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Telephone Repairman Follows His Dream: Designing Women's ShoesDo I wanna be in laying on my deathbed saying "Oh, I'm so glad I played it safe?"
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After 25 Years, An NBA Referee Finds A New CallingAm I gonna be known just to blow a whistle on millionaires for my life? I knew there was something else there.
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The Making Of A Modern Elder: Chip Conley Joins The Millennials At AirbnbI was seeking the wisdom as much as I was dispensing it.
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Can A City Have A Second Act? Welcome to Irving, TexasWhen bad things happen, you just tough up and get on going.
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Can One Woman Fix Foster Care? Meet Judy CockertonThere's no greater feeling than doing what you're meant to be doing. I highly recommend living a life of meaning and purpose.
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Tennis Anyone? Leaving Boeing To Become A High School CoachI always wanted to figure out a way to try to do something career-wise that involved tennis. I didn't exactly know what that was.
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Changing His Tune: Dr. Arnie Rosen Is Now A Band GrandpaHow do I want to spend my day? I want to spend my day at a school in a band room.
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The Man Who Sends College Students To Prison: Jim Farrin's Second ActI went into the dictionary and ripped the page out that says "retirement" because why in the world should you stop working if you love it.
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Don't Retire, REWIRE! 24 Minutes with Author Jeri SedlarSelf-knowledge is really key. I hate to say it, but when we've been doing life 24/7, we don't always take the time to stop and say, "Who am I and what do I need to make me happy?"
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Telephone Repairman Follows A Life-Long Dream: Designing Women's ShoesDo I wanna be laying on my deathbed saying, "Oh, I'm so glad I played it safe." No, I know I have more in me….
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Identifying Your Ideal Second Act: Nancy Collamer and the 25 QuestionsFigure out what you love to do, do well, and find most meaningful, and then get out there and put yourself in opportunities way.
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Honey, I Just Bought A Liquor License: Sharon Starts A Wine StoreI make much less money now then when I was an investment banker. But there literally has not been a single day in 11 plus years where I've said, "Oh man, I have to go to work today."
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Goodbye GE...Hello JC: Father James Martin's Second ActThe question that every person should be asked is, 'What would you do if you could do anything you wanted to do?" That's a very clarifying question.
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Acting Is Her Second Act: A Public Relations Star Finds A New RoleI felt like I needed some new goal of my life. I wound up taking an acting class because it was something I'd loved as a kid.
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James and the Perfect Burger: Redemption With A Side of Fries“I was committed that I wasn't coming back. I wanted the things that I set forth in the penitentiary to dictate my freedom upon being released."
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The Last Laugh: 81-Year Old Man Tries His Hand At Stand-Up Comedy“I like to make people laugh and I really do believe that there are times when I'm taking their minds off their problems..."
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Ready for Some Expert Advice? 23 Minutes with Marci Alboher"To make a successful transition to a second act, you need two things: flexibility and humility."
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Getting Benchwarmers in the Game: Retired Engineer Keeps a Promise"I really struggled with sports...I was never good...I never got to play because I never got picked...and it really affected me..."
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From "Late Night with Conan" to Rikers Island"I'm going to give myself one year without worrying about getting another job. If I do, I do, and if I don't, I don't..."
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Goodbye Journalism…Hello Baked Goods“And so I thought when I decided to do something different, I thought what do I know? What makes me happy? And that was baking, cooking, and feeding people.”
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An Investment Banker Goes Back to School“If there was anything that changed my life, it was my education. And so when I turned 50 that was in the back of my mind…”
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Second Life Bikes is Her Second Act“September 11th, I was on my bike heading down the West Side Highway…and I saw the first plane come into the building...”
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From Big Law to Methodist Minister“I started to realize that I'm in the wrong profession and I've been in the wrong profession for 25 years.”
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A Doctor's Passion Takes Him to Uganda“The love, the meaning that I have received, I will never ever be able to give back to them…I want to do so much more because these people are such good people.”
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A Second Act That's Clean and Sober“The journey with my addiction has been painful. It's been the most heart-breaking experience I've ever had in my life…”
