”Are you STILL working?” People who ask that question are either pitying or jealous. Is this you? Pitying—because you assume the “older worker” HAS to work, rather than HAS CHOSEN to work. “Too bad,’ your thinking may go. ”But I’m glad that’s not me.” Jealous—because your own life is not very interesting, or rewarding. Because […]

Do you sometimes fantasize about a ONE & DONE solution to your business problems?  Because that is where that idea leads--to fantasy land. “Can’t I just fix the dang thing and have it stay fixed?” We know that’s too simplistic.  But sometimes you might think like this: If I could just get my marketing message […]

A recent Washington Post Business article was titled “They left corporate America to be their own boss. This is how it’s going.”  The business owners interviewed, like the ones I’ve named the Formerly Corporate™, had jumped or been pushed out of a corporate job when the pandemic led to layoffs and burnout.  The particular focus […]