Are You a Career Tenant – or a Career Landlord?

My wife and I made a highly disruptive decision recently.  We decided to sell our golf course home of 19 years and move into a rental. It’s the first time we have rented in 46 years of our 49-year marriage. Right or wrong, the decision was based on trying to catch the top of the […]

You Are Too Old Not to Exercise!

  Photo by Catherine Heath on Unsplash Late afternoons on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday are three of my least favorite times of the week.  That’s when you will find me at my local 24-Hour Fitness.  I rarely break that routine. It’s the most boring, painful time of my week.  I hate it, until I’m done and back home […]

Consider Being a Post-career Gadfly

Photo by Егор Камелев on Unsplash Socrates once said, “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” This guy seemed to know “busy barrenness” without even having a smartphone, the internet, a Facebook account or a mortgage. This was just one of many jabs that Socrates took at Athenian society, of which he was a reluctant part.  That is […]

Is Your Geezer Showing?

  Photo by Roland Kay-Smith on Unsplash Call me crazy!  Call me unkind? Call me unsympathetic! Call me insulting!  Call me self-centered! Just don’t call me illogical! You can call me paranoid – because you would be right.  Because I admit to a slight case of paranoia developed over the last decade-and-a-half or so. I’m terrified that I […]

And the Oscar for a Fulfilling Third Age Goes to – – – –

Image by analogicus from Pixabay I’ve had some pretty deep conversations over the last six months with some successful, deeply-skilled execs who are looking at, or are early into, the retirement phase of their lives.  Each conversation is an adventure, each with uniqueness and depth that challenges my listening skills and my ability to inject something original or […]

A Story of Faith, Patience and Grace

  Don Varey didn’t know his career was a lemon until he was forced to turn it into lemonade. Don was a customer of mine 20 years ago.  I was a National Account Manager for MCI/Worldcom (remember them?  Bernie Ebbers, Enron era, cowboys and charlatans galore) and Don was an IT Manager for my largest […]