My first job out of college was less than perfect for me. I was selling life insurance in Boston and was unhappy. I wasn't passionate and I didn't feel challenged. My boss had questionable ethics (He would later go to federal jail.) It just wan't...
College graduates: Congratulations on your degrees! I got mine 16 years ago this month at Boston University, and so I thought that, today, I'd share with you 15 simple things I've learned to do since college. Some of them are more serious than others, and...
While we are all busy in our own ways, we all also have the same amount of time to work with each and every day. Some people have more responsibilities than others, but it is still amazing to see how some people are able to...
"Why don't we have enough money in the bank to go on a vacation?" my wife asked me, befuddled at how little cash we had despite a fast-growth million dollar plus business. It was September 2008 and I was befuddled too. We had been working our...
I am working long hours, building a new company this summer and committing myself to startup life. While others are taking off early, going swimming and golfing and traveling, I'm sitting in my office, planning for the future, hiring great leaders and making sure we...
"WAIT!" I exclaimed to the young lady I had just met 30 minutes prior. "You have a 21-year old son! And you're 32 years old! Please explain!" Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow LinkedIn Influencer and author, Claire Diaz-Ortiz. @Claire, the 32-year...
Soon, you'll be relaxing on a beach, cocktail in one hand, book in another hand. It's summer vacation time! But those emails just don't stop coming in. Email communication is a blessing and a curse. It's always-on, which gives you the opportunity to be productive anywhere...
Happiness isn't easily attained. As I've written about before here on LinkedIn, it does not happen overnight. Happiness is a state you need to actively work on in order to maintain. In the past year, I've realized how happy I become when practicing gratitude. Since then,...
A drink in my hand, my snow up against the burning sand,Prob'ly getting gorgeously tanned in summer. I'll finally see a summer breeze, blow away a winter storm. And find out what happens to solid water when it gets warm!And I can't wait to see,...
"Yes, you did catch me at a bad time," I answered to the cold-caller who somehow found me in Paris on vacation on my cell phone yesterday. Sales and customer service have changed! We’re fed up with unwanted phone calls interrupting us at home and at work....