I’ve taken on a new role: options oracle. I’m getting more and more letters like this one, seeking advice:
Dear George,
I’m totally bored with my job. It’s safe. I make an OK salary. My bosses love me, and I have no big performance pressures. Work is uncomfortably comfortable.
My dream is to grow my app-development business. It generates revenue . . . Read More
My youngest grandchildren (twins, Madison and Robert) will be four in May. They’re in constant motion. Trying, testing, challenging, asserting themselves. I have no problem giving them full permission to learn and explore. Great 6-year-olds don’t start at 5. If they are lucky – and with assistance from all of us – they have been on the Developmental Runway since…
I had that dream again. I was stark naked in the lobby of a hotel with fully clothed people milling around me, and I couldn’t find my clothes or a way to call my wife to come get me. I’ve had that dream twice before, first when I was in graduate school and totally immersed in writing my dissertation, and…
We’re all getting used to hearing about problems with data security. After the massive Target breach last year, when something similar happened to Home Depot this summer it didn’t seem all that surprising. What was surprising was the Sony cyberattack, a story that’s been making headlines for weeks. If a big corporation can’t keep hackers out of its email networks…
The prevailing stereotype of aging is that getting old comes a cluster of obnoxious behaviors: crankiness, complaining, depression, irritability and overall negativity. The reality: With old age comes greater contentment. That’s the unexpected (and, frankly, delightful) findings of psychologist Timothy Salthouse, a professor at the University of Virginia, as well as several other prominent academics, whose research is nicely summarized…
(Just because you can doesn’t mean you should…) The Wall St. Journal ran an article this week called “Why You Should Think Twice About Early Retirement”. Four pundits weighed in. Two talked about finances. The other two talked about the psychological and spiritual issues for people retiring before 55. It was the latter’s remarks which of course piqued my interest.…
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