Government Bailouts, Groups and Your Career

Recently, something quite interesting has been happening in the American economy.  The government has decided to get involved in running various businesses.  These businesses include insurance companies, banks and automotive companies.  This is something that I am almost 100% confident is going to likely be a disaster.  In fact, it is already turning into somewhat of a disaster as far as I am concerned. History has shown time and time again, that when a government tries to operate a business, this ultimately fails.  It never worked in Russia, for example, and China and India have only started [Read more]

Being Able to Start from Scratch Is a Gift

One of the hardest things for any of us to do is to relearn something and become infinitely better at it the next time around. Few of us ever allow ourselves to do this because we are in a comfort zone, which often does not allow us to move, improve, and change. People are motivated primarily by two things, pain and pleasure. The desire to avoid pain is very strong and keeps most of us from going outside this comfort zone. When I was around 14 years old, I was exceptionally good at tennis. I was on [Read more]