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Midlife Mastery Journal: Life Is Coming At You - Are You Ready?
The only constant is change, yet we get a strange sense of (false) security from handling only those issues right under our noses. Not a good idea.
Midlife Mastery Journal: The Boomer Survival Guide
Don't expect to survive the strains of midlife by doing nothing . . . especially in this economy. You've got to DO something . . . but what?
Midlife Matters and H. Les Brown internet radio show 2/6/2009 | Midlife Matters: Midlife Dialogues Series with Dr. Rhoberta Shaler
Listen to H. Les Browns February 6 internet radio show about Midlife Matters and H. Les Brown Dr. Shaler is a founding member of the International Council of Online Professionals. Her PhD is in educational psychology and her intensive training in all aspects of conflict managementnegotiation mediation angerwas completed at the prestigious Justice Institute of British Columbia. She is the author of more than a dozen books audio programs as well as many manuals to improve specific people skills. Her books are have been translated and published in Mexico Latin America Indonesia and India and her numerous articles are published in more than 17000 web pages and 1000s of eZines around the world.. BlogTalkRadio is the leading social radio network with thousands of shows from around the world.
Are You a Midlife Entrepreneur?
It's best to have explored carefully what it means to be an entrepreneur (and what it costs) before you become one.
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Regardless of which path you decide to follow, make sure that you've talked it out thoroughly with people who know . . . people who'll challenge you, not just give you the answers that you want to hear.
Distracted by Life
'The Frazzled Entrepreneur' isn't at all a myth: it's the fate of too many men who jump ship from their careers to become an entrepreneur without enough thought. Things may not be as urgent as you think!
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Here's where, especially at midlife, men (and women) make their most serious mistake: their discomfort with the present state of their affairs causes them to see an urgency to their decision-making that may not really be there at all. And this deceived sense of urgency is your ticket to making poor (unfortunate) decisions.
Balancing Your Needs against Your Wants
Should your next career satisfy your basic economic needs, or should it satisfy the desires of your heart? Is there any way to strike a balance between them?
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You know the old saying: 'It's better to be safe than sorry'? As you consider your next career, balancing what you need with what you want, keep in mind that it's very possible to be both safe and sorry.
How Stuck Are You in Your Job?
How's your level of job satisfaction today? Pretty lousy? What practical steps are you taking to change it? to survive?
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In an economic climate like the one we're experiencing now, people all over the world are finding themselves with few choices. When you're looking at making do with what you've got or leaving to take your chances in a brutal economy, even an unbearable situation begins to look good.
What Will Your Next Career Look Like?
Job security? Retirement? Dream on! No matter whether you're currently employed or not, you've got another career in your future: count on it!
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If you want my recommendation on the subject: forget about retiring. Regardless of whether you're currently employed, facing a layoff, or already 'semi-retired', there's a very high probability that there's yet another career in your future.
How Powerful Is Your Denial?
The defense mechanisms of denial and blame help to protect the fragile male ego. They also block him from creating a healthy self-image.
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The stress of maintaining their manhood takes an enormous emotional and physical toll on most men. However, because they must be self-sufficient and emotionally restricted in order to maintain their manhood, they can never admit their emotional or physical pain, nor can they ask for help.
A Sneak Peek at the Future
When we look at the future, it appears as a very scary prospect: especially for men. Yet, every threat is just an opportunity in disguise.
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'The fittest' no longer refers to the strongest and most aggressive; the fittest from now on will be the men and women who are the most empathetically connected to one another. It's a new world.
Circle of Influence vs Circle of Concern
It's entirely too easy to become overwhelmed by the world's problems. If we don't pay attention to our circle of influence, we may allow ourselves to become wholly ineffective.
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There are no real tragedies in life (except, perhaps, a person who gives up on him- or herself along the way). There are only events or happenings. Each one is little more than an invitation to grow.
Exit Plan or Shot In The Dark?
Have a great job that you love? Have a lousy job that you hate? Before you have no job at all, you need to know where you want to go and plan for it: not later, NOW.
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Regardless of how well you love what you do, so long as you survive, you're assuredly not going to stay in that job forever. Life is risk; but the more you're able to address and lower that risk, the more successful you'll become.
57% of Layoffs Occur in Middle Age
Just when you're least able to cope with upsets in your life, when you're reevaluating everything, your career gets upended. It's all part of how the midlife game is played.
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While I understand the heartfelt desire to escape the cycle of build-up and let-down that being part of the job market entails, you need to think through the entrepreneurial route very carefully. This applies particularly to that most delicate period of life called 'midlife.'
Three Top Reasons You?re Not a Success
If midlife finds you feeling like you're a failure, perhaps it's because you misunderstand success. There are three beliefs that can cripple even the best of us.
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Let's look at the three main reasons why intelligent, committed, hard-working men (and women) like you fail to succeed. I think you'll find the discussion provocative, to say the least.
Can You Win the Uphill Midlife Battle?
The more some people try to cope with midlife issues, the harder it seems to make any headway. What's left? To chuck it all? To give up? Isn't there another option?
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The classical midlife crisis scenario is so avoidable. If you are frustrated facing the challenges of the midlife transition, let me assure you that the solution consists in a simple (but not easy) two-step process: 1) understand and accept the nature of change, and 2) change your mind.
Midlife Mastery: Is 'Adulthood' Just Postponing Growing Up?
Surprisingly, that age-old question, "What do you want to be when you grow up," too often remains unanswered through adulthood.
Ask Auntie: Touchy-Feely Team-Building
- Today's reader is concerned that team-building is a waste of time and against his or her nature and better judgment. Auntie explains that teaming will never be effective until he or she can see it in a different light. - hlesbrown on 2008-02-07
Ask Auntie: Why Intention, Mission, Vision, and Value Statements?
- Lots of individuals and organizations spend time making intention, mission, vision and values 'statements'. But do they do any good? Auntie sets the record straight. - hlesbrown on 2008-02-05
Ask Auntie: Your Life, Your Universe, and Everything
- For some, concentrating on your strength seems to mean leaving important stuff undone. Auntie points out that we often have our priorities backward. - hlesbrown on 2008-02-04
Ask Auntie: Failure and 'The Bright Side of Life'
- A poor reader has just suffered the loss of a business and is having trouble looking beyond it. Auntie provides another perspective to help the reader deal with the current pain and future options. - hlesbrown on 2008-02-03
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