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Now, at mid-life or beyond, You may be asking: Is my best behind me? The thrills of peak exertion, An apogee of capability Lost forever in time’s grinding march. And perhaps gone with sinew Are [...]

Have you noticed the proliferation of measurements? It seems that we have a metric for everything. From intelligence to weight, performance to objectives, and beyond, we like to quantify every [...]

Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with many folks trying to position themselves for a new job: recent grads, people transitioning to new careers, those that have been laid-off etc. [...]

Thank you Seth for reminding us that we are all capable of making art, of touching someone else with our gifts. I published my first book last November. It was an exciting process that revealed [...]

My wife, Sally, loves old people. She always has. From the earliest moments of our relationship, I can remember the fondness she felt for her grandparents and the many stories that sprang from a [...]

Can you remember the dot.com crash of 2000? The “irrational exuberance” of investors in the late 90’s led to a string of catastrophic company failures as the dot.com house of cards came crashing [...]

Not long ago, I watched Barbara Streisand’s 1976 film, A Star is Born. The movie tells the story of the relationship between a rock star facing the decline of his career and a rising star he [...]