Over the past few weeks, America’s colleges have sent another class of graduates off into the world. These graduates possess something of inestimable value. Nearly every sensible middle-aged person would give away all their money to be able to go back to age 22 and begin adulthood anew. But, especially this year, one is conscious [...]

If you want to learn about success, talk to a successful person. If you want to learn about failure, talk to a very successful person. In his new book Fail Up, TV and radio host Tavis Smiley offers lessons on how to turn life’s setbacks into success. 2011 marks Smiley’s 20th year in broadcast — [...]

Stressed Out? Slack Off Are slackers more adept at handling work-life stress than type-A go-getters? A new study finds that may be the case. Those who cope with work-family conflict by becoming busier and looking for more resources to solve problems – type-A multitaskers — actually experience more stress and strain, says the study in [...]

I had approximately 10 years of MarCom experience and had replied to an ad in the paper.  I was called and asked to meet for an interview with one of 3 partners that owned the Portland, OR Public Relations-Marketing firm.  I was really excited because the job was a great fit, close to my home [...]

With unemployment still high, job seekers who have been discouraged by a lack of work might be inclined to take the first opportunity they’re offered. That will help pay the bills, but it could cause other problems: A new study suggests that some jobs are so demoralizing they’re actually worse for mental health than not [...]

I listened to this interview on KCRW’s Bookworm program today and was really grateful to have heard this. I thought you might be too. While the discussion about the book itself is yummy, the rest of it is very satisfying to hear — especially for any of us who have ever contemplated being a writer. [...]

Students Struggle for Words Business Schools Put More Emphasis on Writing Amid Employer Complaints Alex Stavros, a second-year student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, had been pitching an eco-tourism luxury resort idea to potential investors for months, but wasn’t getting any bites. He noticed that investors lost interest after the first few minutes [...]

Fewer Americans than forecast filed first-time claims to collect jobless benefits last week, indicating companies are reducing the pace of firings as they grow more confident in the economic outlook. Jobless Claims Fall as U.S. Consumer Confidence Climbs in Bloomberg Index Fewer Americans than forecast filed first-time claims to collect jobless benefits last week, indicating [...]

How to Get Real Happiness: An Interview with Sharon Salzberg For those of you who don’t know Sharon Salzberg, she one of America’s leading mindfulness teachers and authors and has played a significant role in bringing mindfulness and the practice of lovingkindness to all of us in the Western world. She is co-founder of one [...]

New Vow: I Don’t Take Thee Young Single Adults Surpass Married Peers Amid High Divorce, Cohabitation Rates For the first time since the U.S. began tallying marriages, more Americans of prime marrying age have stayed single rather than tied the knot, the culmination of a tectonic shift in the role of marriage and relationships that [...]