No, this isn’t some hype about how, if you follow your dreams, you’ll end up wildly rich and touring the country to promote your latest book. However, you will likely find more success in your career, and thereby increase your value as an employee and leader, if you choose a career path that follows your interests, skills, abilities, and personal values.
Too many people are unhappy at work, and researchers know that this leads to a host of other problems, such as more missed work days, decreased productivity, and physical and mental health problems, just to name a few. Read More
“The aim of education is to enable individuals to continue their education … (and) the object and reward of learning is continued capacity for growth. Now this idea cannot be applied to all the members of a society except where intercourse of man with man is mutual, and except where there is adequate provision for the reconstruction of social habits and institutions by means of wide stimulation arising from equitably distributed interests. And this means a democratic society.” ~ John Dewey (American Philosopher, Psychologist and Educator, 1859-1952) 
We are dependent on our or credit cards, so much so that these plastics have cause more sorrow than joy and convenience. No wonder that when we have reached our credit limits, and are unable to pay our credit card bills, we feel as if the world has been pulled under our feet.
I recently read one of the seemingly endless news reports about how the recession is affecting those of us who are looking for a job.
Raising a kid
The other day, I conducted a phone interview with a strong candidate. She was really pretty good, but I wasn’t quite convinced. She had some stiff competition for this position. When we were finishing up, I asked if there was anything else I needed to know about her. She said, “No.” Then I asked if there were any questions she had for me, and she said, “No.” That’s where she bit the dust. 
