by Andrea Goeglein “I never planned my career. I never planned to be president of Harvard. People would have thought I was crazy, probably, at the age of 8 or 10 or 20, if I had said that. So what I would say to people planning their careers is to be ready to improvise. Be...Read More

I hate to break it to you, but if all goes well you will be 80 soon. Actually, sooner than you can accurately imagine.  Many a research study has been devoted to the gap between chronological age and a person’s psychological impression of their age. Remember, if all goes well, you will be 80 sooner...Read More

Long before I developed a passion for success, I had a passion to make a great income and create personal wealth.  Many in my profession would not say that out loud because  the success cliche of the last few decades has been, “Do what you love and the money will come.”  Heck, it is a...Read More

Have trouble achieving your goals in life? Having trouble achieving the level of success you desire? Not as productive as you wish?  This short piece from NPR yesterday put a smile on my face for the rest of the day. It is an interview under 2 minutes.  I don’t want to give away the story.  Trust me,...Read More

As I drove from errand to errand today, I was listening to NPR.  There was a food show playing between 1:30 and 2:00 p.m. PST on 5/11/12, but I am not sure of the name of it.  The message, however, caused me to feel great joy and appreciation.  The part of the show I caught was talking...Read More

I think Linton Weeks has done an excellent job of explaining a major problem most of us are experiencing in every aspect of our daily lives in his NPR article What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.  I recommend you read the whole article…but these excerpts might give you a flavor for the article: “It...Read More