Life Between Jobs

This may seem a bit off topic, but, bear with me, it is going somewhere.

One of my favorite stories in the Bible is from Genesis 2. It tells the story of how God made Man, and put him in the Garden of Eden. God commanded man to take care of the place. [...]

After I updated LinkedIn to show I had started working somewhere, I received numerous notes of congratulations. I was also asked by someone if I had any advice about finding a job. I don’t know where that person was coming from exactly but I could identify with the question. I had made [...]

One of my favorite poems is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. The audio version at this site is very good.

There are two lines in the poem that I think are particularly relevant for job seekers.

The first is when the author says “knowing how way leads on to way”. Each and every [...]

Throughout this whole adventure of unemployment I’ve tried to remain optimistic. It is tough sometimes. Uncertainty about lifestyle, where you live or the kids go to school, what your spouse will do, etc. There are some things that remain constant – faith, family, and friends. But that’s not to say I’m not human, and don’t [...]

Yes, this post is about finding a job.
I was reading a blog post this week and I was reminded of the principle from Leo Tolstoy’s book, Anna Karenina.
It goes “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
If you search the principle on Wikipedia, the principle even has its own [...]

I was talking with a friend Friday afternoon.  I worked with him when I launched the removable drive cartridge product at my former employer.  He was the VP of Business Development at the partner company.  He is now at a startup as their VP of Business Development.
He said, all things being equal, he prefers the [...]

The clock radio came on yesterday morning at 6:00 am, like it always does.  A “wealth management” talk show quietly and demurely rattled from the speaker.  They were talking about the current economic crisis in this country.
My attention snags on a fact – the total US debt is $56 Trillion.  $56 Trillion.  The total GDP [...]

I was out for my morning walk this morning. Now that the weather in Minnesota has become somewhat bearable in late winter, I find a walk alone helps me to clear my head and get my thoughts and mind centered for the day. 
This morning I was trudging up the hill leading to the neighborhood where I live, after [...]

This is an important post – to me.  Let me share with you a foundational philosophy of my view on life. 
I am an optimist.  Not a rose-colored-glasses optimist by any measure.  Sometimes people accuse me of being negative. I view it as being a realist.    I view it as being completely dedicated to the truth.  I [...]