Dr. Joel Dobbs took in Episode 3. [38:00] Marc tells what you need to do this week to get a free copy of the audio version of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life.[38:27] Marc is contacting people on the waiting list for the online community of the CareerPivot.com website. To be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. Marc is looking for individuals who are motivated to take action will give input on what they want to see next in the community.   Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey The paperback, ebook, and audio versions are available now. Northeastern University Roger Williams University Textron Financial Corporation Textron Inc. HealthDrive Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Khan Academy Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman hopeysti@aol.com Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. Marc has the paid membership community running on the CareerPivot.com website. Marc has an initial cohort of 10 members helping him. Marc has opened a waitlist. Sign up at CareerPivot.com/Community. Please take a moment — go to iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or Spotify. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Email Marc at Podcast@CareerPivot.com. 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Nancy Collamer is a semi-retirement expert, and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. She writes a bi-monthly blog on work and purpose for NextAvenue.org and Forbes.com and publishes a free newsletter about second-act careers through her website, MyLifestyleCareer.com. In private practice since 1996, Nancy holds an MS in Career Development from the College of New Rochelle and a BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Listen in for advice on preparing yourself for your semi-retirement opportunities.   Key Takeaways: [1:07] The audio version of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life is available now on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. Listen to the end of this episode for how to win a free copy of the audiobook. Marc will give away one copy a week for one month. [1:41] In this episode, Mard interviews Nancy Collamer, semi-retirement expert and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. Next is an episode with a late-life career pivoter. The third in the series is a topic of Marc’s choice. The last in the series is the Q&A episode. [3:18] Marc introduces Nancy. Nancy really loves her free time. She has a lot of interests outside of work, including family, volunteer work, and hiking. She loves her job because she feels so strongly about people having a holistic, balanced life, with the time to pursue other interests. [4:50] Nancy is passionate about second-act careers. There are problems with being older and working but there is so much opportunity for people after they retire to have the chance to do what they want to do professionally with the flexibility of time for all their other interests and to find that mix that they didn’t have in their full-time careers. [5:38] Nancy enjoys getting this important information out there to folks. Marc hears from his online community that they are surprised by their options for work. It can be hard to imagine the possibilities and think outside the box. Nancy’s retired brother-in-law never thought about other possibilities after a long career at one company. [7:22] Nancy sees two beneficial trends for Boomers: first, the exploding growth in the gig economy, including working through a temp agency, taking on project work, or creating a side business, and second, the graying of the workplace. [9:18] Marc’s online community informs him that people want freedom over their work — when, how much, and where — and at some point in the job economy companies will have to hire older workers. Nancy just wrote an article with seven ways employers can make the workplace more accommodating for older workers. [10:50] Marc tells about Nomadland and how the semi-retired in trailers are being taken advantage of by certain industries. [11:14] People have a hard time knowing what they should do in semi-retirement. Nancy gives a few tips. Disregard sunk costs. Do you still enjoy it; do you feel like your adding value? It may just be certain elements of your job you want to walk away from. What did you like? You might find a part-time position in a better environment. [15:05] Marc’s periodontist sold his practice, stayed on as an employee of the new owner, and can work as little or much as he wants. [16:23] Your area of expertise is where you are best known in your largest professional network of contacts. It’s where you have your greatest income potential. Explore it before you move on to other options. [17:11] Most people build on a piece of what they did before. Nancy gives examples. [19:05] Most employees are branded by their business skill set and their expertise in their industry. It’s usually easy to trade one, not both, in one pivot. Nancy talks about a Microsoft marketer’s pivot. He transitioned to a magician for events and did marketing for magicians who had no marketing acumen of their own. [21:45] Nancy sees opportunities for people over 50 in the gig economy and using the internet for working from home. She uses herself as an example, interviewing online. A vice-president retired and became a dog-sitter and dog-walker on Rover.com. [23:46] Marc uses the example of a three-way international Zoom call he joined on his iPhone from Mexico. [25:44] Surround yourself with second-act inspiration. You will be excited about the possibilities. [26:33] Marc will give away one or more copies of the audio version of his book if you will follow the instructions he gives in this episode. Listen for details. [27:24] Marc is contacting people on the waiting list for the online community of the CareerPivot.com website. To be put on the waiting list, please go to CareerPivot.com/Community. Marc is looking for individuals who are motivated to take action will give input on what they want to see next in the community.   Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey The paperback, ebook, and audio versions are available now. Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement, by Nancy Collamer NextAvenue.org College of New Rochelle The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MyLifestyleCareer.com Unretirement: How Baby Boomers are Changing the Way We Think About Work, Community, and the Good Life, by Chris Farrell “7 Ways Employers Can Support Older Workers and Job Seekers,” by Nancy Collamer Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, by Jessica Bruder Rover.com Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. Marc has a prototype running of the paid membership community of the CareerPivot.com website. Marc has an initial cohort of 10 members helping him. Marc has opened a waitlist. Sign up at CareerPivot.com/Community. Please take a moment — go to iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Email Marc at Podcast@CareerPivot.com. Contact Marc, and ask questions at Careerpivot.com/contact-me CareerPivot.com/Episode-60 Show Notes for this episode. You can find Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast. To subscribe from an iPhone: CareerPivot.com/iTunes To subscribe from an Android: CareerPivot.com/Android Careerpivot.com

Marc introduces the common themes of the eight career changes or pivots recapped in this episode. First, they had an idea and did not act on it. Second, there was a moment or event that vaulted them into action. Third, no matter how well they planned it, things did not turn out as planned, and they needed to adapt as they went along. Marc reviews some of their stories, with clips characterizing the three phases in common. He shares some guest clips for each of the three phases. Listen in for a variety of experiences and tips for pivoting to or changing careers.   Key Takeaways: [1:08] For the past month, Marc has been running the Repurpose Your Career audience survey on who listens to the podcast, what you like, and what you would like to hear about in the future. Please take the survey at CareerPivot.com/PodcastSurvey. This will redirect you to a SurveyMonkey page. Marc will end the survey on January 8. [1:47] Marc’s audiobook Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, is available on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. Please check it out. [1:59] Marc will begin the podcast series format again next week, with an interview of Nancy Collamer, semi-retirement expert and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. Marc really likes this book. [2:20] This episode is coming out a day late due to the New Year’s holiday and is a repeat of Marc’s favorite episode of 2017. Everybody has been reporting that they like the stories people have been telling. This episode is a compilation of interviews with eight individuals who have repurposed their careers. Listen to the common themes. [3:39] Marc interviewed Dr. Joel Dobbs in Episode 3. Dr. Dobbs was an accomplished pharmaceutical executive. Now he has a portfolio career that includes consulting, teaching, and coaching. He planned this out well. Dr. Dobson noted that his life was half gone, and he was inspired by the book Halftime, to do something different. [6:01] Dr. Dobson took a pause to reflect and sought things that would lead to a new life of significance, to give back. He thought about doing something very different. [8:02] Marc interviewed Mike O’Krent in Episode 7. Mike went from a carpet store to chronicling people’s lives in video interviews with Life Stories Alive. Mike tells how he started chronicling Holocaust survivors’ stories for the Jewish Federation of San Antonio — for one project ending in 2000. When it was over, he went back to his carpet sales. [10:36] Marc interviewed Jennifer Winter in Episode 28. Jennifer was VP of Sports Sponsorship for Turner Broadcasting and hated it. Everyone told her how great her job was, so she stayed 21 years. Impending layoffs started her thinking about a change. [14:42] Marc introduces the next phase, vaulting into action, with more from Mike O’Krent. Mike’s business coach had him write a list of items he both enjoyed and did well. As he read the list to the coach, he was directed to reread certain items and lit up with the Holocaust interviews. The coach asked, can you make a business like that? [17:16] Marc interviewed Kay McManus in Episode 32. Kay was a business professional working for technology companies before she was laid off in 2009. Now she is the CEO of Kay-Kan. Kay says being laid off was what moved her to act. It turned out she was able to serve the managers at her past job as a freelancer. Then she went full-time. [21:01] Marc introduces Vicki McCullough of Sequitur Marketing, his guest in Episode 11. Vicki was laid off multiple times and finally decided to be her own boss. She explains how she started. After she tried the job search route to no success, she started contract work in marketing. Then she told herself, this was the time. [22:46] Marc had two guests who made multi-step pivots. Elizabeth Rabaey was Marc’s guest on Episode 20. Elizabeth also helps Marc on the mailbag episodes. Elizabeth worked for an environmental engineering company, on air and water permitting. After multiple pivots, she is a marketing professional for a large mining equipment company. [23:44] Elizabeth networked into a project manager position at a company larger than her first one. Elizabeth got involved in marketing and branding there. After a year, her old company reached out to her for marketing, and she worked for them for three years. [29:59] Towards the end of 2016 Elizabeth was looking on job boards and found a marketing coordinator position for an international company. She went to the company website, applied for the job, and her engineering and marketing backgrounds got her hired very quickly. She works from home, with the possibility of international travel. [32:31] Marc interviewed Thom Singer in Episode 15. Thom was a business development professional who worked for a law firm until the 2009 recession when he was laid off. He then launched his career as a keynote speaker and MC. He had already been speaking on the side, but the layoff motivated him to make this his profession. [33:03] Thom’s background prepared him to train other law firms. But, because of the recession, they stopped hiring outside services. Associations of all kinds still held their meetings, and so keynote speaking became the biggest part of Thom’s business. He was unable to get the rates per speech he needed, and his mortgage didn’t shrink. [34:53] Thom was losing money. The family went through cash reserves and credit cards. In a few years he caught up to his previous salary, but then had to work off three years of debt. In six and a half years he was at a stable level. A bad quarter still makes him nervous, but then the next quarter is fine. [35:49] Marc interviewed Mike Martin in Episode 24. Mike spent most of his career in industrial sales, but that career sputtered out. Mike shares his multi-step pivots, from teaching school, to driving trains, to being a drone pilot instructor. [38:02] Mike got his teaching certification just as massive teacher layoffs hit Texas. So he finished his bachelor’s degree in aviation. He took a job at a small airport, but didn’t like it, so he looked at other transportation, and found an opening as a train operator in Texas. He passed the test, aced the interview, and was sent to train operator school. [39:58] Mike got an RV, and parked it at an RV resort near the train school. In 10 weeks he had a certificate, and was assigned to wash trains until a route came up. He got an assignment to burn in new trains, with their computer systems. Then he started testing the signal systems on a new route. When the new route opened, he ran the PR train. [42:01] With the new line open, and new confidence from training operators, he returned home. When he looked around, he saw activity in the drone world, and that’s where he landed. He took 25 hours of training, and started training others to fly, for Dart Drones. He could not have planned his career path, and made corrections on the way. [45:18] Mike encourages career pivoters to pursue their dreams and never give up. The first avenue might not work out. Work the industry deep and wide. [45:48] Marc’s final words: Please listen to the episodes of the interviews that resonated with you. Please take the Repurpose Your Career podcast audience survey at CareerPivot.com/podcastsurvey. Please pick up a copy of Marc’s book, and write an honest review on Amazon.com. The audiobook is now on iTunes, Audible, and Amazon. [46:49] The website for the Career Pivot Community website is live. Marc is contacting people who are on the waiting list. To join the list go to CareerPivot.com/community. Sign up to receive more information about the community as it evolves.   Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement, by Nancy Collamer Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast Dr. Joel Dobbs, Episode 3 Halftime: Moving from Success to Significance, by Bob P. Buford Mike O’Krent, Episode 7 Jennifer Winter, Episode 28 Kay McManus, Episode 32 Vicki McCullough, Episode 11 Elizabeth Rabaey, Episode 20 Mike Martin, Episode 24 Thom Singer, Episode 15 Please take Marc’s survey at CareerPivot.com/PodcastSurvey. This will redirect you to a SurveyMonkey page. Marc will keep the survey going through 2017 to hear from you. Taking the survey will help Marc to select Repurpose Your Career topics for 2018. Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. Marc has a prototype running of the paid membership community of the CareerPivot.com website. Marc has an initial cohort of 10 members helping him. Marc has opened a waitlist. Sign up at CareerPivot.com/Community. Please take a moment — go to iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Contact Marc, and ask questions at Careerpivot.com/contact-me CareerPivot.com/Episode-59 Show Notes for this episode. You can find Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast. 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Is our church keeping us from our God given full potential? Other items we explore: Although I am trying to get certified as a trainer soon, I am still lacking enough education for me to feel like I can successfully work with clients. My dream is to open an organic/natural bakery with pastries, custom decorated cakes, and also maybe some organic cafe items. I'm wearing out in my current career, but I've decided to make the best of it for another 18 months when I qualify for a full retirement. I believe we can both get to a point where we can move into art and singing full time. I can't for the life of me figure out how to monetize my passions. I love Bible and theology. “Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.” – Frederick Buechner – Tweet This “You should do things a different wayBut about it, you tell them you'll prayWill it be scoredAs advice from the LordOr putting it off till another day”   Poem by Cliff Feightner Show Notes: Episode – 06-02-17 Title: N/A Subtitle: N/A Summary: In this episode, Dan discusses the fine line between choosing the work you love and the work that pays you. Achieving the right balance between the two requires a great deal of wisdom—so Dan offers some solid, practical advice that can help guide you in the right direction. Listen as Dan addresses those aspiring to be new business owners by listing a number of resources and books that will help kickstart the process. He also encourages those feeling doubtful to consider this the starting point for new growth. Sponsored By: FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:32 – Preview of Today's Show on “Is our church keeping us from our God-given full potential?” Although I am trying to get certified as a trainer soon, I am still lacking enough education for me to feel like I can successfully work with clients. My dream is to open an organic/natural bakery with pastries, custom decorated cakes, and also maybe some organic cafe items. I'm wearing out in my current career, but I've decided to make the best of it for another 18 months when I qualify for a full retirement. I believe we can both get to a point where we can move into art and singing full time. I can't for the life of me figure out how to monetize my passions. I love Bible and theology. “Doubts are the ants in the pants of faith. They keep it awake and moving.” – Frederick Buechner 03:07 – “You should do things a different way But about it, you tell them you'll pray Will it be scored As advice from the Lord Or putting it off till another day” – Poem by Cliff Feightner 03:45 – Attend Cliff Ravenscraft's course on June 16th and 17th Building a Business Around Your Podcast 04:34 – Cliff will teach podcasting and how to do it with excellence 04:46 – Go to http://podcastanswerman.com/nextlevelworkshop/ 05:06 – FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days 06:30 – Adam says, I wanted to let you know that for the last 18 months or so I've been doing the same thing (Zazzle concept) for the physical products I design for old jeep jerkies on com 08:18 – Adam's website is XJ Switch Panels 08:52 – “If I had gone for a more traditional manufacturing…a single design would have required between $30-50K” 09:03 – Being able to 3D print his designs, Adam's prototypes only cost $250 09:13 – After 18 months, he has profited more than $10,000 10:13 – To submit a question for the Podcast, send your note to askdan@48Days.com 10:27 – Last week, Dan talked about Billy, the pastor who recently got fired 10:56 – Billy sent a note of thanks 11:06 – He will pursue his PhD and find more creative ways to fund his studies 11:36 – Paul says, I have a professional training company that I want to grow by targeting the best clients for my services 12:00 – Dan uses the service from Nurture Marketing 13:00 – That marketing filled Dan's schedule 13:31 – Dave says, My wife says I should get people to pay me for my ideas and although she was half joking, I think she was half serious 14:18 – Ideas with value get paid accordingly 14:39 – Ideas are not something you get paid for on a continual basis 14:53 – Dan shares about his friend, David, who works for Verizon 15:08 – David designed a clear thermostat cover that locks 15:35 – David sold over 4K units on Amazon and got inquiries from Home Depot 16:21 – David connected with an agency that worked out a licensing agreement 16:45 – They now opened an order with Home Depot for 10K units 17:10 – Dan also shares about his friend, Vernie 17:23 – Dan connected Vernie to the same people and they are now working on a licensing agreement for his product 17:32 – Invent Right is a legit website that Dan recommends you to check out 18:10 – Dan also recommends to read the book, One Simple Idea by Steven Key 19:26 – Donna says, Although I am trying to get certified as a trainer soon, I am still lacking enough education for me to feel like I can successfully work with clients 20:21 – When will you know that you have enough education? 20:41 – Dan's nutritional trainer is very clear on his experience 21:12 – Your clients may not be impressed by your education 21:56 – “You're in business when you have a paying client” 22:17 – Spend 3 hours per week studying, 5 hours for your content, 4 hours for working directly with clients, and 3 hours on marketing to build your brand 23:17 – Don't spend all your time studying 23:52 – Dan stills allocate time to study 24:17 – Grow knowledge and experience at the same time 24:48 – Don't allow fear to slow you down 24:57 – Kristine says, My dream is to open an organic/natural bakery with pastries, custom decorated cakes, and also maybe some organic cafe items 25:24 – “I'm lost financially” 26:07 – Dan encourages you to stairstep your business – start to supply existing businesses 26:46 – Don't put yourself in competition and immense debt 27:03 – Dan recommends you to read, Business Boutique: A Woman's Guide for Making Money for Doing What You Love 28:03 – Find a commercial bakery and rent the kitchen for a few hours when they are not open 28:40 – Dan shares about Casa Azafran – they have a kitchen that accommodates 50 different businesses 30:01 – Use that to know which items people are craving 30:17 – Nick sent a message, Is our church keeping us from our God-given full potential? 31:05 – Respond to the things you're already sensing 31:27 – Divine discontent is the thing that God uses in our frustrating situations 32:12 – Spend time with people you want to become – don't change who you are 33:28 – You don't want to be the exact person you are now in the future 34:02 – “Give yourselves 6 months to just think and explore” 34:19 – Spend Sunday mornings to go deep in your own searching 34:55 – Change the experience significantly to define what you're looking for in a church 35:27 – When Dan was 22 years old, he was convinced he would not subscribe to any theology he couldn't easily understand 36:25 – Seeing the enjoyment Dan's son was experiencing encouraged him to examine his own understanding 37:01 – Embrace your doubt and be convinced that this will be a growing time for you 38:08 – This is just the beginning 38:41 – Gwendalyn asks, As I approach fitness people, I want to protect the concept of the business. Do NDA's protect me in cases like this? 39:15 – The real protection is to take action 39:33 – Be careful about partnering 40:54 – Betsy's message, I'm wearing out in my current career, but I've decided to make the best of it for another 18 months when I qualify for a full retirement 41:18 – Check out Second-Act Careers by Nancy Collamer 41:33 – Also read, Launch Your Encore: Finding Adventure and Purpose Later in Life 41:49 – Use your 18 months to get fired up about what you're going to move into next 41:56 – Marilyn says, I believe we can both get to a point where we can move into art and singing full-time 42:40 – “Be careful about forcing your art and music to be your primary/only source of income” 43:22 – Dan shares about the book, Eat, Pray, Love 43:44 – “I held on to those other sources of income for so long because I never wanted to burden my writing with the responsibility to pay for my life” – Elizabeth Gilbert 44:46 – Dan mentions again about David, his friend who works in Verizon that sings very well 45:20 – Have a realistic plan 45:44 – Bill says, I can't for the life of me figure out how to monetize my passions. I love Bible and theology 46:18 – Last week, Dan said that the lowest paid professions were preaching and teaching 46:46 – Expect you can teach and preach on the side 47:00 – Don't push those things to the forefront 47:41 – Have a realistic plan to bring passion, talent and money together 48:51 – Ask questions on AskDan 48:56 – Coaching with Excellence – August 31-Sept 1, 2017 49:06 – The new 48 Days Eagles site – This is the best place for moving your career forward 49:08 – Dan closes today's podcast 3 Key Points: Dip your toe in the water before you jump in – find ways to get involved in the type of business you want without needing to be in debt or before pouring hard-earned money for that investment. Embrace your doubts as an opportunity for personal growth. Do NOT expect your passions to be your main source of income—create a realistic plan that brings passion, talent, and money together. Resources Mentioned: To ask Dan a question for the podcast – AskDan The new 48 Days Eagles site – This is the best place for moving your career forward Make money and serve as a 48 Days Seminar Presenter Go to com/48Days and get a free audio of Zig Ziglar's See You at the Top! FreshBooks is offering a 30 day, unrestricted free trial to my listeners. To claim it, just go to https://www.freshbooks.com/48days Go to com/sleepyoulove AND use promo code – sleepyoulove – to save $50 off your purchase of the mattress Dan & Joanne love CES Conference with Jim Cockrum – for all online biz (I'll be there!) Coaching with Excellence – August 31-Sept 1, 2017 Credits: Show Notes by Mallard Creatives The post Is our church keeping us from our God given full potential? appeared first on Official Site Dan Miller.

Many people believe retirement means working until a certain age and then enjoying a life of leisure. The problem with this thinking, says this week's guest expert, Nancy Collamer, is that most of us are facing the 40/30 dilemma. After working (only) 40 years in a full-time career, 30 years of retirement can be too many hours to fill, and too many years to fund. That's why Nancy urges people to make retirement more than just gardening, grandkids, and golfing. You can also use this time to explore a second act career.  A part-time job to supplement our income, or a volunteer position may be just what the doctor ordered. A Second Act Career A second act career is the work we do after our primary careers. In general, the work is more fun, more flexible, and more fulfilling than our previous work. Nancy notes that many people find it daunting to plan for their second act career, so she suggests three steps to help with the process: Introspection —  Think about what you want, and how you want to do it. Idea Generation — Get out there, and research your options. Experimentation — Try things out, to see what fits. The sooner you start this process, the better! Finding your encore career earlier in life, may allow you to quit you unfulfilling 9-5 job before you otherwise expected. A second act career can also mean you don’t have to dip into your savings as early. You can delay accessing your Social Security, and that is a financial gain. Bucket or Chuck It? Nancy recommends planning for your retirement hours with a bucket list and a chuck it list. A bucket list is a way to make sure you get in everything you’ve ever wanted in life, while a chuck it list allows you to say goodbye to those things you never really liked, such as traffic and spreadsheets. This Week's Guest: Nancy Collamer Nancy Collamer is an expert on second-act careers, semi-retirement and boomer career trends. She writes a career blog for Forbes.com and the PBS website NextAvenue.org. Nancy is also the author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit Your Passions During Semi-Retirement and a contributor to Not Your Mother's Retirement and 65 Things To Do When You Retire. Nancy publishes her free newsletter on My Lifestyle Career and she is working on a digital product to help people jump start their second act career planning process.   Resource of the Week Ben’s resource this week is the Huffington Post — Reinvention Section. This entire section is for those lucky people who are 50+ are interested in reinventing their life, career or location. There are some great articles here and some not so great, so browse around. Listener Question of the Week Jessica, Ben, and Mac offer advice to Ryan Wilson who is looking for guidance about to talk about himself and his accomplishments, without coming off as boastful. If you would like the team to answer a job-related question or if you’ve found a job resource you think everyone should know about email it to ben@macslist.org or call at 716-JOB-TALK. If we use your question on the air, you will receive either a copy of our new book, Land Your Dream Job Anywhere or a Mac’s List Coffee Mug, your choice. If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for Find Your Dream Job provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com.

Jennifer Hill talks to Dr. Pearl Hilliard about how to reinvent your career. She asks Pearl what one can do when you are not passionate or fulfilled by your job and how one can leverage their passion into a new career. Pearl offers resources on how to make a career transition and identify what will bring you lasting happiness. Dr. Pearl Hilliard is the founder of Hilliard Performance Solutions, a company that provides consulting, coaching, leadership development and training services. Pearl is an independent consultant/coach who focuses on performance solutions and results, using appreciative inquiry strategies. Her passion is employee engagement, with an emphasis on a strengths-based approach. Her clients include individuals, and small and medium-sized businesses in various functional areas, as well as UCLA, USC and other non-profits. Pearl experienced her own career transition in 2011 and since then has developed several career/life transitions courses and focuses on career development and transitions for people moving into their second or third-act careers. She delights in supporting her clients as they move into a new field, a different organization, and/or into a new phase of life. Pearl has extensive experience implementing and directing a variety of programs that facilitate the improvement and optimization of performance. She has a successful track record in strategic organizational development, leadership development, learning, talent management and coaching. Pearl provides executive, career management and life transitions coaching. She specializes in developing and facilitating workshops and retreats. Each client is unique, and Pearl will customize her services to fit the client’s needs, ensuring they achieve their desired results. Pearl received her doctoral degree (Ed.D.) in Human Performance at Work from the University of Southern California. She also received an M.S. in Counseling from California State University at Northridge, a B.A. (Honors) in Applied Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a B.A. in Business Studies from Manchester Polytechnic, England. Her training certifications include Achieve Global, Coaching (ACC, BCC & CPC), Connecting With Others, DiSC, Emotional Intelligence, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team and Myers-Briggs (MBTI). CONTACT INFORMATION Email: pearl@hilliardps.com Website: hilliardperformancesolutions.com Joyce Fernandez: Email: jfernandez310@aol.com Maria Bereket: Email: mbear88@gmail.com Website: designbearmarketingdotcom.wordpress.com Information about our up-coming webinar series, “Reinventing Your Career at 40+”: webinars.yournextstepcareers.com BOOKS LifeLaunch: A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life by McLean and Hudson (2011) Second-Act Careers by Nancy Collamer (2013) What’s Next? Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job in Your Forties, Fifties and Beyond by Kerry Hannon (2014) URLs encore.org (An organization that taps into the skills and experience of those in midlife and beyond to improve communities and the world) pivotplanet.com - you pay $50 per hour to talk to someone about their career; they have over 300 career types. rgp.com - A consulting firm that employs professionals, on a project-by-project basis. taprootfoundation.org (provides volunteering opportunities) volunteermatch.org (also provides volunteering opportunities)

Jennifer Hill talks to Dr. Pearl Hilliard about how to reinvent your career. She asks Pearl what one can do when you are not passionate or fulfilled by your job and how one can leverage their passion into a new career. Pearl offers resources on how to make a career transition and identify what will bring you lasting happiness. Dr. Pearl Hilliard is the founder of Hilliard Performance Solutions, a company that provides consulting, coaching, leadership development and training services. Pearl is an independent consultant/coach who focuses on performance solutions and results, using appreciative inquiry strategies. Her passion is employee engagement, with an emphasis on a strengths-based approach. Her clients include individuals, and small and medium-sized businesses in various functional areas, as well as UCLA, USC and other non-profits. Pearl experienced her own career transition in 2011 and since then has developed several career/life transitions courses and focuses on career development and transitions for people moving into their second or third-act careers. She delights in supporting her clients as they move into a new field, a different organization, and/or into a new phase of life. Pearl has extensive experience implementing and directing a variety of programs that facilitate the improvement and optimization of performance. She has a successful track record in strategic organizational development, leadership development, learning, talent management and coaching. Pearl provides executive, career management and life transitions coaching. She specializes in developing and facilitating workshops and retreats. Each client is unique, and Pearl will customize her services to fit the client’s needs, ensuring they achieve their desired results. Pearl received her doctoral degree (Ed.D.) in Human Performance at Work from the University of Southern California. She also received an M.S. in Counseling from California State University at Northridge, a B.A. (Honors) in Applied Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and a B.A. in Business Studies from Manchester Polytechnic, England. Her training certifications include Achieve Global, Coaching (ACC, BCC & CPC), Connecting With Others, DiSC, Emotional Intelligence, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team and Myers-Briggs (MBTI). CONTACT INFORMATION Email: pearl@hilliardps.com Website: hilliardperformancesolutions.com Joyce Fernandez: Email: jfernandez310@aol.com Maria Bereket: Email: mbear88@gmail.com Website: designbearmarketingdotcom.wordpress.com Information about our up-coming webinar series, “Reinventing Your Career at 40+”: webinars.yournextstepcareers.com BOOKS LifeLaunch: A Passionate Guide to the Rest of Your Life by McLean and Hudson (2011) Second-Act Careers by Nancy Collamer (2013) What’s Next? Finding Your Passion and Your Dream Job in Your Forties, Fifties and Beyond by Kerry Hannon (2014) URLs encore.org (An organization that taps into the skills and experience of those in midlife and beyond to improve communities and the world) pivotplanet.com - you pay $50 per hour to talk to someone about their career; they have over 300 career types. rgp.com - A consulting firm that employs professionals, on a project-by-project basis. taprootfoundation.org (provides volunteering opportunities) volunteermatch.org (also provides volunteering opportunities)

On the March 29, 2016 show, the first guest is Brenda Clement, executive director of Citizens Housing and Planning Association, a nonprofit association for community development and affordable housing in Boston, MA.  Citizens' Housing and Planning Association's mission is to encourage the production and preservation of housing that is affordable to low and moderate income families and individuals and to foster diverse and sustainable communities through planning and community development. In the second half of the show, Rabbi Address speaks with Nancy Collamer, a career consultant, speaker and author of Second-Act Careers: 50+ Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement. [spp-player] About the Guests Brenda Clement Brenda became Executive Director of Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) in April 2012 and is responsible for managing and overseeing all aspects of the agency's work.  Established in 1967, CHAPA is a non-profit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities in Massachusetts.  CHAPA is the only statewide group that represents all interests in the housing field including non-profit and for-profit developers; municipal officials, local housing providers and advocates, lenders, planners and other housing professionals.  In 1995, CHAPA created the New England Housing Network which coordinates federal advocacy efforts for affordable housing across the region. Brenda has over 20 years of experience in the housing and community development field. She previously served as Executive Director of the Housing Action Coalition of Rhode Island, a statewide affordable housing advocacy organization, and as Executive Director of the Housing Network, the Rhode Island trade association for community development corporations. Brenda is also a founding member of the New England Housing Network and serves on the Board of the National Low Income Housing Coalition currently as Chair. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Economics from Providence College and a Juris Doctor from Washington College of Law at American University.     Nancy Collamer Nancy Collamer is a native of Freeport NY, who studied psychology at UNC/Chapel Hill. She spent her early career working in corporate human resources where she learned about interviewing, training and labor laws.  But after becoming a mom in 1987,  Nancy decided to leave corporate life behind and headed back to school to get a masters degree in career development. Since that time, she's been helping clients around the country find more fulfilling ways to earn a living on a flexible basis. She has written extensively about careers for a number of websites including Oxygen Media (1998-2001) AARP.com, MariaShriver.com and Job-Hunt.org and has spoken at venues ranging from Harvard Business School to the California Governors Conference on Women.  My advice has been featured in numerous media outlets including NBC Nightly News, The NY Times, CNN, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, O Magazine and Fortune (you can get the full media list here). Boomer Generation Radio is sponsored in part by Kendal Corporation, a Quaker-based provider of continuing care retirement communities in the Northeast and Midwest, airs on WWDB-AM 860 every Tuesday at 10 a.m., and features news and conversation aimed at Baby Boomers and the issues facing them as members of what Rabbi Address calls “the club sandwich generation.” You can hear the show live on AM 860, or streamed live from the WWDB website. Subscribe to the RSS feed for Boomer Generation Radio podcasts.   Subscribe to the RSS feed for all Jewish Sacred Aging podcasts.   Subscribe to these podcasts in the Apple iTunes Music Store. Subscribe to our email newsletter. [spp-optin]

Working during retirement could be the best thing you do to find meaning, stay healthy and earn money while doing what you love.   In her book, Second-Act Careers: 50 Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement, Nancy Collamer has created a great resource for anyone wanting to take their passion and earn income from it during retirement. Nancy Collamer is a speaker, career coach, and author who writes a semi-monthly career column for NextAvenue.org (PBS) and Forbes.com. Her home on the internet is mylifestylecareer.com. In This Podcast We Discuss: Why second-act careers are a second chance to do what you love How Baby Boomers will change the concept of retirement Why it is important to fill your days with meaning How to blend your passion and work to live more fully during retirement How part-time income during retirement can allow you to retire earlier How to take things you love (like travel) and make money doing it during retirement How to test drive retirement work options before committing Examples of others that are doing what they love during retirement and earning an income Common mistakes retirees make with second-act careers Also, 4 Reasons You Should Completely Ignore Extreme Market Predictions Want access to the free Retirement Answer Library? Last week, I  introduced a great resource to help you find the answer to your retirement questions. The Library includes worksheets and checklists to help you plan for and live in retirement. Each month new resources are added based on client and reader questions. Together we can build a library to Plan Well and Invest Wisely for retirement. Gain Access Here Resources Discussed My Lifestyle Career website Second-Act Careers: 50 Ways to Profit from Your Passions During Semi-Retirement, by Nancy Collamer The Retirement Answer Library Nextavenue.org, online magazine for people over 50

If you're looking to add meaning, personal growth and added income to your life, you're going to want to hear from this guest . Nancy Collamer is a career coach, sought-after speaker, and is known as the expert at helping people create lifestyle-friendly careers. She's also the author of the invaluable guide for those of us in midlife and beyond entitled, Second-Act Careers. She's been featured in numerous media outlets, including the NBC nightly News; the New York Times, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and NextAvenue.org. Nancy is joining us to share all about how you can create and thrive in your very own Second-Act Career. So, if you want to find inspiration and an income, you'll want to be certain to catch this one!