Citizens of the world watch with trepidation as European finance ministers and the IMF race to create a bailout program for Greece in order to prevent a default that could trigger a worldwide recession. It is yet another sprint to evade another economic downturn.

A study put forth in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concluded that kindness is contagious. People naturally pay it forward and reflect back kindness to those who initiate it. Kindness creates an atmosphere of generosity that can be mutually beneficial. Within the context of business, this is...

Career myopia is an epidemic that has plagued the landscape of the American work force for generations. The big picture has been lost in a fuzzy haze as the field of vision has narrowed and the imaginations of the myopic masses have atrophied. Our work force has been fixated on surviving instead of thriving...

The American dream is no longer anchored to a traditional 9-to-5 job, as countless millions of once-salaried employees can attest to. While the economy is showing signs of improvement, the bloom is off the rose.

Surviving is a word commonly paired with work in modern-day conversation. Examples might include, "If I can only survive this workday," or "If I can only survive at this job long enough to see retirement." On a daily basis people work at jobs they do not enjoy, for less pay than they are worth, and with...