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    career path

    Just ready to make a choice of career change or modification..Sometimes when life hands you grapes you must first whine a little to make great wine..

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    Rockin' and Rollin' Online


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    Rags to Riches

    Desperate for a career, a woman was inspired by a newspaper ad, and within a couple of years, she turned $80 into half a million.


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    Samuel Greengard

    If you're interested in finding the real you and in taking another shot at a truly satisfying career, author Samuel Greengard can help.


  • Marilyn DuBois
    Marilyn Dubois

    At the age of 80, Marilyn Dubois decided she was ready for a new career. She never dreamed that within three years of that, she'd be promoted to Vice President of a major financial institution!


  • Sam Donaldson
    Sam Donaldson

    Veteran newsman Sam Donaldson has never been shy about speaking his mind.


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    Debbie Tisinger

    Debbie Tisinger has won 14 consecutive titles at the World Senior Championship and three times in her career, she has been named the best female player in the country.


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    Franklin "Bud" Held

    Franklin "Bud" Held burst onto the world track and field scene with his record-breaking collegiate career at Stanford University, and at the age of 75, he's still smashing world records.


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    Thurlow "Turbo" Rogers

    Cycling legend Thurlow "Turbo" Rogers has raced away with more than 300 victories in his career, and the 47-year-old says he's only getting better with age.


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    The Start of a New Career! Finally!

    Computer problems have kept me from sharing your stories, and celebrating a new career that has finally come true.Yes, our lives take twists and turns, and over the years mine might have more twists than turns, but I have survived and continued to grow,...

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  • Matt Thornhill
    Matt Thornhill

    After a 23-year career in advertising, Matt Thornhill has quickly established himself as a leading national authority on baby boomers.


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    Legendary Drummer Beats Way Through History

    Before he passed away, legendary swing drummer Panama Francis sat down with Growing Bolder for an unforgettable conversation about an amazing career, the amazing era he lived through and why he loved the drums more than anything in the world.


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    Jack Lawrence

    He didn't mind if you didn't know his name, because he knew you know his music. His autobiography said it all, "They All Sang My Songs." And the biggest names in music history did.


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    Bobby Goldsboro: Musical Colors

    Throughout his prolific career, he has sold millions and millions of records, written best-selling children's books and hosted a national TV show. As he nears 70, you'd think the legendary Bobby Goldsboro would be slowing down. Think again.


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    The Growing Bolder Radio Show: Feb. 27, 2010

    What if you could do what you love and still make a living? This week's guests prove that pursuing your passions can be the smartest career move of your life.


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    Michael Phelps at 15

    The entire world now knows Michael Phelps but this short clip was recorded 8 years ago just a few minutes after an unknown 15-year-old qualified for his first Olympic team.


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    Concrete Artist Thinks Big

    You can't build much of anything without concrete. But it has far more uses than just for construction. One, is to create fine works of art. Kia Ricchi designs and builds landmark displays with it. See why she makes such a big impression!


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    Growing Bolder with The Computer!

    Internet popularity is not just affecting the larger conglomerates of Corporate America. It is also changing the individual career lives of retired adults. Now, you may think that “Career Lives of Retirees” is an oxymoron, but the idea is growing as...

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    Angelo and Brian Coduto

    Brian Coduto says "It sounded like a shotgun" when he tore knee ligaments on the soccer field. In an instant he thought his college scholarship and promising soccer career was over. But then he met the doctors at Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic.


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    The Forgotten King of Rock & R

    For years I have sat by and watched the rave reviews and the god-like adoration of Elvis Presley. Yes, he was a good entertainer, but to crown him as "King of Rock and Roll" is a grave injustice. The TRUE king of rock and roll is none other than Jerry...

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    Don't Make Age an Excuse

    How many times have you heard a woman say she put her own dreams on hold so she could take care of her family? Too often we put off working toward our dreams because “family comes first” or we feel that it would take too long, or that we...

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    Mel Tillis

    Country music legend Mel Tillis has been entertaining audiences for more than 50 years.


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    Why can't fathers and sons work together anymore?

    Fathers & Sons- Why don't they walk the same career path anymore? by Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Have you noticed how rare it is these days for a son to follow in the same career path as his father? Up until...

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    "I Will Never Give Up"

    Scot Weiss left a promising career in finance to chase an American dream -- inventing a product and starting a company. But even good ideas are extremely difficult to get produced, distributed and sold.


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    Passing Down Mini Memories

    Good things really do come in small packages. Susan Newland shows how a love for family led not just to a new hobby -- but a new career. Her passion will have you looking for new ways to pass on childhood memories to the next generation.


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    Are you working in retirement?

    According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 80% of baby boomers plan to work into their retirement years. Since the tragedy of September 11th, many Baby Boomers had no choice but to enter early retirements when their company faced...

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    Joe Girard

    He's been recognized as the greatest salesman in the world, and Joe Girard says his simple tips can help anyone sell anything.


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    Rose Marie

    She starred in one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, and at age 85, Rose Marie is a quick-witted and sassy as ever.


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    Bobby Vinton

    Crooner Bobby Vinton sang many of the songs that we fell in love to.


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    Joanne McCully

    Joanne McCully graduated from Cornell University at the age of 51 and has found a new career.


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    Jim Beaver

    Actor Jim Beaver's career was at an all-time high, but then his world came crashing down when his wife was diagnosed with lung cancer.


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    It's Mom's Turn To Shine!

    What do Ellen DeGeneres, Madonna, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sharon Stone, Eve Plumb (Jan on "The Brady Bunch"), Joan Jett, Holly Hunter, Belinda Carlisle, Annette Bening, Andie MacDowell and Anita Baker all have in common? They all have...

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    Rich Abrahams

    Richard Abrahams was one of the world's best swimmers during his collegiate career in the 1960s, and amazingly, now that he's in his 60s, he is swimming faster than he ever has before!


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    Time To Reinvent Yourself
    by Marc Middleton

    I'll admit it. I'm more than just a little jealous of those who knew from a very early age what their "true purpose" in life was and have been happily pursuing it ever since. You know, the kind of passion that......


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    Bobby Goldsboro

    After putting his other passions on the backburner for more than 20 years, legendary singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro started growing bolder and taking chances with his life and career and started painting.


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    Jim McKay

    Jim McKay, the esteemed sportscaster who hosted ABC's popular Wide World of Sports for over 40 years died Saturday of natural causes at his farm in Monkton, Maryland. He was 86.


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    Glenn Rogers

    Writer, designer and former circus performer Glenn Rogers adds artist to his rsum.


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    Live Coverage of Senior Cycling, On the Web!

    Wow, we just found a great example of how the internet keeps becoming more and more relevant. Our good friend, Zahid Buttar is the real deal! A hard core athlete who turned a successful college career in swimming into a lifelong career as a cycling and...

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    A Graceful Motherhood

    Nancy Grace had it all; a successful career, a loving husband, and a TV platform that let her spread her message. But it wasn't until she became a mother in her 40s that she realized something had been missing.


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    Lynn Ruth Miller

    Hey, did you hear the one about the 75-year-old comic? This is no joke - Lynn Ruth Miller has discovered a new career on the stage and she's using her act to set the record straight on aging.


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    Willem Lange

    He's an unlikely renaissance man whose voice is known to millions of public radio listeners. But it's his global adventures that are the real story.


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    Barbara Klippel

    It's not entirely normal to be a cross-country skier that is a retired kindergarten teacher. It's even more amazing that Barbara Klippel overcame a fall down a flight of stairs and a broken skull to win the premiere cross-country ski marathon.


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    Diahann Carroll

    Her talent has helped her break many barriers, but Diahann Carroll says it just might her legs that are to thank for her great success.


  • Rita Rudner
    Rita Rudner

    Comedian Rita Rudner turned 50 and turned over a new leaf. At 54, she's written 5 books and has kept her marriage going for 20 years. So, what's her secret to happiness?


  • Ned Overend
    Ned Overend

    Fifty-one-year-old Ned Overend is the Michael Jordan of mountain biking. At age 52 he's world class and still whippin' the whippersnappers.


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    @BoomerAuthority

    Nancy Merz Nordstrom, consultant, speaker, and author of “Learning Later Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50 Years,” (http://www.learninglater.com), along with dozens of other professionals and the Baby Boomer [Knowledge...

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  • Rachel Rosenthal
    Rachel Rosenthal

    World-famous performance artist Rachel Rosenthal is proving that creativity has no age limits.


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    Legendary Songwriter Dies at 96

    Songwriter Jack Lawrence, whose "Tenderly" launched the career of Rosemary Clooney and put Bobby Darin on the map with English lyrics to "Beyond the Sea," has died at the age of 96.


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    A Second Chance for TV/Broadway Star Shelly Burch

    Shelly Burch was a star on TV and Broadway when she made the decision to walk away from it all. Her life was a shambles, rocked by showbiz excess. It took years for her to find herself. But now she's back, and more passionate than ever before.


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    Doorway to Happiness

    Larry Roofner was a corporate executive, a mover and shaker and a big-time success. And it nearly killed him. He walked away from it all, and at 52, he reinvented himself.


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    Tippi Hedren

    She starred in two of Hitchcock's biggest films, but it's her passionate work to protect animals that has really made her a star. Find out what makes Tippi Hedren feel as vibrant as ever at age 78.


  • Jose Feliciano
    Jose Feliciano

    The man who has been called the world's greatest living guitarist talks to Growing Bolder about his legendary career.



 

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