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[caption id="attachment_11856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] When the term "encore career" was first coined in 2009 by Encore. org CEO and founder Marc Freedman, the idea of a second career -- one that starts later in life and often has a more personally fulfilling mission -- was mostly financially-fueled.

[caption id="attachment_11838" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Jeff Sheldon[/caption] You’re sore and bored, so you skip the gym. You reschedule an appointment that’s making you break out in hives.

[caption id="attachment_11810" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Despite your best efforts, for most people, the end of January is that time when devotion to those resolutions start to slip. Maybe you promised yourself that you'd start working out but just can't figure out how to get started.

[caption id="attachment_11802" align="alignnone" width="831"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Someone has left (or they’ve been kicked out) and while you feel that your band still has potential, you need that void filled as soon as possible. But bringing someone new in can be exhausting, stressful and possibly fruitless.

[caption id="attachment_11822" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Producer Sarah Koenig has yet to announce a launch date for the second season of Serial, the most-lauded podcast of 2014, but has confirmed that there will definitely be one. Unfortunately, just knowing that there will be another highly-addictive story, told week-by-week, doesn't exactly help fill the silence of your commute or your daily dog walks.

[caption id="attachment_11787" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] The principles of worker engagement have been used for many decades, as far back as the early 1900’s when Dale Carnegie focused his passion and interest on the power of personal development in order to create success in one’s business and personal life. This trend has continued to evolve over time with much interest generated in employee engagement in organizations, especially as the correlation between engagement and profit became credible.

[caption id="attachment_11781" align="alignnone" width="640"] Image via Flickr[/caption] I tell myself -- a lot -- that I need to stop watching so much TV. But I find it harder and harder to quit.