Category: Changing Course Newsletter

For as long as she can remember “Cathy” has loved being of service to older people, so much so that on Saturdays she offers low-income seniors free haircuts.

Cathy’s is a one-person mission. As it turns out there’s a larger coordinated …

Dreamers beware: for every dream there are 10 naysayers just waiting to dash it. It almost happened to Beverly Goodman Park. Park was close to 60 when her marriage ended. At an age when most people are contemplating …

It’s been over thirty years since Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel traveled the country conducting interviews for his book, Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. In it is an …

I love proving people wrong. Not all people… just the ones who are operating under the kind of faulty self-limited assumptions that prevent them – or the people around them – from working at what they really love. That was …

“At a time when many of us work mostly because it pays, to find meaning in what you do can be a radical stance,” says Po Bronson, author of What Should I Do …

Aspiring entrepreneurs – especially those who are “creativity-impaired” – can take heart in knowing there is more than one way to generate ideas for products or services.
Capitalize on Mistakes
Some of the best product ideas were unintended. Did you know, for …

What I really wanted was a life with more balance, work I could feel passionate about, and the ability to control my own life and time. That’s the day I decided to follow my bliss.

Sometimes signs arrive when you least expect them. On a recent dog walk along the Connecticut River, I spotted a large white sign tacked to a tree on the opposite shore. The sign contained a single word: Start.

This simple but …

Too many people who want to work at what they love seem to suffer from the misguided notion that there are certain “rules” that must be followed.

Let me give you a quick example. At the beginning of every career consultation, …

You always hear how one thing leads to another. Sadly, though, too few people who say they want to be their own boss pay attention to serendipitous connections which means they miss the opportunities right in front …