If "60" is the new "50" and "50" is the new "30"; then those in their 40's who are just coming into being "themselves" may be the most fabulous of all ages when it comes to making those career altering transitions. But, let's forget the age labels for now and look at being fabulous at any age in your career.

Gartner Inc. coined the word "versatilist" and Tom Friedman described the value of the versatilist in his book, The World is Flat. Have you built a rich portfolio of knowledge and competencies to fuel multiple business objectives? Are you standing tall in a flat world? . . .

Work will consume your life unless you set boundaries, keep a schedule and follow these other methods for ensuring the corporate machine doesn't swallow your soul. (And if you think you're too busy to read this article, then you probably really need to read it.)

Side Quote: I loved work and I loved pouring myself into the work, you know. It was the real life that I had trouble with. - - ROSEANNE BARR, Larry King Live, Mar. 2, 2006

In addition to the job search process itself, we help new college grads learn business etiquette and protocol commonly utilized in the corporate world. Everything from making the best first impression, to networking, to business correspondence, to understanding how a matrix-management organization works, and so on.

With more than a million new grads, we realize there is nothing more important than starting them on the right foot as they enter the economic workforce.

It's not that I've moved into Second Life, but I do continue to find it very intriguing. Here is a follow up to my story published in my January 2007 issue of BBP.

Second Life is a 3-dimensional online digital world imagined, created, and owned by its residents. The population at Second Life (www.secondlife.com) is now more than 7,105,070 up from 2,380,000 in January 2007. On 01/08/07 the site indicated that $US 928K were spent in Second Life within the last 24 hours; on 06/09/07 that same metric is $US 1.8M.

Imagine; real people exchanging (spending) real money for virtual money so they can buy virtual things and meet virtual people. You can even purchase virtual real estate in Second Life. Virtual islands are priced at US$1,675 for 65,536 square meters (about 16 acres). Monthly land fees for maintenance are US$295.

I have to note that unlike the "real world", island prices and maintenance fees in Second Life have not changed since I last reported in January 2007!

In January I wrote about how one of the best ways I maintain a healthy career is to operate on the premise that you cannot achieve greatness (success) all alone. It takes the care and support of those you trust who are somehow always "there" when you need them.

Now, let's visit my mid-year healthy career checklist.

Things from my career back "then": Highly self-motivated purpose- driven born-to-lead willful personality (check), sense of humor (check), all marbles accounted for (check, check), support of those who believe in me (check, check, and check!)

Things that are pertinent "now": All of the things from "then" (check), sustainable lifetyle (check), virtual assistant (check), awesome accountant who understands my small biz issues (check, check), support of those who still believe in me (check, check, and triple check!)

Here's to your good career health! Best :) LLR