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Two Words From Steve Jobs Will Change Your Life

Two Words From Steve Jobs Will Change Your Life

    This week we have a guest blog from my friend, colleague and author of “Your Retirement, Your Way”, John Trauth.   Steve Jobs was a master at reinvention.  He reinvented himself many times throughout his career (Apple, NeXT, Pixar, and Apple again) and in the process, reinvented ways in which we communicate and interact with each other and the…

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The Real Future of Work – Part 1

The Real Future of Work – Part 1

I’ve recently returned from Vancouver, where I presented a session at the American Board of Vocational Experts  annual conference.  My session was called THE NEW WORLD OF WORK FOR PAY: IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT JOBS ANYMORE.  What do I mean, it’s not about jobs? Work has been with us forever.  Jobs have not. Jobs as a configuration of work for…

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THE MIDLIFE NON-CRISIS

THE MIDLIFE NON-CRISIS

My friend Peter emailed me after reading a recent opinion piece by David Brooks about the so-called midlife crisis.  “The image of midlife as a time of crisis is almost the opposite of what this period of life is really about,” Peter wrote. I can’t agree enough. Midlife can be a bit disorienting and scary from time to time, but…

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No more tears

The news of John Boehner’s announcement—that he’s stepping down as Speaker of the House of Representatives and resigning from Congress—is still reverberating a week later.

While most of the discussion about this move has focused on his successor, I’ve got a different take on the news. Mr. Boehner has launched himself into one of the most highly public career transitions possible. . . . Read More

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Deconstructing the jobs report

The latest jobs report showed that the US economy added 173,000 jobs, bringing the unemployment rate down to 5.1%.

Sounds great, right?

You know by now that much of my reporting reflects the adage that the quality of the question drives the quality of the answer. Asking how many jobs were added is a fair question, but I don’t think it’s a very good one.

Much smarter would be: Of the jobs we’ve added . . . Read More

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