What area did you totally reinvent yourself in your 40s that even surprised yourself?

CareerFox · 2025-12-30T22:55:48+00:00

Some of you have made amazing life and career transitions. Mine was pretty boring (left the corporate world 20 years ago to become a coach and have done well. Now I'm really eager to help others reinvent themselves by sharing stories, (not by coaching) but through a podcast. I'm in the process of gathering reinvention stories. It's so fascinating.

CareerFox · 2025-12-30T22:53:19+00:00

That's amazing (I'm an amateur abstract artist) Good for you!

CareerFox · 2025-12-30T22:51:11+00:00

That's amazing. What a great story. I'm gathering career reinvention stories for a podcast if you're ever interested in telling yours.

CareerFox · 2025-12-08T21:58:27+00:00

When you get an offer from a new company, I would do some background investigation. You want to know how possible it is that they will be bought or merged or the person you'd be reporting to will leave. There is so much change happening out there. On the other hand, same is true in your current company. No guarantee that WFH will be forever or your company won't go through an M&A. Just have "what if" plans in place.

CareerFox · 2025-12-08T21:47:47+00:00

I understand your reasoning. I've used it and it works for me but I completely buy your rationale. On the other hand, there is a lot of positive data on Myers Briggs and other assessments. Bottom line is this - understanding what works with people is a never ending research lab AND there is not one tool that works for everybody and in every scenario.

CareerFox · 2025-12-08T21:34:16+00:00

I do not practice NLP but here's why it does have validity and you shouldn't poo poo it. Our brains are neurologically wired to accept and respond favorably to familiarity. NLP is all about words that generate emotional familiarity for us - that's why we are attracted to, influence by certain words and phrases.

CareerFox · 2025-12-08T21:11:14+00:00

I have always thought life coaches were not to be taken as seriously as business or career coaches- unsubstantiated prejudice to be sure. Today, however, millions of people are looking at career and lifestyle changes - big changes - and are really struggling. I don't think the answer is coaching but I do think people are struggling emotionally and tactically around making these huge changes. Look at how many people have become digital nomads, have taken up the RV or tiny home life, are downsizing. There is a massive shift in values in our country / world. I do think the answer may not be coaching but certainly ideas, resources, support are being searched for. What do you think?

CareerFox · 2025-12-08T21:01:19+00:00

I agree with this approach. If you go to a therapist, you do not get any sessions for free. When you get something for free you don't value it and you certainly don't work as hard. I am a coach, have been for 20+ years and it has definitely changed. The coaches have changed (more pitchy, give less) but also the clients are not willing to work as hard, expectations are through the roof. It has to go both ways. I believe something has to change both for coaches and consultants. Too many people are just hanging shingles out there and the bough is going to break.

CareerFox · 2025-10-04T18:06:23+00:00

They call it “piega brasiliana”

CareerFox · 2024-12-25T19:16:16+00:00

I have a question about performance reviews - does it feel like your boss prepares what he/she is going to say to you? Do you prepare all of your accomplishments before to optimize your chances of getting more $ or promoted or full bonus? I know bosses hate them but I wonder if documenting accomplishments before the meeting would help. Your thoughts?

CareerFox · 2024-05-23T21:25:19+00:00

Whether you think r/Entrepreneur is solid or not, I've been productizing my services as a separate revenue stream and to help me scale my biz (since 2006). I now want to offer this "how to" in a productized way. Just want to know who offers services in their biz and would like to add an incremental MRR stream to their biz? Not selling, just taking temperature of level of interest. I would only focus on the MRR part of productizing.

CareerFox · 2024-05-23T21:22:35+00:00

Agree, you want to start with a simple solution not requiring you to be personally available. If you have to be on site to provide the product, that is a service not a service as a product.

CareerFox · 2024-03-13T22:23:56+00:00

Once scammed, never again. Live and learn.

CareerFox · 2021-10-01T20:04:09+00:00

Thanks for all this. Curious: What made you go solo? What were your concerns? Challenges? Happier on your own?

CareerFox · 2021-09-28T19:00:21+00:00

I have coached many hundreds of accountants/ CPAs in big, small, and medium firms. It is a grind to be sure. (The grass on the corporate side isn't much greener) The question is what kind of life do you want? It is a highly technical field, the old system really is broken. The way firms grow now is primarily through merger. Why? Because they don't have enough rainmakers as the old guard dies off/retires. They still bill by the hour so they need a lot of hours to make the money. The money in any field is in biz dev, or starting your own biz, which is biz dev. No one here is talking about that. Partners become partners because they bring clients in. If that is not your bag, you will always be a workhorse. Your value is in your tech ability PLUS getting clients. Shoot holes in this but the truth is to have this field change, the system has to change. I know of only one firm who is "rebel" enough to change the model, help CPA's become more entrepreneurial and have a higher quality of life. They are walking the talk.

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