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Explore Pivot Stories by Pivot Type
Career and life redirection rarely follows a straight line.
Over the course of my research, clear patterns emerged in how people pivot — not just what they pivot to. These Pivot Types offer different starting points into the stories. You may see yourself in one, several, or discover a path you hadn’t considered.
Choose your starting point
Continuous Contributors – retired from paid work/employment, still contributing
Resetters – between roles, reassessing direction
Entrepreneurs
Passion Pivoters
Transformers
Pivot in Progress
Traditional Retirees
Career Reinventions
Purpose-Driven Pivots
Continuous Contributors
Continuous Contributors are individuals who have stepped away from traditional full-time roles but continue to contribute meaningfully through consulting, mentoring, writing, volunteering, teaching, or creative work.
Their redirection is less about stopping and more about choosing how and where their experience is applied.
Stories in this Pivot Type (alphabetical):
Resetters
Resetters are individuals in an in-between phase—often after a layoff, burnout, values mismatch, or major life change—who are intentionally reassessing what comes next.
This period is less about immediate reinvention and more about reflection, experimentation, and regaining agency before committing to a new direction.
Stories in this Pivot Type (alphabetical):