Few people make a living as a public speaker but many people build it into their career. A career is like a suit of clothes: to look its best, it must be tailored and accessorized. So whatever career you choose, let's say it's social work - you can, for example, ask your boss - if you can give talks at housing project community centers about the social services available.

Entrepreneurship may be the most under-taught subject.

Essayists write at a length that enables them, within a year, to explore a number of topics, whereas in a book, they'll likely only get to address one.

Being sleep-derived not only hurts you at work, it hurts your health. You need to value yourself enough to have good sleep hygiene.

Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying.

Senescence is an inevitability. All we can do is try to strike the balance between graceful acceptance and raging against the dying light.

Sometimes, low-level jobs are challenging even to someone with CEO potential.