You can gain an advantage by taking time the night before to plan ahead. You can gain an extra advantage by planning your day from the end to the beginning.

There are many words you can choose to describe your view of the last 12 months. I would guess that few of them would be kind. But the word that should sum it up for all of us on the planet is hard. In fact, that word should fit any year.

That next encounter could be the introduction of the love of your life. Or it could lead to a huge business deal. Or it could be a polite conversation that fills a temporary gap in time.

It's a simple statement: you always learn more from real-world experience. But you don't have to be the person who lived through the experience to receive the lesson.

The song may state that 'everything is better with a friend,' but it's equally as true if you claim just about any type of coupling.

I had a former coworker who moved through various roles and nearly destroyed them at every stop. I have also had personal relationships that ended on sour notes with my ex’s pushing the needle even further after the break-up. Whether you’re dealing with a shift in your personal or professional life, you need to leave things better than you found them.

Risks are necessary for development. But these three risks are never worth the gambit.

The way to work toward the raising of the average is not to push hard for solid A’s and extra credit towards the end of the grading period. It comes from ensuring you never make failing grades from the start.

Your business should do more than just work to make a profit. It should matter to the people who work there, the people who shop there, and neighbors around it. Ask yourself this question and study your answers.

You have all the rights in the universe that you are the center of to do as you wish. But you do not have the right to bully anyone around that would directly affect their status as the center of their own universe.