Overwhelmed by Oxymorons

Bear with me. I’m having a George Carlin moment here, but I can’t help but wonder… Shouldn’t people who teach workshops about how to get rich actually BE rich? Shouldn’t people who claim to be social media experts have killer stats on Alexa.com? Shouldn’t people who offer “Satisfaction Guaranteed, 30-Day Trials” reply to an email [...]

Friday Fast 5: Google Panda, Wunderlist, Anything You Want, and MORE!

As you gear up for the holiday weekend, here’s our Friday Fast 5 — Happy 4th! Google Panda Steps Up Content Quality Game: Looks like quality trumps quantity, thanks to the arrival of Google Panda. This article from @smallbiztrends maps out 4 Rules to raise your content game.    Living Better at 50+:  Designed “for women [...]

Every Entrepreneur Needs a 24/Chloe

If you’re a “24″ fan, you’ll definitely get the vibe behind today’s blog post. If not, hang in there. There are still a few good takeaways for you. Let’s start with a few classic Chloe exchanges: Day 3: 2am to 3am Tony Almeida: There’s a program for that? Chloe O’Brian: No, so I wrote one for [...]

BOOMER$ by Brokaw

Since Retirepreneur speaks to the Baby Boomer generation, I made a point to watch Tom Brokaw Reports: BOOMER$! last night on CNBC. It was an interesting program, exploring how a generation of 78 million people has navigated through all kinds of societal change. Brokaw hit the landmark events from our early days – Civil Rights, [...]

Reinventing Yourself

In last week’s Parade magazine, Mitch Albom shared an inspiring story, Dreams Do Come True, about Tom Smallwood, a husband, father and autoworker in Michigan. Two days before Christmas 2008, this 31-year old lost his job at General Motors. His future looked bleak. Fast forward one year and Tom is winning the Pro Bowlers Association Championship and [...]

2010 – Got Maps?

If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.”             Lewis Carroll – Alice in Wonderland It’s a shiny new year – in fact, a shiny new decade and many of us are emerging with a list of goals, both personal and professional. At the end of 2009, I spent a [...]

It’s About the People

First, take good care of each other. – Bruce Harris, Founder of Conferon In 2002, I was sitting in the lobby of Conferon (now known as Experient), waiting to be escorted to a job interview that resulted in one of my most treasured work experiences, spanning six years. This company was known for many things [...]