When I think of food storage I used to imagine in my head a weird looking person locked up in a bomb shelter with all this canned food around them. When I tell people I am into being prepared they will ask me questions like, “Do you have cans of wheat under your bed?” There are all sorts of preconceived ideas that people have when it comes to food storage.  Today I would like to share the...

I had two experiences that helped me with my topic today. The first was I had an interview yesterday with a great company. The other was a relative of mine had recently jumped out into the job seeking world and posed a question on her facebook page. The question was, “Should I send a thank you letter to the person I interviewed with today?” The answer to her and the topic for today is YES....

The most enjoyable part of my life growing up was swimming and water polo. I loved those sports more than anything. The summer is coming around soon and the Summer Olympics will be upon us again. This is a great time for me as I watch the best in the world compete for their country. By July 2nd we will know who will be the swimmers representing the United States. One of those will be Michael...

As I am writing these articles about furthering your career or changing jobs, I think of one of my former colleagues. I will refer to him as Fred. The reason I share his story today is that he exhibits the best of changing careers. This is not a passive process. You must go after the change in career or job like you really want it. Fred was going through a career change at the end of 2011. Fred...