Richard Nelson Bolles On How To Be Entrepreneurial

Do you want to be entrepreneurial? Richard Nelson Bolles had been very entrepreneurial during his career, with 50 books in publication, a reputation for running outstanding workshops, and a website full of great information for job seekers.

When asked what he would focus on if he was starting in private practice, he said he would do what he most loves: training career counsellors to be even better than they are, and writing. He described the internet as being “both a blessing and a curse” and elaborated on different potential impacts of the internet.

Very sadly, Dick passed away on March 31, 2017, aged 90 years.

Read my article in the Australian Career Practitioner Journal, Spring 2012.

Interview with Richard Nelson Bolles

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Jenni Proctor

Hi, I'm Jenni Proctor from Boomers Next Step. Remember when the formula for success in life was simply to strive for good marks at school, gain qualifications, get a great job, work hard and save for your retirement? Yes, I believed it too! For years my husband David and I wanted to develop a business that we could operate anywhere in the world, but both of us were educated to be employees. We had entrepreneurial dreams and ideas, but still had employee mindsets. 14 years ago I took the giant leap! I left my job in Education to start a business as a Career Counsellor and Coach, helping mature adults transition from one career path to another, and particularly from employment to entrepreneurship. I had studied long and hard to gain new qualifications but sadly I hadn’t learnt how to market my new business. About 12 years ago we realized that we were not tracking well towards having the sort of retirement we wanted. We’d saved; we’d invested; and like so many other people we’d also lost some money along the way. It didn’t help that my business was not bringing in as much as I had been earning as an employee. Our dreams of extensive travel and helping our family were being replaced by a growing concern that we would outlive our savings. It seemed that a traditional retirement would not allow us to maintain the lifestyle we wanted. I love helping people plan the next phase of their lives, but we realized that was not going to be enough. We needed a way to create an income stream that would pay for the travel and other lifestyle luxuries we wanted, that would provide mental stimulation, and would interest us both.