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July 25, 2017 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Vital Signs: Discovering and Sustaining Your Passion for Life. Gregg Levoy

Maine Career Development Association brought Gregg in for our conference May 2017 and he was our best speaker in years, maybe of all ~12 years we have been chartered. I was fortunate to pick him up at the airport and a few of us went out to dinner with him. Vital Signs is a reflection of much of his current thinking. This is deep. Very thoughtful. Even historical. And at times a reflection of Gregg’s own pursuit of passion in life. The biggest difference in this book from Callings is that … [Read more...]

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April 10, 2017 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Finding Our Purpose begins with Being Authentic

Working with clients I typically begin with helping them identify their skills, but as I finish teaching my 5 week online seminar, Finding Purpose, I think it is more about being “authentic” and finding our true selves, which includes identifying our skills, but much more than that. Being authentic is finding the core of who we are and doesn’t change as we get older; it should only get clearer. Fairly recently, within the past 5 years, my dad told me that he knew I’d be great at … [Read more...]

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November 7, 2016 by Jim Peacock 2 Comments

Ahhhh…retirement. Hey WAIT A MINUTE!!!

“The future ain’t what it used to be.”  Yogi Berra “Retirement ain’t what it used to be.”  Jim Peacock First off, ‘retirement’ is clearly not the correct word. I don’t think we have found the right word yet but they also didn’t know what to call young people in their teens in the early 1900’s until a psychologist studied them and came up with “teenager” sometime in the 1920’s.  *(Did you know that it was the automobile and the freedom it gave this age group that helped create “teenagers”? That … [Read more...]

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March 26, 2016 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Technology free retreat – What a great day!

On February 19 of this year, I turned off all my technology and took a “Rebalancing Retreat.” Thanks to the inspiration from my brother Mark who has taken retreats annually for years and to Richard Leider, a ‘purpose’ expert who suggests in his book, Repacking Your Bags, taking a ‘technology-free’ day and to use that day to  j u s t   t h i n k… My retreat was at a local liberal arts college in a remote room in the chapel tower. My view included the beautiful campus on top of Mayflower … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: finding meaning, less is best, purpose in life, rebalancing, retreat, slowing down

December 1, 2015 by Jim Peacock Leave a Comment

Reading for your own professional development

Each year I devote my December newsletter for career practitioners to my book reviews. While reading books I like to jot down notes and possible things to do generated from the reading and then I write short reviews on my Book Blog. I read a mix of professional books and fun books and you can see how eclectic I am by going to my book blog. I encourage you to read professional books, magazines, journals, or blogs as a way of expanding your own professional development. Reading professional … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career Tagged With: professional development, purpose in life, slowing down

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