This story began life as a presentation I did over fifteen years ago. It has gone through a few iterations over the years and multiple retellings in classes, conferences, and meetings. It reflects my thinking and experience across a variety of contexts. When it first started, it was about my…

Every few moths I get a call from someone who thinks they want to start a new university in the United States. These are usually one and done calls, because the would be university founder does not like what I have to say. Starting a college or university in the…

My standard advice for someone looking to find a dissertation topic is to do what I did…head to a resort in the Caribbean. I went to Puerto Rico but any island will do the trick. …

In psychology, lifespan development is a set of theories based on developmental psychology. While much of the work focuses on child development, lifespan development covers everything from conception to death. The originator of this line of work was Erik Erikson. Erikson’s Stage of Psychosocial Development Erikson proposed a theory psychosocial development including eight life stages…

“It’s called wayfinding, princess. It’s not just sails and knots, it’s seeing where you’re going in your mind. Knowing where you are by knowing where you’ve been.” — Maui from Moana I have ten children, so I have seen most Disney movies many times. …

Ryan Holiday and the Neo-Stoics “We forget: In life, it doesn’t matter what happens to you or where you came from. It matters what you do with what happens and what you’ve been given.” ― Ryan Holiday, The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph I am sure that Ryan…

Multi-level marketing (MLM) has been getting a bad rap recently in many media outlets. While many of the concerns have a foundation in fact, they are not the only facts. I have been working on these insights on how to be successful using an MLM platform for a few years…

I am pretty open to networking with just about anyone on LinkedIn. I do have a problem, though, when someone abuses my friendliness with a cold email. For those of you without a marketing/sales background, a cold email is an email sent to a potential customer without any previous interactions. …

I answered this question on Quora in April 2018. As of today, it has 460.5K views and 1,320 upvotes. Over all I have 1.8 million views of my answers on Quora and 4,765 upvotes. Here is my answer: There are two types of degrees: Those that are required to start…