Rick Smith

First, read this: Roses By George Bilgere A late fall day, and unseasonably warm enough, for whatever dire reasons, to let me paint the rose trellis a deep red in the brittle afternoon, enjoying the gratitude of thirsty old wood soaking up the blood. This is satisfying, for some reason, although I realize that somewhere an ...

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it ends.  I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time.  What do you get at the end of it?  A death.  What's that, a bonus?!? I think the life cycle is all backwards.  You should die first, get it out of the ...

Attention men, I have good news and bad news. The good news? God gave us both private parts, and a brain. The bad news...apparently She only gave us enough blood to operate one at a time.  Last week Susan Fiske, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, presented research showing that we ...

  There is a growing chorus these days claiming that trying to find deeply fulfilling work in a recession is like trying to milk a fish. I think giving up on the pursuit of passion at work is a cop out. The reason so many come to this dead end conclusion is ...

It is a simple but cruel irony of life that as soon as you think you have things figured out, the rules change. We enter the world and are quickly presented with a simple rule of success -- More! Acquire more words. More food. More toys. Take more classes. Earn more ...

"Nothing is more fun than work when it's right" -- Francis Ford Coppola On Friday, November 21, 2003, I was an executive headhunter whose book, The 5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers, became a bestseller. That very same day, I was fired. Less than 12 months later, I would be chatting with Francis Ford ...