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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 […]
2021 Predictions
It’s that time again when the best-of-year lists are proliferating. Sure it’s been a crazy year, but we enjoy those lists as a way to keep our heads about us, and to keep going. Some of the more forward-thinking are publishing their predictions for the coming year. It’s great to think about a new beginning […]
Creativity in a Lockdown
Boy, oh, boy, these erratic lockdown messages have thrown us all in an endless ball of confusion. Trying to move forward with your plans can seem as slow as walking through mud these days. We’re always looking for the best advice to make your next move your best yet. But, it can’t be all hard work, […]
WebMD’s Medical Editor on Change
Brunilda Nazario is the Lead Medical Editor and Associate Medical Director at WebMD. Her story is a rise from poverty to her role as an expert in Endocrinology and obesity. Navigating change for her has been blessed with a bit of “ignorance and naivete”.“We lived in a very poor neighborhood and I knew that I […]
Write About What You’re Doing
Even a very matter-of-fact telling of your day to day experience is a useful exercise to document what you’re doing and where you’re going. What you write informs your process too. If people who are interested in what you’re doing look for you online what will they find? Imagine their delight if what they found […]
Intergenerational Service
“With five generations in the workplace at once, and more people over 60 than under 18, the time is ripe to put real muscle behind new ways to bring older and younger generations together. We have a powerful need for their combined human and social capital, and an urgent need for the generational and racial […]
Inspiration Gift Guide
We Made ItWe hear that big exhale. The promise of getting back to work, back to our plans, and back to a world less mad suddenly seems possible again. Yes, we need to be more vigilant than ever with COVID, so we’re getting creative with staying in touch with our colleagues and mentors. In our […]
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