At the age of seven our next door neighbor was an old man named Mac. His carefully manicured lawn stood at attention like his flat top hairdo. Crabbiness oozed from every pore of his body. If we kicked a...
As you leave behind your established career, it’s time to do work that matters. To some extent the work you’ve done matters. Even if you’ve been a worker on an assembly line it’s work that matters. But in my...
You hear it everywhere: the world is a mess. Few would argue to the contrary; especially in this mean-spirited political season. Don’t you wish a super hero would step up and do something? Why not you? Why don’t you...
Self-improvement gurus write books on important life lessons. Each lesson is portrayed as the greatest life lesson you must learn. Then, in the next chapter, they give you another “most important lesson” for improving your life. I’ve been wondering,...
If you long for the day when you can retire from work, no one blames you. In spite of the many articles I’ve written which vilify the evils of taking a traditional retirement, I’m admitting I was wrong. But...