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If someone else is responsible for us – our pain, or our joy, doesn’t matter – that means we are not responsible for ourselves. And if we are not responsible for ourselves, then we have no control over our future. If we have no control over our future, the future is hopeless, because every adult human being ultimately craves the responsibility, the joy, and even the hardships of carving our own experience out of the stuff of life.

The failures that interfere with establishing successful relationships for individuals are quite similar to the mistakes that cost us customers and brand equity.

Two-year-olds have it right. If adults asked “why” as many times per day as the average two-year-old, what influence would that have on the way – and the amount – we learn?

The advice “do what you love and the money will come” is accurate – as long as what you love to do and what you are very very good at are the same thing. This article explores the value of placing your compensation bets on your most marketable talents.

Entrepreneurs sell something produced from the depths of their self identity. They sell their ideas, artistic expression, and innovation in the form of products. They struggle to remain motivated and confident as their products are buffeted by impersonal market forces. Critical reasoning skills can mean the difference between forging on to success or flaming out and returning to the life of the paystub.

The class photo has morphed from a charming snapshot of a child’s grade school years to a staged and airbrushed representation of the perfect child. What is this telling our children about our values?