2015 Career Resolution: Commit to Career Exploration

Due to my career coaching work, I counsel my friends and family about their careers a great deal. I feel that one of my work missions in life is to help people navigate the practical world. Sometimes I get paid to do so and sometimes I don’t. In discussions with my friends in the shoreline […]

What would you pay for career freedom?

In the mid-1990s, I spent a couple years as a federal prosecutor enforcing violations from bad acting Wall Street types. These people were not guided by ethical considerations or worry about karma or going to heaven. These were folks who acted in a purely self-interested manner.I had a funny off the record conversation with a […]

Career New Year’s Resolution: Commit to Career Exploration in 2015

Meaningful career exploration is the answer to your career challenges. “I don’t like my job. But, I don’t know what else I can do.” so said Alyssa, a mid-level business executive in New Haven, Connecticut.  “What have you done to figure out your career path?” I asked. “I look at job openings…” Alyssa replied. I […]

Career Freedom Equals Financial Freedom

If you have been doing any serious career exploration, you likely of common across articles on financial freedom. Most financial experts define the financial freedom as the accumulation of liquid assets that produce income sufficient to pay all your bills. As a simple example, someone with $50,000 of annual costs would require a return on […]

Career Advice From Aristotle

“Where your passions intersect with the needs of the public, therein lies your vocation.” So said Aristotle thousands of years ago. Truly timeless wisdom.

2015: Now is The Time For Career Change

Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian author, wrote a brilliant short story: The Three Questions centering upon: What was the right time for every action? Who were the most necessary people? What was the most important thing to do? In relation to your career, when is the right time for career changing action?  For Tolstoy and […]

Plan Your Career Change While You Are Employed

“The frog in gradually boiling water story…” In a strange moment of conversational serendipity, Mark blurted out what I was about to say.  Mark had come to office only due to the urging of his wife who had heard about me from a friend. She was concerned for both his emotional well-being and the financial […]

Generating Money In The New World of Work

Happy news for Connecticut career seekers: the new world of work will enable you to create your own work which will, in turn, enable you to create your own money. We are increasingly moving towards a more entrepreneurial way of working. This doesn’t mean you have to start your own business. It does mean that […]

Decide To Change Your Career

Decide right now to change your career. Commit to that decision. Take one step forward. Then another. That’s how change occurs.What stops people from moving phone with their career dreams? There are many reasons but in the years working with people through their career transitions it seems that the feeling of being overwhelmed by uncertainty […]