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A Chance to Start Over
“…life’s ordinary patterns have paused for millions of people. In these last weeks and months before something resembling normality returns, we might ask ourselves, “What do I want ‘normal’ to look like?” Then, we can start preparing for a new and better normal than what we took for granted until a year ago.”Could this be a […]
What’s Wrong With the Way We Work?
“Once we may have left our work behind, today we take it with us…. Our working life is woven, warp across weft, into the texture of our domestic existence.”Richard Donkin, Author of “Blood, Sweat, and Tears”In the New Yorker Jill Lepore reports on the history of work in America and how we find ourselves shifting […]
The Anatomy of a Transition
“The transitions of middle age have a different flavor and cadence than those in our youth. We know ourselves better. We are more selective.” Our colleagues at the Modern Elder Academy have just published “The Anatomy of a Transition.” Authors Jeff Hamaoui and Kari Henley have put into words their experiences and findings from the […]
Women Reentering the Workforce
“I don’t know what I expected, but the inability to call out my resume gap (on LinkedIn) was immediately apparent. I had typed in “mom” into the blank space of the job title category, and I was surprised and disappointed to find that homemaker was the only option that popped up, which, of course, is […]
Post-Traumatic Growth
“We can come to appreciate life in new ways, build new relationships and connections, develop new hobbies and learning opportunities, identify strengths, and perhaps even find some spiritual change.” Dr. Michael Wilkes explains that people can experience post-traumatic growth from such experiences. Wilkes, a regular contributor to KCRW, is Professor of Medicine at the University of […]
A New You Now
“You can behave ‘as if’ you are the person you want to be. Pretty soon, you might find that it is you.” – Richard Wiseman, “The As If Principle” Psychology professor at the University of HertfordshireIn the New York Times, author Olga Khazan, a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of “Weird: The Power of […]
Writing For Discovery
“Keeping a diary is about paying attention to my life and then paying attention to what I pay attention to.” – Austin Kleon Author Mike Monteiro told us “Write about what you do.” His intention was to encourage writing as a way of exploring what you are doing more closely and to tell the world what you’re doing. If you can’t […]
Designing Your 100-Year Life
“The paradox of change is that the only way to alter the way we think is by doing the very things our habitual thinking keeps us from doing.” – Herminia IbarraLast week we participated in a very engaging and insightful conversation with Herminia Ibarra, an organizational behavior professor at London Business School and author of […]
Work: A Deep History
“For the first 290,000 years of our 300,000-year history, we didn’t work nearly as hard as we do now.” – James SuzmanHave you heard about the Next Big Idea Club? They believe you start with the people behind the ideas : writers, both established and up-and-coming, who engage, inspire, and motivate readers to make changes […]
Amazing Community Partners with VOICE, a UK National Innovation Centre for Aging (NICA) Organization
Next For Me is a supporter of the work of The Amazing Community, an organization that is expanding the work horizon for women 45+. We congratulate them on this significant partnership with VOICE, an acronym for “Valuing Our Intellectual Capital and Experience”– that will allow each community to participate in tech skills building opportunities, quality […]
Learning and Development
According to the 2021 LinkedIn Workplace Learning Report, learning has taken center stage and is essential to help organizations develop the skills necessary to thrive and innovate in the new world of work.When they asked Learning and Development pros globally about their most important areas of focus in 2021, upskilling and reskilling topped the list.What […]
Dear Future Self
Have you heard about the idea of writing a letter to your future self? It’s a chance to visualize where you might end up, and where you were when you wrote it. FutureMe is a free service to send your note. Some call it “backcasting”.If you were to write to yourself in 1, 3, 5 […]
Virtual Guilt
Kelly Forrister is the Director of Learning at McGhee and Associates. She oversees the curriculum strategy and program development for the McGhee productivity model. As well as Zoom Fatigue, which you’ve probably been hearing about, she writes on LinkedIn about something that isn’t being addressed with more people working from home. She calls it “Virtual Guilt.” “If […]
Best Possible Outcomes
There are a number of ways to visualize scenarios involving your future. You might be more comfortable writing or drawing, or heck, even singing to bring something to life in your mind and imagination. Whatever your preferred method, you can be certain that you’ll be looking at it differently after you do. As Ben Shneiderman, founding […]
Measuring Financial Health
You must have some notion of where you want to be with your finances. Facebook published a study that showed that 61% of consumers expressed concern with their ability to weather a large, unexpected expense, and 59% expressed concern with their ability to provide for themselves and their family“With the outbreak of COVID-19, consumers are […]
Rapid Change Is Disrupting How We Approach Work and Purpose
This article was first published on The Super Age blogThe world is moving fast. The fire hose of information and around the clock news has created anxiety in society. Those best able to handle the onslaught possess what author Thomas Friedman describes as “dynamic stability”. He writes, “There is only one way to thrive now, and […]
Habit Forming
Getting into a groove with a new habit can move you forward. There is a lot of research that even minor adjustments to your way of doing things can make a big difference. Apply this thinking to a new adventure in your life and now you’re doing more than thinking about doing. “In order to design […]
Take Your Lunch Break!
“When leaders take breaks and make it known that they’re protecting that time, employees feel empowered to do the same.”In the Harvard Business Review Ruchika Tulshyan wrote, Take Your Lunch Break! She tells the all too familiar story that widespread remote work has led to longer workdays and more emails and meetings for many employees. […]
Adapting In Fast Times
“For many, retirement is now a myth, and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing workplace is fundamental.”We wrote Rapid Change Is Disrupting How We Approach Work and Purpose in The Super Age blog this week. Without a doubt, cycles of change are moving ever faster. Those best able to nimbly move from event […]
Hacking HR
With the new year in full swing, it’s been a big week for changing our routines to something even more positive. Here’s hoping you find some inspiration too. We’ve had a rush of new subscribers. Welcome! To keep up that momentum, we’re launching a campaign to sign up new subscribers for our newsletters and resources. […]
Now What?
Another week of near constant upheaval, but we carry on. This week’s guest author Wes Morten writes, “In a rapidly changing world, adaptability in the face of adverse events is crucial. Mindfulness offers a proven approach to overcome life’s many unexpected challenges.”Sound familiar (except maybe the mindfulness part)? Things are coming at us from a fire […]
Your Philosophical Center
This article was originally published in Wisdom Well, a daily newsletter from Chip Conley, founder of The Modern Elder Academy. Written by Next For Me CEO, Jeff Tidwell and Editor in Chief, Carole McManus. Midway into our second year at our company Next For Me, some of our advisors and readers questioned the tone of […]
Perseverance and Determination
Hey, Happy New Year! It seems we’ll be testing our resilience for a while longer. And that’s only for the current state of affairs.Most of us will be working and choosing new career paths for many years to come. Retirement for many is now a myth, and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing workplace […]
The Psychological Formula for Success After Age 50
Arianne Coon writes in Bloomberg Businessweek on the topic of grit, perseverance, and determination as we age. Psychologists have long known that success is fueled by grit, passion, and a growth mindset—a deep-seated conviction that you can excel at a new pursuit. Norwegian psychologist Hermundur Sigmundsson says that passion is by far the most important […]
2021: Informed and Inspired
We’re winding up the year at long last. We’ll be back in the new year with more resources to make your next move the best yet. This year we’re especially thankful for the support of our community of readers, advisors, mentors, and cheerleaders. You keep us informed and inspired.If you find value in our work there […]
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