Changing careers or starting your own business after 35 can seem hard. But do you know what's also hard?! Staying stuck in a career you hate or no longer enjoy is hard. Working on someone else's dream instead of your own is hard. Deciding what problems are worth having (as well as what you no longer want to tolerate) is what this episode is all about!
Do you tend to (endlessly) overthink your career change, but never get any solid clarity about it? Keep noticing (and worrying about!) problems and risks with your new business or career idea, instead of taking action and making it happen? Then you are stuck in The Overthinker's Negativity Trap! Hit play to learn WHY you keep falling into this trap and HOW you can avoid or escape it - Both vital requirements if you want to (finally) get your career change or own business off the ...
Want to discover the portfolio career strategy I use with career change clients who "can't just risk it all"? Are you a professional over 35 with proven skills and experience? Then you are a perfect candidate for NOT risking it all, especially financially! Instead of regarding your background as shackling you to the one job you hate, you can learn to turn it into a financial launch pad for your transition into something new and more meaningful. Starting your own business or...
Who is your who? Figuring out who you most want to work with in your new career or business is key. Especially if you feel overwhelmed by too many career change ideas or you keep overthinking the few you do have (and then talk yourself out of them!). Hit play to discover how getting clear on their WHO was aha-moment-inducing for two of Rikke's clients - Both professionals over 35 who were completely stuck. Get ready to apply what you learn, so you can get focus and clarity too!
Would you love to start your own business, but worry that your age (over 40-ish) and career history will work against you? Hit play to have your assumptions challenged and your career change options increased! As opposed to what you might think when you scroll through Instagram or listen to (another) hip, intimidating, 20-something start-up founder, the reality is the older you get (up until the age of 60), the better your chances are of starting and running a successful company (compa...
What do YOU tend to worry about the most? The risks of changing careers or starting your own business? Or the risks of staying stuck in that career or job you no longer enjoy? Most professionals over 35 completely OVERESTIMATE the (imagined) risks of changing careers and starting their own business - All whilst completely UNDERESTIMATING (or even ignoring) the (very real) risks of staying stuck in a career they don't enjoy. If you are following this (rather lopsided...
Do you think starting a business is unrealistic for you (as someone who needs a paycheque)? Then you are likely taking advice from people who don't have a proven track record of helping people like you! Many professionals over 35 are buying into the myth that changing careers has to be a matter of "all or nothing." So they (and maybe you?) do...nothing. Let's change that! I've got 18 years experience of helping people just like you successfully change careers or start that busi...
Whether you feel curious or scared by the (many!) changes happening in the world of work depends on HOW you choose to think about them. Would you like to go from being intimidated or overwhelmed to feeling excited and open-minded? Hit play to discover TWO powerful mindset shifts I recommend making right now! Worried about being seen as a newbie if you change careers or start a business after 35? Want practical alternatives to always defaulting to worst-case/failure scenarios whenever you try...
Are you feeling overworked and undervalued at work? Losing confidence in yourself and your skills? Starting to wonder if you even have any viable career change options or the ability to start your own company? Then you might be stuck in a "Safe Pair Of Hands" job trap - Let's get you out of there (without risking it all or throwing it all away!). I often get emails from listeners along the lines of "Help - I've lost confidence in my skills and feel stuck." ...Often followed by a desc...
Are you an aspiring career changer over 35? Worried about having to start from scratch again? Hit play to discover the biggest advantage you have as someone who's got more than one or two+ decades of experience in the working world! We'll talk about why you never have to go empty-handed into what's next, how to avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater when leaving a profession behind, and how to talk about what you already have to offer in a manner that's relevant to wher...
Perfectionists give up earlier and more easily! Have you noticed? I almost (cheekily;) called this new episode: "Why Perfectionists Give Up On Their Career Change Earlier On Than Others" Or "How (Toxic) Perfectionism Can Ruin Your Chances Of Ever Launching Your Own Business" No kidding - This is so important to talk about. Here's why: Do you identify as a self-oriented perfectionist (i.e. you are the one imposing excessively high standards on yourself)? Then you might be surprised to disc...
Ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome? What if I told you a similar thing occurs amongst a big number of professionals over 35 who know they really ought to get going with that career change...BUT they just can't seem to leave that job/boss they hate so much behind?! Yep - Job Stockholm Syndrome is a thing and this episode is all about how to assess a highly toxic situation like that (IF that's where you find yourself stuck). If you are looking for a much deeper level of motivation fo...
Do you feel torn between staying put in the job/career you don't enjoy ("not risky"!) OR making a big career change ("risky"!)? If so, then you are likely still stuck (in that job/career you don't enjoy)! Why? Because approaching your career change in such dramatic "Black and white"/"All or nothing" terms is frankly limiting your options. You are not alone in doing this though - That's why I wanted to dedicate an episode to what can seem like a really hard and scary question: Is it too ...
If you've always worked for someone else then you are likely sabotaging your career change without even realizing it! That's because you might have developed what I call the "Employee Mindset." And it's really important to be aware of how that might negatively impact how you think about what opportunities are/aren't available to you as a career changer over 35 - Whether you want to start your own business or not! Hit play on this new episode to discover how you might be making it harder for ...
Are you (still) trying to find that one perfect idea, so you can (finally!) change careers or start that business? Have you (already) spent years down the rabbit hole of idea hunting? Hoping to find or (somehow?) come across THE perfect one IF you just keep looking for long enough? If that strategy hasn't worked for you so far, then why do you keep looking? I bet you even feel anxious and overwhelmed as you keep hunting for "just one more idea"?! ;) Hit play on this ...
Have you fallen into a procrastination-shaped hole with your career change or business plans? I've noticed a real tendency amongst aspiring career changers over 35 who put their career change on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic over 3 years ago: They are STILL stuck in careers or jobs they hate and STILL not creating a career or business to look forward to instead. Groundhog Day, anyone?! This is a frank and honest episode designed to help yo...
Do you keep overwhelming yourself with too many career change ideas? Or overthinking the few you have until you kill them off or end up in analysis paralysis? Then hit play on this episode right away! Are you stuck in your career change process? Or not moving forward with starting your own business? Then you are not making enough decisions or experimenting (frequently) enough - Yep! But don't fret - I'm not talking about big, scary, crazy-risky decisions or actions! Listen to discover...
What if you were ALREADY in your worst case scenario? What if you stopped wasting so much time and energy on distracting yourself with what might or might not happen if you were you to change careers or start that business? What if you focused A LOT MORE on creating your BEST case scenario instead? You'll never view your career change experience the same way after you've listened to this episode - Get ready to discover how to assess and handle even your biggest fears and why you are li...
Are you worried about failing and regretting it IF you were to change careers or start that business? But are you also stuck in a career or job you don't/no longer enjoy? Then this episode will help you get unstuck! Hit play to discover what the biggest regret of career changers is and how you can actively decide what regrets you DON'T want to have - Both in the near future AND at the end of your life . This is an episode that deals with some of the biggest questions you'll ever...
Would you love to start your own business but can’t just “quit your job and go all in from day one”? Wonder if you are even cut out to join the entrepreneurial ranks when you can’t just “risk it all”? (like you are repeatedly being told to do by successful start-up founders over on Twitter🙄). Don’t worry – You have other (more realistic) options when it comes to starting your own business after 35! The great news is that not only do you NOT have to quit your job first in order to start your...