Rick Smith

More and more lately, people are reaching out to me with stories of difficulty and despair.  Their boss is a screamer.  Their work doesn’t leverage their strengths or their passions.  10% are unemployed, and another 7% are working below their normal wage levels.  There is frustration nearly everywhere you turn.  But, ...

  Among bread molds, Neurospora is a virtual citadel.  Neurospora crassa is a species of bread mold that is so averse to variation that whenever a large segment of DNA gets duplicated—a critical step in genetic evolution—it bombards the copy with what are known as “point mutations” that effectively turn the genetic ...

Want to take your career from Great to Good?  It's simple:  get promoted…in the wrong direction.  It is fact of life – your work will change dramatically over time.  A job is merely a set of activities that you are asked to do.  A set of behaviors on which you are ...

This is a Guest Post from Christopher Laney - a corporate striver who recently made his own Leap.  It's a bit longer than my normal posts, but worth the read. I have a question for you. In life, are you thriving or merely surviving? If you truly listen to your inner ...

I love this little test of whether you are an introvert or an extrovert: When you go to a party and are around other people, do you gain energy or do you lose it? Extroverts gain it. They're magnetic. They suck up energy from those around them. Meanwhile, introverts lose ...

If you are currently out of work, you have surely heard the recent news that there are now a record number of applicants for every open position.  For the foreseeable future, this will remain a jobless economic recovery.  Competition for each position is now fierce, and may get worse before ...