Category: Career

Work, though essential to life, is not life.  As important as work is to finding our individual meaning, it twists us out of shape if we let it. – Geoffrey M. Bellman, author of...

My philosophy is that when bad things happen, there must be something in it to learn from or apply to the rest of my life’s journey.  Call it a spiritual outlook if you will,...

Recently, I suggested volunteering while networking, saying that you get out of something what you put into it.  There are several aspects of volunteering that can benefit you whether you are retired, in a...

Several years ago, I came across this quote by Charles L. Allen, “You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them...

One of my favorite proverbs is, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”  I heard someone say...

Today’s post is about loving life through your work.  Rather than making any attempts at being eloquent, I want to simply share Kahlil Gibran’s poetic essay with you.  He says it best… You work...

Why do you work? And what would you do if you didn’t have to work?

The other evening I had the privilege of participating in a discussion about why we work.  Reasons we came up with included:  to pay bills; for personal fulfillment and growth; to make a difference...