Who are you? Change the intonation a little and ask, again: Who are you? Now, again: Who are you? Who do we each want to be in our lives? And in the lives of our loved ones, and others? What sort of impact do you want to make in the world? These are big questions, [...]

Adolescents to Adulthood — The Economy and Mis-Career Education Contribute a Longer Road to the Markers of Adulthood I’ve been reading about and talking to my clients about these issues for years. What do you think? Daisy By ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG This question pops up everywhere, underlying concerns about “failure to launch” and “boomerang kids.” [...]

Most everyone I meet with tells me they want to be more creative in their work. While long-term unemployment can take your spirit and energy down, it can also be a time to stretch your creativity and step into a new role altogether…entrepreneur. Start-Ups on a Shoestring By COLLEEN DEBAISE, SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN and EMILY [...]

As I sat in the darkened, fully populated movie theater last night, watching Julia Roberts be Liz in Eat Pray Love I wondered how many of us in our seats were nursing broken hearts seeking a salve for our soul. I was. I was sitting there looking and hoping for a message that would bring [...]

Reports continue to show that once consumer confidence picks up so will the economy and hiring. Where will the wave begin? Within each of us. A Look on the Bright Side for Jobs By Phil Izzo (Source: WSJ.com) The mediocre growth in the jobs market remains one of the biggest concerns about the recovery, but [...]

Despite Competitive Labor Market, One-in-Five Workers Plan to Change Jobs in 2010, New CareerBuilder Survey Reveals – Twenty Percent of Workers Plan to Switch Careers/Fields in the Next Two Years – CHICAGO, Jan. 7 (via PRNewswire) — Recent improvements in the economy may have some workers preparing to move to a new job in the [...]

Not very inspiring words. But doesn’t speaking the truth help sometimes? I’ve been talking to so many people who are feeling this way lately. Those of you who have been looking for work — I know it can be draining and truly it takes a lot of mental discipline to keep at it. And those [...]

By SUE SHELLENBARGER Kelley McDonald has always loved exploring new terrain. In home videos as early as age 3, “I’m always off by myself, looking under rocks or catching and studying bees,” she says. Today, at 18, the Apple Valley, Minn., college student is studying for a science career in the fast-growing field of nanotechnology—working [...]

It’s easy to get down and depressed when it seems like so many things aren’t happening the way you want them to. I meet with men and women who are working hard to find the next right thing for them and they come in stooped and frustrated. But they do perk up and become inspired [...]

Equal Opportunity Parenting and Partnering: Everyone Needs a Strategy to Communicate and Show off Their Skills Much has been written about the challenges awaiting at-home mothers who decide to return to work. Few of them, though, have a tougher time of it than the stay-at-home dad. Compared with at-home moms, who outnumber them by more [...]