Most people know that the ethic of reciprocity or "The Golden Rule" to mean to "treat others as you would like to be treated." It is a fundamental moral principle of most religions and, according to Wikipedia, arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights. It also turns out to be a killer business networking tool. »more»

This is the seventh and final column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. Energy is the one of the single greatest problems and perhaps one of the single greatest opportunities in the world today. »more»

The past several weeks have seen the launching of a notable new blog about the changing cocept of the "right" career path, several midlife career success stories, and an indication that changing paths at midlife isn't so odd after all. »more»

This is the sixth column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. We pick up where we left off from the last two columns, "Friction or No Friction" and "Place or No Place." Both of those trends are closely tied to the ever growing connectedness of our world. »more»

This is the fifth column on the macro trends to consider when making your midlife career change.

Someone once said to me in the early days of Internet 1.0 that ‘everything that exists in the physical world will be replicated on the Internet.' In this new age we now have a choice between the way of the physical world and how society has operated in the physical world and a new, cyber way. »more»

A new Pew Research Center survey says that only 15% of workers 50+ expect to make a career change, while 66% think they'll remain with their current employer for the remainder of their working lives. »more»

For a good part of my working life I've wondered whether there was something wrong with me. Most of my friends had a very clear career path and stayed at established companies for a long time and only leaving to go to a related job at a different established company. »more»

This is the fourth column in our series of seven that look at the macro trends to consider when making a midlife career change. In the first three, which can be found by clicking on the column titles below, we looked at the Flow to Global, the Flow to Individual and Disintermediation. This column looks at the choice between Place or No Place. »more»

The National Law Journal recently wrote that people who want to make a second career as an attorney shouldn't expect to find work at big firms. »more»

It surprised us when "Midlife career change: Long-haul truck driver?" became one of LifeTwo's most constantly read posts. The traffic came mostly from people searching on some combination of "career change "and "trucking". »more»