Here's big news from OnRamper Karen Quinn:

Tama's Musings

Do you want to discover your true life's purpose? More ease? Maybe even more money? I have one simple answer, so simple you'll push it away thinking that it could never work. Here it is:

Stop judging yourself. That's it. End of story.

Oh, you have questions? Of course, just like me.

Would you take advice from an insane advisor? Sure you would, and do. Worry is a destructive force.

Terry Nagel
Managing Editor, Encore.org
Civic Ventures

Gail Rentsch describes how women are reinventing their careers in the second half of life.

Terry Nagel
Managing Editor, Encore.org

Serving on the board of a nonprofit organization is a good way to demonstrate leadership skills.

The first wave of “next generation” of nonprofit leaders may be nonprofit executives and others now in their 40s and 50s, according to a new report on the nonprofit leadership gap.

Tama's Musings

Are you waiting for something wonderful to happen? Forget waiting. Commitment to the life you desire changes absolutely everything. Lack of commitment changes absolutely everything, too. Commitment is the magic wand, the sorcerer behind the bush, the technical support of the Gods.

But let's keep it simple: If you're not watering you're garden, you're killing it.

Thu, 04/24/2008 - 7:53am

10 Great Careers You've Probably Never Heard Of
by Jessica Santina (Yahoo.com)

Technology, demographic shifts, new legislation, and consumer preference changes have effectively eliminated many jobs. (Met any dodo trainers lately? Or FORTRAN pros, for that matter?) However, there's an upside to obsolescence: the creation of jobs that, until recently, no one had ever heard of--and perhaps you still haven't.

So here are the 10 hottest emerging careers that you might not know about, but probably should:

1. Nursing Informatics:

Anna Quindlen, Newsweek Columnist and Author

All my babies are gone now. I say this not in sorrow
but in disbelief. I take great satisfaction in what I
have today: three almost-adults, two taller than I am,
one closing in fast. Three people who read the same
books I do and have learned not to be afraid of
disagreeing with me in their opinion of them, who
sometimes tell vulgar jokes that make me laugh until I
choke and cry, who need razor blades and shower gel
and privacy, who want to keep their doors closed more
than I like. Who, miraculously, go to the bathroom,

I make my living teaching women how to own their ambition in a society that has a double standard. It's our prevailing cultural paradigm: ambitious men are go-getters, but ambitious women are bitches. I define ambition as that which drives our creative existence, provides an outlet for our talents and passions, defines who we are, and allows us to earn our full worth without apology. I walk my talk. But just like you I take hits. In a moment of trauma, I too succumbed to those deeply ingrained cultural beliefs about how women are supposed to behave.

These days, many of us are in the bog-swamp-fog of transition. Transition is that Jello-like place on the way to a new identity—a place that defies certainty in the meantime. Maybe we have chosen to leave something behind. Maybe we've been heaved off a crumbling ledge--with or without a severance package. Either way newness and "lack of control" have a way of sweeping in and taking our breath away, changing the course of our days, and leaving us hesitating before the Grand Void of Change. Here's what happens in transition - you're left alone with your mind.