Key Talking Points:

✅ Career transition coach helping military veterans find fulfilling careers.

✅ High suicide rates among veterans due to struggles with career transition.

✅ Helping veterans identify their passions and sell their value in job interviews.

✅ Success story: Lieutenant Colonel found passion in emergency management, now working for the Department of Homeland Security.

✅ Over 100 people successfully transitioned through the coaching program.

✅ Rewards of helping others and witnessing their success.

✅ Advice: Seek support and guidance during career transition, tap into subconscious to recall skills and experiences.

Episode Summary:

In this episode of Failing to Success, host Chad Kaleky interviews Don Gleason, a career transition coach who specializes in helping military veterans find fulfilling careers. Don shares the alarming suicide rates among veterans struggling with career transition and highlights the importance of support during this process. He explains his three-phase approach, which involves identifying career goals, networking, and effectively selling one's value in job interviews. Don recounts a success story of a Lieutenant Colonel who discovered his passion in emergency management and successfully transitioned to a position at the Department of Homeland Security. Don's coaching program has helped over 100 individuals find exciting careers. The episode concludes with Don emphasizing the rewards of assisting others and providing advice to listeners, encouraging them not to navigate the transition alone and to tap into their subconscious to recall skills and experiences.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:36 Working with Veterans

00:07:30 Starting This Business

00:09:22 Finding Your Passion

00:11:26 Contact Don