You didn’t plan on becoming an entrepreneur. After decades in corporate life, you assumed you’d stay put, retire quietly, or at least have options. Then layoffs, ageism, and a shifting job market changed the math. For many people in midlife, entrepreneurship isn’t a dream, it’s a reluctant consideration. And that reluctance isn’t a flaw. It’s information. In this episode, we unpack what resistance to entrepreneurship is really protecting you from: fear of financial uncertainty, loss of struc...
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You didn’t plan on becoming an entrepreneur. After decades in corporate life, you assumed you’d stay put, retire quietly, or at least have options. Then layoffs, ageism, and a shifting job market changed the math. For many people in midlife, entrepreneurship isn’t a dream, it’s a reluctant consideration. And that reluctance isn’t a flaw. It’s information. In this episode, we unpack what resistance to entrepreneurship is really protecting you from: fear of financial uncertainty, loss of struc...
19: How to Tell Your Career Pivot Story With Confidence
Burn the Map
8 minutes
1 month ago
19: How to Tell Your Career Pivot Story With Confidence
At some point, every GenXer leaving corporate faces the question: "What do you do now?" Without your job title, the answer gets stuck in your throat. In this episode of Burn the Map, we're tackling the identity crisis that comes after leaving corporate. How do you introduce yourself when the title that made you legible to the world is gone? And how do you explain your pivot without launching into a 10-minute monologue that makes people regret asking? It's awkward. But it doesn't have to be. Y...
Burn the Map
You didn’t plan on becoming an entrepreneur. After decades in corporate life, you assumed you’d stay put, retire quietly, or at least have options. Then layoffs, ageism, and a shifting job market changed the math. For many people in midlife, entrepreneurship isn’t a dream, it’s a reluctant consideration. And that reluctance isn’t a flaw. It’s information. In this episode, we unpack what resistance to entrepreneurship is really protecting you from: fear of financial uncertainty, loss of struc...
