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EPISODE · Aug 3, 2026 · 16 MIN

How to Find Meaningful Work at 50 or 60 Without Starting Over (Even After 20 Years of Being Comfortably Unhappy in a Successful Career)

from Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search · host Scott Anthony Barlow

Finding meaningful work at 50 or 60 isn't about starting over, it's about admitting something has been off for a while and finally doing something about it. Scott Ingham spent 18 years in pharmaceutical sales watching the challenge slowly disappear from work he used to love. Glenn spent 20 years in healthcare sales hitting every external marker of success while quietly knowing something essential was missing. Both of them found meaningful work after 50 and this episode explains exactly how they did it. What You'll Learn: What meaningful work actually means after 50, the research-backed definition that goes beyond passion and gives you something concrete to build toward Why the "I'm too old to change careers" belief keeps more high performers over 50 in the wrong role than anything else and the science that dismantles it directly How the Ideal Career Profile turns decades of accumulated self-knowledge into a precision tool for finding purposeful, well-paid work after 50 Why starting with job boards is one of the worst first moves in a career change over 50 and what to do instead What both Scott and Glenn found on the other side, not just a better job, but a fundamentally different relationship with work   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) Discover Your Strengths to Find Your Ideal Career (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)

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