Rick Smith

We were taught that we have a work life and a personal life. As far as I can tell, we only have ONE life. Does your work engage your passions? Are you learning when you are not at work? Are you as passionate on the way to work as on the way home? Do ...

1) Your primary color. Your truest strengths and passions point to the activities where you will perform the best. 2) Your salary expectations – and what you specifically plan to do/ how you plan to grow to justify future increases 3) Your long term ambitions.  Get your boss invested in your big hairy goal. 4) That your ...

I am running the Big Sur marathon in May to raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. If you can, please make a tax-deductible donation to my campaign at this link. Thank you! Back in October, I jokingly commented to my family that I was going to sign up to ...

This is a guest post from Jessica Stilling. Jessica Stilling is a NYC based writer. She is also a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog. Sometimes we wake up in the morning and just don’t want to get out of bed. Perhaps it’s snowing, or maybe we have ...

Did anyone see this story about the PS 203 school teacher who indicated on Facebook that she wanted to kill her students? From the New York Post:  “Veteran Brooklyn teacher Christine Rubino is fighting for her career after she vented her frustration with unruly fifth-graders by referring to the shocking death, ...

As a twenty-something in the workforce, I have the unalienable right to: • Work in an environment that is completely socially responsible. • Work for a company whose purpose is completely aligned with my own interests. • Come in at 9 and leave at 5ish.  You do not own my personal time. • Be ...