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"I'm 54 and I think I want to leave finance. I have no idea who I am without the title."
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Ray Donnelly
Left a CFO seat at 54. Spent two hard years finding out who he was without it.
"The year I had no title"
A story from someone who has already walked out of that building.
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Where you are on the road right now.
Experience
The worlds you have actually worked inside.
Decision Type
The crossroads you are standing at, or have already crossed.
Values
What you will not trade away.
Personality
How you think a problem through.
Geography
Context matters. Advice does not travel unchanged.
Motivation
Why you are here at all.
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All storiesThe year I had no title
I left a CFO seat at 54 and discovered how much of me was the job. Here is what the first year actually looked like.
Ray Donnelly · Retired CFO
Starting a BusinessI shut my company down and it was the right call
Three years, eleven people, and the meeting where I finally said the thing everyone already knew.
Daniel Weiss · Founder
CaregivingFour years of caring for two parents
Nobody tells you that caregiving is a second full-time job with no handover document.
Helen Park · Product leader and caregiver
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