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Planning a Second-Act Career Without Starting From Zero
How to translate twenty years of experience into a role, business or portfolio of work that fits the life you want now.
7 min read
A second act does not mean discarding your first. It means recombining what you already know into something better suited to who you are now.
Audit your transferable strengths
Write down the tasks colleagues consistently ask you for. That list is your market value, independent of job titles.
Test before you leap
Run a small pilot — freelance work, a short course, a side project — for three months before making structural changes. Evidence beats guesswork.
