There is a reason most people don’t go for their dreams. It’s called rejection. The words that first come to mind for me when describing rejection are not words I would write here. On line or on air, they would be a series of four letter words. Something like this. !!##**@///#!!! But you get my […]

Keep a Sense of Humor Someone at the gym recently told me that every time you laugh you burn three calories. If that isn’t reason enough to keep your sense of humor I don’t know what else is. But seriously…don’t take yourself too seriously. Some days that is easier said than done. But high drama […]

Get to Know You Again Many years ago someone remarked to me that the best thing that had happened as a result of him losing his job, was that he had gotten the chance to know himself again. Somewhere along the line, his position had become so consuming, there was no separation between him and […]

Make New Friends But Keep The Old Stay in contact with the network you have already cultivated. Even if like me, your aspiration is to create something entirely unrelated in your career as you move forward, don’t forget about those folks. In this interconnected world you just never know how one person leads to another. […]

Learn Something New Take a class. Maybe it is that drawing class you always wished you had time for. Or maybe it is a skill that will make you more marketable when you are ready to go back to work. Read a book. One from that pile you bought that you never got around to. […]