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2 x 4 – Hard-Hitting Life Advice from TMBC’s Strengths Experts

At the age of 43, I just earned an MBA and I can't find a job! I have been unemployed for months. I have a long blue-collar work history with no management experience, so despite my brand new MBA, the phone is not ringing. I'm guessing they are reluctant to take a chance on me given my lack of experience, yet I also wonder if companies might think twice because I got my MBA from the University of Phoenix, and that doesn't have the weight a traditional college…
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Added by TMBC on August 31, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

2 x 4 – Hard-Hitting Life Advice from TMBC’s Strengths Experts

When I opened my retail store in 1989, my second daughter, Emily was a year old. She turned twenty-one as I celebrated my business's 20th anniversary. There have been ups and downs to be sure, and I've had an extremely supportive spouse along the entire journey. Lately, though, I find myself struggling—bogged down by depression, second guessing myself, unwilling to take risks, becoming a hermit—all not in my usual character.… Continue

Added by TMBC on August 24, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

The Hot Button - Don't Go Changing

Even after writing last time about how unreliable scientific studies can be, I have to lead with a new one. This one, by Oregon and UC Riverside researchers, demonstrates that people's personalities retain a remarkable degree of consistency as they move from childhood into adulthood. The researchers interviewed hundreds of adults who had as children been part of a school survey in which their teachers rated them on… Continue

Added by TMBC on August 18, 2010 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

2 x 4 – Hard-Hitting Life Advice from TMBC’s Strengths Experts

I'm 28 and I have hit a wall--like a million other people in this economy. I don't know what to do with my career. After getting let go from a good job, I took a job at a local Behavior Disorder school to make ends meet. I'm not afraid to work and you have to keep moving forward. But I can't find anything. If I have to go back to school I don't even know what to go back for. I know I don't want a job where I sit on my butt all day. I can't go… Continue

Added by TMBC on August 17, 2010 at 5:30am — 3 Comments

2 x 4 – Hard-Hitting Life Advice from TMBC’s Strengths Experts

I believe that fear of being laughed at, low self-esteem and being a failure in life is part of my problem. Now that I am 41 the fear is not there so much but I feel like it's too late for me now to do the creative things I always wanted to do.



You probably know the story of Anna Mary Robertson Moses (aka Grandma Moses), who gained fame as a painter only in her late 70s and went on to become one of the more celebrated American… Continue

Added by TMBC on August 10, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

2 x 4 – Hard-Hitting Life Advice from TMBC’s Strengths Experts

I am actually writing to ask you about my husband. He is a physician (anesthesiologist) and really wants to be a writer. He would never tell anyone this, but I know that this is his passion! He became a doctor because he felt that it was "God’s work". He is terribly stressed out day and night about the possibility of hurting someone. He stashes loads of money away each month for early retirement and we live in extreme frugality. No one would… Continue

Added by TMBC on August 3, 2010 at 6:00am — 1 Comment

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