One of my favorite authors, Richard Leider, is coming out with a new book, Something to Live For:  Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life, and I wanted to give everyone a heads up.  As a coach, I've been influenced a lot by Richard's thinking on purposeful living, and his books are featured prominently in the "recommended reading" section of my blog, Project Creative Vision. Needless to say, I'm eagerly anticipating the new book as well.

At a recent conference call about the book launch, Richard talked about how this book is taking his ideas about life purpose to a whole new, more spiritual level.  »more»

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Somewhere along the way, we got the idea that to do meaningful work - work that makes a difference means we have to sacrifice personal wealth, profit and success. We associate work that makes a difference with the terms "non-profit", volunteerism and personal sacrifice. It creates a kind of starving artist mentality. I want to challenge that ‘either/or’” notion. »more»

“But I don’t know what I want to do?” This frustrated exclamation wasn’t coming from a twenty-something. This was my 52 year old coaching client. He had a 26 year career under his belt and wanted a change. He knew he wanted to take the early-out retirement being offered and start a new life. But doing what? »more»

You may have read my other posts and know I work with professional men in the middle of their lives who are dissatisfied with how it is going.

There is a restlessness and unease that many men struggle with that I call the Disquiet. »more»

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Career-counseling (and career coaching) is a relatively new field but has grown rapidly since it's emergence in the 1980s. It is now a $1.5 billion business but is not regulated by federal or state authorities so a little investigation is required before hiring one. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal the best way for a job hunter engage an executive coach is to do the following: »more»

After many years of working around human development, I have watched people who go through significant growth experience stress in their families. Even when change is for the better, change is still change. »more»

Marcia Merrill, The Transition Chick, Career/Life Transitions Coach has compiled her top seven reasons to get a career coach: »more»