Mickey Steffeny - The Entrepreneur's Source

Mickey Steffeny - The Entrepreneur's Source The Entrepreneur’s Source® will help you explore career possibilities to pursue self-sufficiency.

Sometimes the biggest opportunities in life begin with a simple conversation and the willingness to think differently ab...
09/04/2026

Sometimes the biggest opportunities in life begin with a simple conversation and the willingness to think differently about your future. I am honored to be featured in a USA TODAY contributor article recognizing professionals who are helping others move forward with purpose and confidence. As a Career Ownership Coach® with The Entrepreneur’s Source®, I am passionate about helping individuals discover possibilities they may have never considered through Career Ownership Coaching™, education, and awareness.

If you are searching for greater flexibility, fulfillment, or a new direction, I encourage you to explore what may be possible for you. Read the full article on my blog here: https://bit.ly/42K2kB2 and if you are ready to explore your options, schedule a call with me here: https://bit.ly/3R9gc5v

09/03/2026

When was the last time a new workplace word made you feel hopeful?

Job hugging. Quiet cracking. Ghost jobs. Revenge quitting.

And those are just four of the eight new terms entering our workplace vocabulary in 2026.

Not one describes a way forward.

Every one of those words is a coping mechanism. A way of managing conditions you didn't set and can't change.

Read more: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/blog/?utm_source=SOCI_Parameter

There's another path forward. In the TES Generational Career Confidence Survey, 83% said business ownership is a viable alternative to a traditional career.

Recognizing the problem is easy. Knowing what to do next is harder. That's the work a Career Ownership Coach® does at no cost to you.

Take the “When to Leave Your Corporate Role” Assessment: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

I can help you explore your goals and opportunities before the words “layoff” or “reorganization”.

09/02/2026

What would you do tomorrow if your entire division disappeared?

On the Career Compass Podcast, one guest described exactly that. Every rule a corporate career is supposed to reward had been followed. The division was shut down anyway.

“I sacrificed a lot of flexibility and freedom in exchange for something that’s not there anymore… I should have moved on before I was forced to move on.”

The perception of stability is real. The stability itself has been eroding quietly for years and by the time the decision gets made for you, your options have already narrowed.

In the TES Generational Career Confidence Survey, 66% of respondents said business ownership offers more job security than a traditional job. Not because ownership removes risk, but because it moves the risk into your hands instead of someone else’s.

Take the “When to Leave Your Corporate Role” Assessment: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

I can help you explore your goals and opportunities before someone else sets your timeline.

A house fire is probably unlikely, but a career change isn’t. Which one have you actually prepared for?September is Nati...
09/01/2026

A house fire is probably unlikely, but a career change isn’t. Which one have you actually prepared for?

September is National Preparedness Month.

You probably have a fire escape plan, an emergency fund, and a will you updated in the last few years. But here’s a tougher question: do you have a backup plan for your career?

Most people don’t. It means preparing for a possible layoff, knowing how much money you really need and considering whether AI could replace your skills.

According to the TES Generational Career Confidence Survey, 83% of Americans think owning a business is a real alternative to a regular job. But most people never actually make a plan to see if that could work for them.

It’s about taking charge of your future, and you can start while you’re still working, when you have options and time on your side.

Take our Career Impact Assessment: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

And then, work with me now and prepare for what might and can happen!

Have you noticed, somewhere along the way, the job postings became a wish list?9 required qualifications, 6 Preferred an...
08/29/2026

Have you noticed, somewhere along the way, the job postings became a wish list?

9 required qualifications, 6 Preferred and 22 responsibilities. All under a single title, and a single salary.

When a listing merges two roles into one, the consolidation rarely comes with two paychecks. The person in that seat inherits a workload built for a team and very little say over how any of it is structured.

Read More: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/blog/?utm_source=SOCI_Parameter

That may be why, in the TES Generational Career Confidence Survey, 80% of employees said business ownership gives a person more control over their career than a traditional job. Among Millennials, it was 86%.

Most people respond to an overwhelming job description by asking, "Am I qualified enough?"

There’s a better first question: "Is this actually the model I want?"

That’s where I can help. Not with listings or resume, but with what you want your Income and Lifestyle to look like, and whether your current path can realistically get you there.

Learn more about Career Coaching and your Career 2.0: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/your-career-2-launchpad/?utm_source=SOCI_Parameter

08/27/2026

A career vision is not supposed to be a pretty picture with a few words that collects dust in a frame, gets buried under piles of papers on your desk, or disappears into your less-than-stellar digital filing system.

A career vision should encompass you, both professionally AND personally, AND help you say, “No.”

That may be one of the most practical things I have learned through coaching people at career crossroads.

Once you get clear about the life you are actually trying to build, opportunities become easier to evaluate.

You have a clearer way to ask:

Does this opportunity move me closer to that life, or distract me and pull me further away?

A new job may sound impressive.

A business may have great economics.

A consulting opportunity may flatter your expertise.

A promotion may come with the title you thought you wanted.

But the better question is:

Does this move me toward the life I said I wanted?

That is what makes a vision useful.

It becomes a filter.

Not:

“Is this a good opportunity?”

But:

“Is this a good opportunity for me and my future?”

Those are very different questions.

If that is a question you want to explore more deeply, I’m here to help.

AI makes Ownership More Possible. The Question Is Whether It's Right for You.The headlines frame artificial intelligence...
08/27/2026

AI makes Ownership More Possible. The Question Is Whether It's Right for You.

The headlines frame artificial intelligence as something coming for your job. Another way to read the same data: as evidence that the barrier to ownership has dropped further, and faster, than most people realize.

Stripe found thousands of solo operators generating over $1 million in revenue with no employees at all. That group more than doubled between 2023 and 2025, and the number clearing $10 million nearly tripled.

A one-person company is a specific life. You're the sales team, the support desk, and the person fixing things at 9 p.m. on a Friday. Some people thrive on that. Others don't.

Read More: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/blog/?utm_source=SOCI_Parameter

The real question is which version of ownership fits your goals . The career coaching process starts with you, not with a business. AI is going to keep getting better. Whether that's a threat or an opening depends almost entirely on whether you've looked at what's available to you and most people haven't looked at all.

Take our Assessment and find out if Your Current Career Aligns with Your Goals: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

08/26/2026

Corporate Lessons I’m STILL Learning: “Being good at something does not mean it still fits.”

For much of my corporate career, opportunity followed competence.
Someone needed a problem solved.
A project needed leadership.
A team needed support.
A new challenge appeared.

And because I could do it, I often did.

There is nothing inherently wrong with that. Some of my best experiences, relationships, and skills came from opportunities I never planned.

But there is a trap hidden inside competence: The things you are good at can become the easiest things to keep choosing.

Even when they no longer fit the life you want.

That is why “What am I qualified to do?” and “What do I want to keep doing?” are very different questions.

Experience matters.

But experience should give you more options, not quietly make the decision for you.

Where in your career might familiarity be masquerading as alignment?

Are you staying in your job because you want to be there or because leaving feels too risky?If it's the second one, you'...
08/26/2026

Are you staying in your job because you want to be there or because leaving feels too risky?

If it's the second one, you're in the majority. ResumeBuilder.com survey found 57% of U.S. workers now identify as “job huggers”.

The July 2026 jobs report shows why. The U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, and the unemployment rate only fell because 264,000 people stopped looking for work altogether.

Job hugging feels safe, but it isn't free. Six months of waiting quietly becomes eighteen. The raise doesn't come. The skills don't grow. And eventually the decision gets made for you.

There is a third option: Together we can explore what you want your career to look like in five years and the many options that exist for someone with your background. Is it another role, a different leadership path, or something you build and own?

Holding on isn't the same as moving forward. What's really keeping you where you are?

Take the Possibilities, Dreams and Options assessment: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

08/25/2026

Can you make a career change alone? Most people try.

One of our clients recently shared what it was like to work with a Career Ownership Coach®:

“Doing this on your own is daunting. You still have to find time to set up calls and do introductions. And hope you are approaching this okay. But the Career Ownership Coach® is there to make those connections, understand your interests, your strengths, your weaknesses, and everything else, and find something that’s best suited for you.”

Exploring career changes isn’t only hard because the decision is big. It’s hard because you’re doing it in the margins, between a full workday and everything else.

You can put in months of effort and still be missing the options that would have fit you best, simply because you never knew they were there.

A coach changes what you can see, and how honestly you can look at it. Your strengths. Your weaknesses. What you actually want your life to look like. No pitch. No pressure. A process, and someone in your corner while you work through it.

If uncertainty has you rethinking what’s next, a conversation is a good place to start.

Take our assessment and learn if it’s time to leave your corporate job: https://msteffeny.esourcecoach.com/assessments/?utm_source=SOCI_Assessment

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