HERE’S A YARN: A FORMER NURSE FINDS FOCUS IN A KNITTING BUSINESS
Stitching together a new life Susan Wolcott is a child of the ’60s. As soon as she graduated from high school in 1969, she left her hometown of Olympia, Wash.,…
A TOUGH COP TURNS NASHVILLE MUSIC AGENT
A California Highway Patrol assistant chief finds a second career managing singers and songwriters To be the toughest female cop alive, you run 3 miles uphill, climb 300 stairs, put…
A LAWYER’S NEW PARTNERS ARE COWS
Other than the familiar long hours, farm life is a learning experience for a city guy Read Published Article Sam Fox is not a gentleman farmer. But by all rights,…
A ROAD MAP FOR WOMEN IN RETIREMENT
The Transition Network helps launch post-career plans Read Published Article Charlotte Frank remembers heading downtown that brilliant September morning seven years ago toward her 63rd-floor office in Lower Manhattan, where…
A CROSS-COUNTRY JOURNEY FROM NEWS TO WINE
He heard it through the grapevine: A TV producer follows his nose to a new career Read Published Article Becoming a winemaker—never mind a winemaker in Walla Walla, Wash.—had never…
FEELING AT HOME CARING FOR THE HOMELESS
A veteran of corporate America finds her skills are right for a new task When Anne Nolan first walked down the darkened steps into a homeless shelter, she started to…
HOW TO FINANCE A MIDCAREER MOVE
Read Published Article Is it finally time for a change? You’ve spent more than 20 years in one field—say, banking, law, or sales. You’ve dutifully built up equity in your…
5 STEPS TO STARTING A SECOND CAREER
Read Published Article Who doesn’t fantasize about a second career? Especially if you’ve worked in the same field for 20 or 25 years, been there and done that, accomplished most…
BOTTLING A HEALTHY IDEA
A former Microsoft exec’s start-up finances cancer research Read Published Article Running (and finishing) a 5K race wasn’t always on Trish May’s to-do list. Neither was founding and running a…
WHERE WORK REALLY IS A ZOO
Read Published Article Howard Baskin admits that a few homeless cats have won his heart over the years, but saving abandoned and abused lions, lynxes, and leopards was by no…
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