STANFORD Magazine released an article a couple of months ago that began this way: “Today's youth likely have decades of ‘extra’ time coming to them. Psychologist Laura Carstensen wants them to spread those years out.”   The article is entitled “5 Ways to Prepare for a Longer Life” and it’s all about preparing young people for the 35 years they will have after retirement. The Stanford Center on Longevity has created what's called “the new map of life” to address the critical question of how youth will manage all that extra time. Their team of postdoctoral fellows has reimagined a society molded around 100-year life spans.   In this episode, I do an overview of the article and Stanford’s work on the new map of life. I provide a summary of what they cover in the article, the conclusion they drew, and how all of that can be applied to your life and Encore Career.   We'll dive deeper into these concepts: Why we must plan to work longer and differently. How to change the way you save money. Why regular exercise is crucial to preparing for a longer life. Why you should prioritize friendship. How to envision a long life that you love.   Now, for some action steps: Read "5 Ways to Prepare for a Longer Life" - STANFORD magazine Learn about The New Map of Life Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz   Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook   Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about.   If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it.   I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career.   — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

An Encore Career is an incredible opportunity to pursue your passions in your later years. It is a means of leaving your corporate career and becoming your own boss. It is a path for making the most of your life even after retirement. These are all incredible benefits and draws to creating your own Encore Career. However, when it comes down to practicalities, what are the key elements of one? What does it actually take to develop and grow a business as a silver entrepreneur? In this episode, I review the key elements of an Encore Career as I see it today. Although I’ve talked about this in general terms multiple times over the course of the show, my views have shifted and grown a bit. So, tune in as I share my current perspective on what makes up an Encore Career. We'll dive deeper into these concepts: How to explore your purpose after retirement. How to work on your mindset in your Encore Career. Mindfulness techniques you may consider implementing. Why it’s important to develop new habits and routines. How to create a value proposition. How to create a business plan. Why you should consider how you best learn. How to invest in new people, new communities, and new connections.   Now, for some action steps: Begin Your Journey to an Encore Career Learn more on my website Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook   Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about.   If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Do you want to do what you love while earning from multiple income streams? Having multiple income streams is possible with a Portfolio Career. It also allows you to reduce the risk if one income stream doesn't work out. In today’s episode, we talk with Steve Preston about creating a portfolio career. Following a very successful management career, Steve Preston took redundancy in 2001 when his company relocated. Steve made a defining career and life choice not to let an employer control his future.  Steve is a leading Career Coach, Internationally acclaimed Author, Speaker, Creator of Breakthrough Career & Personal Development Online Courses, Broadcaster, and Thought Leader on Portfolio Careers. Recognized as ‘The Career Catalyst’ ®, Steve is living proof of what can be achieved whether you wish to progress your career, change career at 30, or even start a new career at 50 or 60 – as he has successfully coached many of his clients to do! We'll dive deeper into these concepts: A blended working lifestyle The 3 P’s: passion, pleasure, and profit Why the massive increase in interest in a portfolio career The evolutionary process of a portfolio career Distinguishing factors in a portfolio career   Now, for some action steps: Check out Steve’s online course  Visit Steve Preston’s main website  Email Steve at steve@steveprestonthecareercatalyst.com  Read Steve Preston’s books Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Lynn’s Encore Career Clarity Quiz   Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook   Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about.   If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast1 to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com.

Many of us would consider ourselves to be experts in something: maybe in our previous field of work, or with a tool that we’ve mastered, or a system that we’ve developed. Yet, when starting our encore career, we need to understand how to make that expertise work best for us. We may need to transfer knowledge to employees that work for us in our new careers, or we may need to market our expertise to our clients to show them they are in good hands.   In considering this subject, I was reminded of a book I read back in 2005: Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap. I was intrigued by this book when it came out, as it was centered around the organizations within the corporate world that I was still then a part of. But, I think that its teachings have great relevance to those of us starting our encore careers as well. In fact, Chip Conley of the Modern Elder Association recently held a book talk with author Dorothy Leonard to discuss how this information could be applied to this next stage of our professional lives.    In today’s episode I will walk you through some of the highlights of that book talk as well as some takeaways that I discovered from reading the book myself. I will also share a complimentary book that deals with the opposite skill sets that novices bring to the table to explore how a blended approach of expert and rookie mindsets can be most beneficial.    Learning to embrace being both the expert and the apprentice will allow you to utilize your deep knowledge while developing a learning mindset that can help you tackle the swift changes that starting a new encore career will bring. We'll dive deeper into these concepts: What are the skills of those with deep smarts Some of the best ways to pass down or transfer expert knowledge  The characteristics and limitations of experts vs. novices How expert skills may differ from rookie skills Why rookie smarts can be just as important as expertise   Now, for some action steps: Check out the book Deep Smarts: How to Cultivate and Transfer Enduring Business Wisdom by Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap Read up on the Harvard Business Review article on Deep Smarts Explore these ideas further with the complimentary book Rookie Smarts: Why Learning Beats Knowing in the New Game of Work, by Liz Wiseman Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday   Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook   Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about.   If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast1 to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com.

Your career path does not need to be one size fits all. In fact, today’s episode will help you to explore the possibility that your encore career could unfold down a completely different path than what you are used to. Though there may be challenges that come with switching gears and pivoting to different lines of work or specialties, you will find that often employers appreciate the skills and expertise you bring to the table as an experienced and skilled worker. To help us unpack the benefits and challenges of making career transitions, I have brought my friend and former colleague, Dave Whan, onto the show today for a discussion. Dave has lots of experience in making the switch to new fields, specialities and spheres within the job market. In our discussion, he will share his perspectives as a chief human resources officer as well as additional perspectives from his role with the federal reserve bank and the various other roles that he has taken on throughout his career.Dave has a lot to offer us about his journey and the observations he’s made throughout his experience with career transitioning. His tips can help you to broaden your horizons and take on a career move that will bring you the satisfaction you are looking for, even if it seems out of reach. We'll dive deeper into these concepts: How to prepare to make a career transitions What to keep in mind when pivoting from one skill set to the next How to approach unfamiliar technology tools in a new role The importance of growth mindsets Networking tips when thinking about transitioning careers Why older, experienced workers are more valued by employers than you may realize Some of the workforce challenges that the US is facing and how encore career starters may help alleviate those challenges   Now, for some action steps: Check out Dave’s LinkedIn Profile Reach out to me regarding openings in my Encore Career group coaching program Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday   Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook   Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about.   If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast1 to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com.

Your Message Matters is a book by Jonathan Milligan all about how to transform your passion into a platform. He sponsored a conference of the same name that is centered around the book. His mission is to help people create their own businesses that they’re interested in. Today, I want to share some of my takeaways from the conference. There were parts of it that really stood out to me and helped me in my own business. This episode is all about passing those things on to you. I’ll also share about the process of the conference as a whole. Your message does matter. That’s what Jonathan shared and what I want to make sure you know as well. So tune in to hear all about the conference and learn some practical steps for getting your message out into the world, especially as you embark on an Encore Career! We'll dive deeper into these concepts: Some of the content that was taught at the seminar. What Podmatch is. How to host a webinar or training. The action steps I took after the seminar. Excellent design elements of the seminar. How it mixed virtual and in-person elements. Now, for some action steps: Look at Your Message Matters Book site Read “Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement” Check out the Age Wave website Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

What is the new journey of retirement? We know that it doesn’t look the way it did even 20 years ago. Retirement, how people spend their time once they’re retired, and who can be classified as a “retiree” have all shifted significantly in the 21st century. In this episode, I look into a report on this topic. The report was done by Edward Jones and The Age Wave Institute and is called, “Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement.” They performed a study of more than 11,000 North American adults, largely pre-retirees and retirees. Their purpose was, “To explore how the journey of retirement unfolds, the patterns of people’s experience in retirement, and the keys to thriving along the way.” Tune in to hear the key insights from this report and what this means for all of us who are pursuing Encore Careers.  We'll dive deeper into these concepts: The ideal length of retirement for today’s retirees. What today’s retirees consider the purpose of retirement to be. The five major forces currently converging to reshape the new retirement and the lives of retirees.  The four stages of the new journey of retirement. Boomers’ new definitions of success. The four distinct categories of retirees. The five habits of highly successful retirees.   Now, for some action steps: Check out Edward Jones’ Longevity and the New Journey of Retirement Look around the Age Wave website Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

We talk a lot about creating your Encore Career on the podcast: how will you transfer your skills and what will you do? As you can see, most of what we talk about is related to the question of “what.” However, today’s episode will be a little different. We’re going to discuss who you want to be when you grow old. This discussion is based off a book by Richard Leider and David Shapiro. I was introduced to Richard by Modern Elder Academy. We went through several sessions together and had many conversations about purpose, especially purpose later in life. One of the common themes we came back to over and over again is that purpose ties in with mindset. This is one of the first areas we talk about in the process of creating an Encore Career as well. We must do some hard work on our mindset to start navigating the path towards purposeful aging. In today’s episode, I’m going to talk about this path, how mindset is related to purpose and creating an Encore Career, and more from Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old? We'll dive deeper into these concepts: Why the path to purposeful aging is personal, not prescriptive. How aging is a journey. Why getting old doesn’t disqualify you from being useful. Why the language we use to describe ourselves is important. The difference between growing old and getting old. You’re a human being, not a human doing. Why you should consider the legacy you’re leaving behind. Parker Palmer’s two questions. The ultimate conversation you must have with yourself. Now, for some action steps: Check out Who Do You Want To Be When Your Grow Old? by Richard Leider and David Shapiro Live with and journal about the questions Find someone to discuss it with Check out Richard Leider’s website Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com

Do you want to be a victim or an actor? This is the question to ask in a recession. The truth is, rough seasons like recessions can be seen as challenges or opportunities. To be an actor, you embrace your circumstances as opportunities to take action. You do what you can with what you have. Think about it this way: you’ve been here before. You’ve made it through economic downturns and come out the other side. Studies have shown that the best companies accelerate out of a downturn in this way. Who’s to say you can’t do the same in your Encore Career? Now, if you’re specifically asking what you should do next, this episode is for you. In it, I discuss what to do with your Encore Career during a recession. We’ll talk about the various options available to you at this time: keep working, launch your business, adopt a side hustle, and more.  Tune in to learn how to succeed in your Encore Career, no matter the state of the economy. We'll dive deeper into these concepts: How long recessions typically last. The opportunities that exist during a recession. How you can develop your skills in this economy. The importance of digital skills. Why networking is so crucial. Why you should work on your health in this season. My 3 P’s based on Mike Kim’s model. Now, for some action steps: Get You Are The Brand by Mike Kim Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn

You Are The Brand by Mike Kim lays out “the 8-step blueprint to showcase your unique expertise and build a highly profitable, personally fulfilling business.” These eight steps are powerful and effective. They have helped me tremendously throughout my own entrepreneurial journey. But what does You Are The Brand have to do with creating an Encore Career? As it turns out, a lot. In my coaching programs, I help you start your journey to having an Encore Career. Specifically, I teach you the why and what. You Are The Brand fills in the gaps by explaining how to do this Encore Career thing. It also helps you understand the when and who of running your own business. In this episode, I explain a little bit more about what You Are The Brand is all about. I also go over what you will learn from it and why it is so beneficial to your Encore Career. Tune in to learn more. We'll dive deeper into these concepts: My experience working with Mike Kim and You Are The Brand. What a unique value proposition is. Why I’m teaching You Are The Brand. The various “primary voices” you could choose. Why you need to value your time. Now, for some action steps: Check out You Are The Brand by Mike Kim Download the free worksheet: Three Steps You Need for a More Productive Workday Take the Encore Career Clarity Quiz Connect with Me: LinkedIn Facebook Please leave a Rating and Review: Since this podcast is new, I’m asking for Apple Podcasts reviews. Reviews help others discover and learn what Creating Your Encore Career is all about. If you enjoyed this episode, we've created a PDF that has all of the key information for you from the episode. Just go to the episode page at https://www.lynnfriesth.com/podcast to download it. I thank you so much for being here and I’ll see ya next time on Creating Your Encore Career. — Lynn   *** Episode Credits If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, coaches, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com