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Jason, a bright and creative 40 something, faced two attractive business opportunities.  Both have risk.  Both demand time and energy.  Both offer significant but not guaranteed financial [...]

It’s almost time for school to start! Do you remember preparing for the school year and having the opportunity for a new start? It seems as grown-ups that we don’t have the same [...]

Over the years, I’ve helped hundreds of people branch out into new territory to discover their YIPPEE.  They’ve started new businesses, switched careers, learned to love their old jobs, sold [...]

Are you mid career and wondering what’s next?  Or even if you have a next? Do you think you should either stick with what you’ve got or make the leap now? Does the voice in your head say… I [...]

Have you ever felt “up the creek without a paddle”?  Did you find yourself saying if only that hadn’t happened? I’m a huge fan of Downton Abbey, the riveting Masterpiece Theater presentation on [...]

Are you dissatisfied with your job? Do you want to recharge your excitement about what you do? Are you in a career rut? Do you feel undervalued? Are you reluctant to discuss a change with your [...]

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.  Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.  Begin it now.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Have you ever told yourself: It’s too late to try [...]

Verb Isolate or hide away (someone or something): “the artist sequestered himself in his studio for two years”. Have you sequestered your Yippee? What you want to do may be right in [...]

Is this you? I haven’t been happy at this for the past five or six years. I didn’t really choose this career. I don’t even know what I want to do. Every time I think about leaving it, I feel [...]

When I was in my twenties, I’m a Baby Boomer, so it was a different world, I had the notion that when one “grew up”, that life somehow settled down to a predictable “happily ever after” pattern. [...]