When I was a child I played every sport because all of my friends were playing them; baseball, soccer, basketball, and flag football. While I was never particularly great at any of them, I was never bad. But as I grew, and sports became more competitive (and my asthma got progressively worse) I lost interest. I ... Read the rest »

Recently I read a blog post by a young woman who had been fired from her job. She went to lengths to complain about how she felt betrayed by the company, then somehow backtracked and explained how she understood why the company fired her…because she was a horrible employee. She didn’t say it in those ... Read the rest »

NEWSFLASH: No one cares about your resume. What’s that you say? You’ve spent hours perfectly crafting every word in order to make yourself look fantastic on paper? You even read my advice on resume building? That’s very kind of you, but I repeat, no one cares, and here are 5 reasons why. Resumes are boring. No ... Read the rest »

It is a common belief that failure is the opposite of success, you either succeed or you fail, and there isn’t much of an in between.  But is this really true? Thomas Edison is credited with creating the filament in light bulbs that made them feasible for average americans to buy (no he did not ... Read the rest »

I’ve never been much for the “standard” way of doing things, because I know if I put my own style behind it it’ll be more memorable. So this post is a blend of a standard blog post and a parting or “keep in touch” letter to my colleagues, in which I out myself as a ... Read the rest »

Cliques are everywhere, they are unavoidable.  As we grow up we float from clique to clique and we change “lunch table groups;” perhaps we were even members of a couple of different cliques at once. Our friends shape our reality and influence us beyond belief. Even as we get older peer pressure is still extremely ... Read the rest »

The Power of Gradual is quite possibly the most powerful force ever.  It takes discipline, hard work, and time, but it has proven time and time again the best way to get things done.  Have you ever placed a bucket under a dripping faucet and forgot about it?  By the time you walk by it and ... Read the rest »