Monthly Archives: May 2016

Two Words From Steve Jobs Will Change Your Life

Two Words From Steve Jobs Will Change Your Life

    This week we have a guest blog from my friend, colleague and author of “Your Retirement, Your Way”, John Trauth.   Steve Jobs was a master at reinvention.  He reinvented himself many times throughout his career (Apple, NeXT, Pixar, and Apple again) and in the process, reinvented ways in which we communicate and interact with each other and the…

More info

Men And Their Major Organs

Men And Their Major Organs

Bless the news cycle and social media.  Without them I wouldn’t be able to keep my worrying updated and prioritized. The New York Times published this challenging piece on May 17th: A man whose penis was removed because of cancer has received the first penis transplant in the United States, at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Thomas Manning, 64, a bank courier from Halifax, Mass., underwent the…

More info

The Real Future of Work – Part 1

The Real Future of Work – Part 1

I’ve recently returned from Vancouver, where I presented a session at the American Board of Vocational Experts  annual conference.  My session was called THE NEW WORLD OF WORK FOR PAY: IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT JOBS ANYMORE.  What do I mean, it’s not about jobs? Work has been with us forever.  Jobs have not. Jobs as a configuration of work for…

More info

THE MIDLIFE NON-CRISIS

THE MIDLIFE NON-CRISIS

My friend Peter emailed me after reading a recent opinion piece by David Brooks about the so-called midlife crisis.  “The image of midlife as a time of crisis is almost the opposite of what this period of life is really about,” Peter wrote. I can’t agree enough. Midlife can be a bit disorienting and scary from time to time, but…

More info