“You need a fish.” Tim the freshman plopped a Nalgene bottle with a goldfish on my desk. I did not need a fish. I thought they were stupid. If you want to give me something, give me a dog, a cat, a snake, or some coffee. But the creature was alive and...
We are in the digital age. While we still haven’t left the resume behind, we have entered an age of transparency where your social media tells a lot abouy you. Set it up for success. Done properly, this gives you an edge. Do it halfway, and it could come back to...
“I want to be a teacher.” “Good news,” I told my boss. “I got into grad school… I’m going to need you to change my schedule.” That’s how I broke the news to my best boss ever, that I was going to teach. I was 7 or...
Are you frugal, a little too frugal, or downright cheap? It’s an important question. I’ve studied it over the years. “I don’t know how you do it,” a friend said. “I wish I could.” Lots of people looked at my spending and...
Need to save this holiday season? Or all year round? It’s two days before Thanksgiving as I write this. Seems like we just got done with Back-to-School sales. Then, Halloween candy hit us like a diabetic brick, and we didn’t even get Thanksgiving this...
