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What Happens When You Furlough Half Your Mid-Life Workforce?

My first “real” job was working as an ad taker in the classified department of a major metropolitan newspaper. I worked part-time while attending college, but this was my first taste of the world of work, rubbing elbows with journalists, sales and marketing and middle management. One day the supervisor... Read more →

Mid-Life Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes: Time For an Encore Career?

Year end is often a time for reflection. This year brought changes of historic proportions. Some good but also challenging on many levels, especially for midlife boomers. You may be considering a lifestyle change, a midlife career change, having an identity crisis or looking for that "encore career". Boomster.com is... Read more →

Struggling Through Midlife

If yesterday's post was a little flip regarding the very real anxiety men feel in today's economy, I offer another voice for career change help. He's H. Les Brown, a career change consultant, and he writes about midlife mastery and career change. His latest article focuses on two key factors... Read more →

Baby Boomer Career Made In Hog Heaven A perfect midlife career transition might be self-employment by way of franchise ownership. According to Scott Yarnell, GuruFocus, "... For the patient investor who enjoys accumulating, at reasonable prices, those rare privileged companies with a durable business franchise, current market conditions offer such... Read more →

Men's Identity Crisis at 35?

50-year old men may take comfort in learning that their signs of midlife crisis are vastly different than the newly minted, mid-life men of 35. Goodbye to the Porsche or Harley Davidson. Say hello to Botox and extravagent holidays. Research commissioned to launch the DVD of Wild Hogs, featuring four... Read more →

Do What You Love & You'll Probably Starve This provocative title is counter to the myth of the Baby Boomer generation: Do what you love and the money will follow? How many middle aged people love what they do? Money, while important, takes on less importance. We're all headed for... Read more →

Mid-Life Man-ifesto!

Hugh at Gaping Void is my new favorite thinker. "I'm interested in changing the world [however you wish to interpret that statement]. And I believe gapingvoid readers tend to be interested in writers who feel the same. That's the quality we'll collectively be looking for, so please keep that in... Read more →

Mid Life Crisis in Marraige This blog attracts hundreds of visitors per month all of whom are looking for answers to deeper issues, many of them questionning their purpose in life. Like How can a husband survive his wife's midlife crisis? How to heal an estranged son? How do I... Read more →