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? [...]

One of my favorite shows on television is House. Part of its appeal is that the audience can oftentimes feel like it is a part of the team, unraveling the puzzle alongside the diagnostic professionals at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey. The other appeal is the unorthodox, manipulative, and misanthropic nature of the [...]

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 [...]

Asking any number of different life and career coaches out there, a sizable proportion will likely tell you to unearth your true passions and interests, finding a way that parlay them into careers. Those who enjoy artistic creation, for example, can make a very comfortable living as graphic designers. Those who enjoy throwing parties might [...]

When you’re in the business of freelance writing, it can seem like most of your lessons will come from other freelancers. That’s not necessarily true! There are lessons to be learned from all sorts of other people too and these lessons can easily translate to the work-at-home environment. Earlier this month, we discussed what freelancers [...]