Smooth Career Change: Over 40 | Midlife Professionals | Aspiring Coaches, Speakers, Authors | Entrepreneurs

Fundraising is one word that I came to detest after having done scores of fundraisers over the years as a Youth Pastor. Therefore when I think of someone wanting to start a fundraising business, it gives me the shivers.

However, after listening to this episode with my guest--Jeremy BarnHart--and experienced his passion, insights and another perspective, it became apparent that having a fundraising business is a viable option to career change.

What I heard in this episode is someone who has learned how to make fundraising fun while creating a very lucrative business model.

Listen and share this episode with someone who is looking for a ready-made way to make money.

The topic of how to start a business online part time can elicit vigorous conversations by those who think they know a thing or two on how to do so.

Most people today who are doing online business started going the part time route. They tested their idea(s) to see if there is a market for it before they took the leap of changing careers.

That is how I started and how I would encourage anyone who is transitioning from an employee status to one of having their own business, to do.

In this episode you will discover some helpful tips that could be considered pre-requisites for starting an online business.

Overcoming FEAR can at times be quite challenging. Add to that the desire to build confidence. When we see others operating at their full potential or at capacity, we wonder why that is not true of us. At least, I do.

What you'll discover in this episode is that confidence is not something you wait for, it is something that comes by you simply taking action over and over again.

The more those action steps are taken, the more confidence will be built.

In so doing, fear will have to take a back seat and move from being behind the wheel.

What does online marketing tools have to do with a career change?' you say.

"It all depends!"

"Really. It all depends! Is that the best you can do?" you reply.

These might be some of the questions you're having as you read the headlines. I would too.

No one topic fits all. These 7 crucial online marketing tools are for you if you are planning to make a career change that leads to doing the work you love namely, your own business.

The term marketing is fitting because no matter if it is an online or offline career change we are making, we are marketing ourselves.

In this episode you'll hear how the following 7 Online Marketing Tools can positively impact your career change pursuit.

Sometimes we have to do what is counterproductive to the status quo like "stop being productive" so that we can actually be productive. 

This sounds like a contradiction of terms. But not according to my guest - Teresa McCloy.

Teresa contends that many people see themselves as being productive when in essence are simply busy but not having much to show for it at the end of the day.

In this episode you will hear Teresa sharing "5 Stop Doing" that will help you with doing what matters.

Facebook is addictive and can keep you from focusing on what you need to be focused on. It has the potential of keeping you from a smooth career change along with a number of other goals, pursuits, etc.

Some people have compared Facebook's usage to that of gambling.

The triggers in the brain that keeps you going in for one more round in gambling, is similar to the firing that occurs in the brain when you try to get that one LIKE on your post.

Facebook does have a lot of positive qualities but it cannot be denied that it has as many if not more, negative ones.

In this episode you'll hear 7 unintended or intended ways Facebook disrupts your career pursuit.

Experience is one of the best teachers of life. We can learn so much from what we go through if we listen and look closely. I find that these lessons can come from any and everywhere. Some people will label them life lessons, podcasting lessons, spiritual lessons, relationship lessons, and on and on.

Learning should be an ongoing thing. We should never stop learning. I see myself as a lifelong learner. How do you see yourself? Do you look for lessons in life?

If you don't, let me encourage you to become a student of your life and look closely for the lessons you're being taught.

In this episode you'll hear the top 13 Podcasting Lessons I've learned having done 250 shows. You'll also hear how I came to doing this many shows.

Is there such a thing as a marketing secret? Does your suspicious antenna go up when you hear the word secrets as a part of the pitch or presentation?

Mine does.

I Immediately wonder, why is it a secret. The picture that comes to mind is of someone hiding or keeping something from view or being heard.

Why would someone want to hide a marketing secret?

In this episode you will discover what no longer will be a secret and if you apply them, you will be well on your way to your quick and smooth entrepreneurial career change.

Awaken Your Creativity! "What's that?" you say. Is that even possible? If it is, how is that done? What if I'm not a creative person? What if I wasn't born with creativity? Can it be learned? ...

These are a few of the many questions that you might be having as you read the title of this podcast shownotes. I would too if I were in your shoes.

At times I too have some of those questions especially when I find myself looking around at "everyone" else seeing and hearing what they are doing. Some are crushing it with creativity or at least showing that side of their lives, which most people do. They are coming up with one idea after another and they all seem to be rocking. At least it appears that way.

"What about me," I would think to myself.

In this episode Bob shares some incredible stories of his journey and how now in his 60s, he's again making a career change of sorts. He shared an illustration that will make you agree that you do have creativity in you and how to awaken it.

Communicating career change decisions with your spouse or significant other can be a delicate subject matter especially when the relationship is strained.

How, where, when and why it is done, is very important to the direction in which the relationship moves. It could create more stress on the relationship straining the strands holding it together, or it could strengthen them. The relationship could get more intimate or more distant.

Some people are so eager to make a career change that they act before they think. They are caught up in the moment and react emotionally without some serious forethought. These decisions could be the final blow to an already strained relationship.

In this episode you'll discover 3 DOs and 5 DON'Ts of communicating this very important and major decision with your spouse or significant other.