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Using the 2012 general election as an example, if your party won, you were feeling excited about the changes a second term for Obama would bring about. “Now he would be able to really make some changes!” If your party lost then you despair at the changes you fear Obama would make and mourn the changes you hoped a Romney administration would have spearheaded.

Change is a fascinating subject, and as a young psychologist, I thought I had all the answers. I had a model of ideal health in my head and techniques to get you there. The only trouble was, it didn't work! 

>Partnerships, affiliate agreements, or joint ventures – it doesn’t matter what you call them, they are all part of successful internet marketing. My company is a partnership and we have on-going partnerships with others that work very well for both sides.

“What do you want to be?” A common question asked by solicitous adults of bewildered children throughout their early years. I always solved the problem by jumping on my parent’s bandwagon.

“A Doctor!” I would proclaim boldly and realize I had gotten away again as, with satisfied smiles, they would say, “That will make your father and mother so proud!”

Have you ever sat down to write an article or prepare a presentation on a subject you thought was going to be a snap only to discover more complexity that you first suspected? This happened to me recently while I was preparing my presentation on partnerships for my first conference appearance of the year.

Not long ago, a friend of mine – let’s call him Tom – asked me to look over an email exchange he'd had with one of his suppliers. You see, Tom owns a retail business, and he had recently produced a marketing campaign that his supplier felt was an attack on his products.

There is an old Chinese proverb from Lao Tzu that says “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” My version would read “Give a man most vocational inventories and it will tell him to become a forest ranger. Give him the Your Talent Advantage assessments and it will reveal the natural skills that a job must have for him to be occupationally fulfilled.”

Just before Thanksgiving last year my son and his wife announced at a family dinner that she was expecting. Sometime this summer my wife and I will become grandparents!

We knew that they had been focused on starting a family, and my wife and I were both anticipating an announcement. But anticipation didn’t take anything away from the magic of the announcement.

I love Thanksgiving.  It’s my favorite holiday.  What can be better than being with friends and family watching football, sharing a wonderful meal, playing games, singing, and dancing?  From the time I was a young girl I’ve always pictured Thanksgiving as the scene from A Christmas Carol with the Fessiwigs hosting the perfect holiday gathering with joy and great food shared by all.  In my heart, at Thanksgiving, I’m Mrs. Fessiwig.

Ever wonder why your work tires you out so easily, or why you have no excitement for the career you have chosen?

Are there certain tasks that initially felt like an exciting challenge but now feel like drudgery?

Do you feel trapped in the work you do with no sense of accomplishment or meaning?