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The Day the Presses Stopped
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The Day the Presses Stopped
Before interviewing anyone else, Declan puts his own comeback on the table. This is the story of a 19-year newspaper career ending in a single meeting, and what the long, quiet months afterwards really felt like.
- Why the first weeks after redundancy are not the hardest part
- The spreadsheet of 112 applications and the three replies they produced
- How a chance conversation at a school gate led to the first coaching client
- The difference between a plan and a direction
If you are in the silent stretch right now, this episode is for you. Next week, a chef who became a radiographer.
Transcript
Good morning, and welcome. My name is Declan Hoare and this is Second Act Ledger, a show about careers that ended and what came next. For the first episode I am not interviewing anyone. I am going to tell you about the Tuesday in 2019 when the newspaper I had worked at for 19 years closed its doors, and the eight months after that when I sent out 112 applications and heard back from three. I want to be honest about the silence, because nobody warned me about it. Then I will tell you about the school gate conversation that changed the direction of my life, and why I now think a direction matters far more than a plan. Pour the tea, settle in, and let us start at the end. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.
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