Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like this and will subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I have a friend who is on the brink of losing everything. Her home. Her savings. Her retirement…
It isn’t pretty. She says it’s a matter of weeks before she bottoms out.
This year, we are learning to [...]

I’m hearing from so many of you who so depleted by the economy and so worried about how you will make it through this year. This is such an obstacle course.
It is hard to stay up when you constantly feel your efforts are being beaten down, but your ability to get up every time you [...]

On Sunday, I received a call from a woman who is days away from certain layoff. We’d talked a few weeks ago and, already, her attitude had sunk from determined and hopeful to defeated and frantic. I want to share the conversation because it is relevant to others who are struggling in today’s job market.
Her: [...]

It’s been a week since the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition. Some of my old colleagues have forged on, using the Internet to keep the Rocky’s spirit alive at www.iwantmyrocky.com. This is pretty revolutionary stuff.
It reminds me of the time the IRS shut down a Popeye’s Chicken franchise in Denver. The next morning, [...]

The following quote was in the footer of an e-mail I got yesterday:
watch universal soldier the return in divx “People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you.. Be honest anyway. If [...]

I just got a note from my insurance agent, a savvy woman who is trying to make sense of her own bout of career insanity. She writes policies for State Farm — in Florida. That’s not a good thing. Here’s her note:
I could use an emotional lift! An independent career girl for 20 years, worked [...]

I remember my friend Marilyn urging her husband Scott to chill out for a minute and go play golf. He’d just been laid off and was so intense about his job hunt that she worried his health would suffer.
His determination paid off with a job near Dallas that will pay him more money in an [...]