I’ve been having an on-going e-mail conversation with one of our readers who is located overseas and it’s bringing up all kinds of interesting thoughts about the concept of insider versus outsider and why one indie movie is a hit and others are left in the dust. His perception is homegrown talent (that is to say, those from the U.S.) MORE >>

Weekends are a great time to step away from the pressures of work , spend some quality time with your family and loved ones, and recover physically and mentally from the previous work week. Review your project list. For each of these top three goals, what is the  very next action  you need to do (or delegate to someone else)? MORE >>

The Great Recession has many older Americans considering the prospects of staying in the workforce past their normal retirement age. According to the Social Security Administration, nearly 31% of individuals between the ages of 70 and 74 reported income from earnings in 2008, the latest year data are available. MORE >>

This client noticed those who were moving up the ladder into leadership had almost all been—at some point or another—entrepreneurs. Here’s his real problem: The concept of the Big Idea is a bit of a fallacy. The truth is Big Ideas aren’t that unusual. It’s the follow through that matters. It’s a cop-out. MORE >>

One of my readers sent me the following question: Dear YII, I graduated in 2009, and am currently working as a development assistant at a small TV production company in the LA area. an hour and am extremely frustrated (not with the position, but the money). The bad news: It might take a while to make the jump up. MORE >>