Big plans for that career? Get the degree, go for the Ph.D, professorship and, oh yes, the adoration of your students! Sounds familiar, a sort of long-range plan that maps out your future. But as my dad, Nicholas Carreras, always said, have a backup trade or career just in case. You can be tempted by …
Racket
"Some cons never die. They go on vacation and return refreshed for another run around the block." This was one of the observations of our Almost Friend John. John was a perpetual con artist, bunco purveyor, and commentator on all things crooked. And time and time again, we'd find that his observations were on the …
Work Style
These days, I primarily work alone, except for some very part-time college students. As the saying goes, in "the day," I ran larger organizations. Part of the job was always interviewing people entering the organization. Having read the requisite articles on interview skills, I knew that suggested that, at some point, the interviewer should look …

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