Valerie Young of ChangingCourse describes her company’s mission:
“After spending a mind-numbing seven years making a mind-numbing 90 mile a day commute to my even more mind-numbing corporate job – and then successfully getting out – I’ve dedicated my life’s work to help others do the same.
“Since 1996 ChangingCourse.com has helped thousands of people realize their [...]

Barbara Sher writes about and leads retreats for Scanners - “also known as renaissance men and women, eclectic experts, happy amateurs and delighted dilettantes” - and notes they (and I consider myself one) do not generally follow a linear career path, but may flourish with a series of jobs that are “good enough” to provide [...]

“The natural trajectory of giftedness in childhood is not a six-figure salary, perfect happiness, and a guaranteed place in Who’s Who. It is the deepening of the personality, the strengthening of one’s value system, the creation of greater and greater challenges for oneself… becoming a better person and helping make this a better world.”
That quote [...]