External circumstances such as acute job cuts, as well as growing personal dissatisfaction, increasingly require even established employees in middle age to transition to an alternative career plan. Joachim Studt encourages individuals to embrace this significant challenge, to sustainably reorient themselves, and to actively shape their transition and new career and life path. Numerous practical examples, action guidelines, and reflection exercises unlock the reader's competencies and potentials to develop a viable personal new approach. Good networking is one of the external success factors involved.