#second career

A following so massive that Downton Abbey has even been cited as one of the reasons why China’s elite are hiring butlers.

“I’m going to go home and start a butler school!” Carter quipped when told about the trend. “Immediately!”

Downton Abbey creator-writer Julian Fellowes said he wasn’t aware of the trend but “couldn’t be more thrilled”.

“I hope I’ve generated lots of employment for aspiring butlers around the world,” he said with a laugh, adding that he was more than willing to join in on Carter’s potential business venture.

“Yes! Carson’s Butler School, can you imagine anything more appealing?”

My December organizational binge

I work a full time job in an entirely different industry from the art world.  That leaves me scrambling to create content for Instagram, get my portfolio updated (and post the updates to my artist website sandandchi.com)  Once all of that is done, I have to finish collections, design new elements, make new patterns…and the list goes on and on.  So I took one day in December to just organize my…

I love symmetry and balance.  I have a gallery wall in my living room with a collection of nautical art that has circles, squares, rectangles, and ovals all perfectly balanced with a large picture in the center.  It looks a little like this:

I spent hours measuring odd shaped pictures and hunting through my collection to find a balance of shapes that worked.  Knowing the whole time that it would…

XI. The Enduring Role of Generativity One as Leader and Grandparent

Gary Quehl and William Bergquist

In the tenth essay we focused on our continuing role as a parent. Generativity One remains in place throughout our life. In this essay we explore two other ways in which generativity one continues to play an important role: (1) as leader of an organization and (2) as grandparent. We also address the most challenging dimension of generativity one: the death of a…

Organizations are built brick by brick by the people that they on-board, develop and retain. 40% of the freshers hired from colleges leave their first jobs within the 1st year of starting work. They quickly get tired of what they do or their work environment. Many of them seek a different kind of work. Some of them face personal situations to leave their job and settle down in the new world that…

Fly robin fly – taking a chance in a whole new direction

People talk about kids leaving the nest all the time, but what they don’t always mention is how the momma bird occasionally has to leave the nest too.

Her babies are hatched, though because they not self-sufficient, it is critical that she spread her wings and brave the unknown in order to ensure everyone, herself included, reach their full potential. Baby birds have to eat, but also they need to…

Over 50 and Counting

Experience-based Qualification

One of the things I’m an advocate about is inclusive employment for those over 50. They bring to the table a wealth of experience and knowledge that can be crossed over to other matters. It’s because of the awareness.

These are people who, actuarially speaking, have a lot more and a lot longer to making the social and business milieu better and we should avail…