College education is the second largest investment most people ever make. Here are 5 steps you can take to help you or your children make sure the investment in education pays for itself.
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Your Personal Growth and Development Plan
Steps on how to develop your own personal growth and development plan.
Connecting Your Calling to Money and Career
My previous post on finding your calling walked you through the process of finding work you love - or finding your calling. My example was me! As you should have guessed, that post was part of a process which defines your calling, career, and job. I have seen this...
Are We Really Helping Our Kids?
Our parents wanted us to go to college and have a better life. Our parents worked hard and sacrificed for what they had and to provide for us. We can thank them - today we have a lot more opportunities because of all their hard work. What about our kids? Are we just...
Open Letter From CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CFOs Across the Corporate World
We across the corporate world have read Pamela Slim's open letter to CxOs. In her letter, she is telling those of us in the executive wings how we SHOULD treat our employees. She gives us a good whipping - even calling us oppressive. Yes, we have read it. After our...
Escape From Cubical Quicksand
I received this email as part of an application to Information Engineering and Management. I thought it so described what others tell me that I would share it with you. Escape From Cubical Quicksand It is 5 by 5 feet wide, 5.5 feet in height and the floor feels like...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
I used to teach a lot of undergrad engineering courses. The students were usually so wrapped up in their courses and just getting to graduation that they never looked up to see where they were heading. So I started to tell them - in a lecture I called "Engineering...
Modern Slavery in America
We often reflect on the slavery issue our country has struggled to get past. We have books, movies, and even days to remember the struggles. But, as I look around and meet with people I see new forms of slavery in the most prosperous country in the world. Debt - The...
How to Find Work You Love – Radio Interview
How to Find Work You Love on Career Catalyst Radio E. Scott Aronow will air his radio interview with me on Career Catalyst Online Radio. Since it is an online station, the broadcast will be available from now until Scott takes it down. I really enjoyed talking to...
What Sets Apart the Winners From the Losers?
Have you ever wondered what sets apart the winners from the losers? What one key attribute makes the difference? Is it education? Is it money? Are we born with it? I think you know that it is NONE OF THE ABOVE. What about Passion? Other say PASSION is...
The Secret to Getting More
Earl Nightingale, the famous television commentator and founder of Nightingale-Conant Company, tells a story about a man looking for a job and saying "I want someone to give me a job." His analogy for this mindset is someone who sits in front of the fireplace and asks...
Delegating for Success
Do you delegate well? Or do you instead decide, "I will just do it myself." Many of you probably think, "I have no one to delegate to!" Over the past few years, I have delegated MASSIVE amounts of work - even work that is typically MINE to do. I have found...
Does an MBA Pay?
I received this email from someone just the other day.... I recently graduated from .... MBA program and have not really found it to be providing any of the opportunities that I had hoped for, even given the current economic and employment conditions. I have a desire...
Why people’s jobs don’t match their degrees.
Bringing that college freshman enthusiasm to the middle-of-life establishment that is your workplace.
Steve Jobs Commencement Address to Stanford.
“Don’t Settle”; Steve Jobs Commencement Address to Stanford.
Networking for Introverts
Are you an introvert? Many technical people are introverts - and many struggle to network because it feels uncomfortable. Do you remember when you were trying to get your first job? Remember the advice and maybe even a class on writing a resume? Did anyone teach you...
People Know to Fight, But Do They Know What For?
Entrepreneurial thinking is beyond just business – it is first THINKING and
ACTING with FREEDOM – something we no longer have because we have walked away from truth or even the pursuit of truth.
Healthcare and the Entrepreneur
Americans will rise up and find the silver lining behind this health care reform. Entrepreneurship will soar like never before.