Beyond the Rhetoric

“The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.” A short while I ago, I wrote a post asking whether or not success needs to be measurable. Are you able to measure your success? Are you able to measure your happiness? [...]

On the television show Dragons’ Den (the American version is called Shark Tank), entrepreneurs approach a group of investors, hoping that they can get some cash for a portion of their business. These investors (referred to as dragons/sharks) watch the presentation given by the entrepreneur and then they pepper them with questions about why they [...]

Whether or not you are consciously aware of it, there is a very common misconception among many people: if you can discover that one elusive secret to success and take advantage of it, you will be rewarded with unfathomable riches and incredible success. Unfortunately, the world doesn’t quite work that way. There isn’t just one [...]

Far be it for me to say that I know all about the meaning of life. I don’t think anyone has a completely firm grasp on the concept, but that gives us the opportunity to grow and to learn. That is partly why it is so important to have goals in your life, because they [...]

Every Wednesday, I take a stroll through the virtual blogosphere and collect five blog posts that caught my eye. I then share these posts with the Beyond the Rhetoric audience. There’s no real focus or theme to this week’s collection, but each article is worth a read in its own right. Enjoy! Enkay Blog is [...]