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Starting a Second Career: Advantages and Pathways

Are you entertaining the idea of starting a second career? What are the advantages of having two careers? A second career is a career you initiate around the midpoint in your working life. According to Peter Drucker, there are two key advantages of starting a second career: 1) avoiding career stagnation, and 2) having an extra opportunity for professional realization. Let’s explore Drucker’s notion of a second career, its advantages, and how to start it.

Peter Drucker: Managing Oneself—Book Overview

What’s Peter Drucker’s Managing Oneself about? What’s the key message to take away from the book? Managing Oneself discusses how to take charge of your career to maneuver yourself into your ideal job. Peter Drucker, the author of many works on management theory, outlines the most important factors that he believes will help you succeed in your career efficiently. He asks that you manage yourself and take actions now that will lead to a flourishing career in the future. Here’s our review of Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker.

How to Use Meditation for Success

Do you believe the myth that meditation can hinder your success? Is there a way to use meditation for success? In his book 10% Happier, former meditation skeptic Dan Harris said that he used to believe that mindfulness and ambition could not coexist. He thought that if he took up mindfulness meditation, he would need to sacrifice his career. As it turns out, he was able to find a balance between the two. Here’s how you can make your meditation practice work with your career.

Career Self-Management: Own Your Success

What does it mean to manage yourself? Why is it important to take responsibility for developing your own career? According to Peter Drucker, managing yourself is taking responsibility for yourself and your career development so that you can grow and learn throughout your working life. In other words, it means taking the initiative to develop your skills so that you maximize your chances of having a successful career. Keep reading to learn what career self-management is and why it’s a practice that Drucker believes you should engage in.

How to Build Trust in the Workplace

Why is it important to foster a culture of trust in the workplace? What does trust have to do with career success? Trust is an essential component of working effectively with others. Trust gives you credibility, creating a pool of people who know your skills and track record. Also, most jobs involve working with other people in some capacity—so, if you can’t foster trust and collaborate well, it will hinder your ability to advance. Here’s how to build trust in the workplace, according to Peter Drucker.

Career Reflection: The 3 Stages of Self-Examination

Why is self-reflection important in career development? What aspects should you reflect on with regards to your career? According to Peter Drucker, the author of Managing Oneself, career reflection is part of the process of taking responsibility for yourself and will help you to advance in your career. Drucker says that, once you have greater self-knowledge, you can and must actively seek out situations where you’ll thrive. Learn about the three stages of professional self-reflection that Drucker recommends to manage yourself so that you learn who you are—and what your personal recipe for career success is.

The 4 Different Types of Income—Explained

What types of income are there? Which income categories provide more job security? Which ones require more risk yet yield higher rewards? According to financial educator Robert Kiyosaki, there are four different types of income which he calls “cashflow quadrants”: 1) employees, 2) the self-employed and small business owners, 3) big business owners, and 4) investors. People who choose to be in the first two categories value security above freedom, but generating income by being an employee or a small business owner are dead ends on the road to wealth. Keep reading to learn about Kiyosaki’s four types of income

What Are the Disadvantages of Employment?

What are the disadvantages of being an employee? Apart from depending on your employer for income, are there any other downsides? People who generate income from employment are usually motivated by security (so much so that they are willing to sacrifice their freedom). According to financial educator Robert Kiyosaki, because of economic changes over the past half-century, employment is no longer a secure way to generate income. Here is what Kiyosaki has to say on the disadvantages of employment.

The Problem With Working for Money—It’s a Trap

Why Socioeconomic Status and Depression Are Linked

Why is working for money no longer secure? What are the dangers of relying on employment to generate income? According to Robert Kiyosaki, working for money is no longer a safe bet for financial security, much less financial freedom. He says that people who generate income from the work they do (employees, self-employed, and small business owners) are at a much higher risk today than they were in the past because of the economic changes that took place over the past half-century. Here is what’s wrong with working for money, according to Kiyosaki.

Robert Kiyosaki’s B Quadrant and How to Break Into It

What is the B quadrant? How does one break into Kiyosaki’s B quadrant from the E or S quadrants? According to Kiyosaki, the B quadrant (big business owner) is a far likelier path to wealth than working in the E or S quadrants because you can take advantage of other people’s time to generate wealth. Kiyosaki says you have two choices when trying to establish yourself in the B quadrant: create your own business system, or buy one that already exists. Kiyosaki offers four routes to owning your own system in the B quadrant. Here is how to break into the B