Oh, Life! A Simple Tool for Chronicling Life Transitions byJeremy Koch, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 If you’re like me, you have probably started to keep a journal on at least several occasions, thinking that it would be nice to have a record of what you were doing Read More
A New Definition of Entrepreneurship byJeremy Koch, Monday, October 31, 2011 A new definition of entrepreneurship and 10 principles for entrepreneurial success Read More
One Man's Definition of Happiness byJeremy Koch, Thursday, October 13, 2011 The founder of the Center for Well-Being offers a prescription for individual happiness, proposes an index of national well-being. Read More
Know Yourself! Â (Free) byJeremy Koch, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 A Consumer Guide to the Myers Briggs Test, the Strong Inventory, Birkman and Other Leading Career Aptitude Tests and Personality Tests – Which One is Right for You? Read More
Life Values Self-Assessment Test -- Values Defined byJeremy Koch, Monday, September 27, 2010 A list of values ranked in the Life Values Self-Assessment Test and descriptions of what they represent. Read More
How To Plan for a Fulfilling Retirement: Resources for Volunteering At Home and Abroad byJeremy Koch, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 You've worked your whole adult life and have finally saved enough to retire comfortably. The children are grown up and have (hopefully) moved out of the house... Read More
12 Steps to Work Sanity -- And Improved Life Balance byJeremy Koch, Friday, July 16, 2010 We are all encouraged to find work about which we are passionate. This is the ideal: to work at something you “love” and get paid, too! Read More
Life Values Self-Assessment Test: Next Steps byJeremy Koch, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Use the results of your Life Values Self-Assessment Test to develop a plan to achieve a more balanced and fulfilling life Read More
Discover the benefits of a Career Change to a Lifestyle Business byJeremy Koch, Thursday, June 3, 2010 My friend Mark Miller, who is also a regular contributor to WhatsNext.com, recently published a book entitled Read More
Consider A Midlife Career Change to Teaching byJeremy Koch, Monday, May 10, 2010 The rewards of teaching are enormous, and so is the need for excellent teachers. In the next decade, there will be 1.5 million teaching vacancies in the United States, according to the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Millions of baby boomers are retiring from the profession, and a staggering 50 percent of new teachers leave the field within their first five years --the equivalent of nearly a thousand teachers, both novice and seasoned, calling it quits every day. All the vacancies won't be filled, because of funding issues. Still, it will be a major challenge to recruit and retain enough educators, never mind top talent. Read More
6 Things Retirement Calculators Get Wrong byJeremy Koch, Friday, April 23, 2010 An overview of the problems with many online retirement calculators -- and how you can compensate for the shortcomings. Read More
Four Strategies for Charting a Midlife Career Change byJeremy Koch, Thursday, April 22, 2010 It's common for people in midlife to feel a strong urge to change careers in search of something more meaningful or fulfilling. Read More
Discovering What Matters -- A Powerful Self-Assessment Tool byJeremy Koch, Saturday, April 3, 2010 One of my goals in this blog is to make my readers aware of resources available in the market that can help to build self-awareness and plan a midlife career change . Read More
3 Questions That Could Change Your Life byJeremy Koch, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 At a certain age, many of us start to grapple with some tough questions about our future, and we start to focus more attention on the issue of what is truly important to us. Read More
Emerging Second Career Opportunities in Education byJeremy Koch, Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Experts project growing opportunties for midlife career change to teaching in the next decade. Mass Retirement of Teachers Anticipated. Read More
What Your Really Need In Retirement -- Friends byJeremy Koch, Thursday, March 4, 2010 Sylvia Bereskin writes about her first year of life in retirement. Read More
Older Entrepreneurs Target Peers byJeremy Koch, Monday, February 22, 2010 Many older business owners are finding success by targeting their own age group. Feeling that no one else understand their particular needs, an increasing number of retired or semi-retired entrepreneurs are developing businesses that relate specifically to the needs of older Americans. Read More
10 Ways Baby Boomers Will Reinvent Retirement byJeremy Koch, Monday, February 22, 2010 Baby boomers have redefined every life stage they have passed through, and retirement will be no different. Baby boomers have redefined every life stage they have passed through, and retirement will be no different. Read More
Three Free Self-Assessment Tests byJeremy Koch, Wednesday, December 23, 2009 The start of the new year is a great time for personal reflection and taking stock. This process can often be enriched with the help of feedback from self-assessment tests that provide feedback and insight into various aspects of personality, aptitudes, interests, and character. Read More
Three Questions That Could Change Your Life byJeremy Koch, Friday, June 26, 2009 With all the turmoil in the economy, many of us grappling with some very tough questions about our near-term and long-term future. This situation has reminded me of a book by Lee Eisenberg that I read a few years back called “The Number,” in which he focused on the whole notion of what it means to be financially independent. Read More
Welcome To What's Next byJeremy Koch, Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Why We’re Here. No doubt about it -- we live in challenging times. The economy is in turmoil... unemployment is hitting levels not seen in decades... and eighty million baby boomers are moving rapidly toward a stage of life that used to be called ‘retirement.’ Read More
Career Anchors byJeremy Koch, Monday, April 20, 2009 A self-assessment test to help you find your "real self" from Edgar Schein Read More