Sit right down and write your 21-year-old self a letter Today, as I prepare to teach this fall, I have an unusual assignment for you. Here is the assignment: Compose a letter to your 21-year-old self with the advice about how to manage his/her career. You might wonder why I am suggesting this assignment. Here is my rationale. This fall I will once again teach an upper level course for the University of Michigan’s Ross Business School. The purpose of …
People often have trouble recognizing their unique gift or special talent. Sometimes if we pay attention, we can learn to recognize the secret of our unique talent early on in life. This was brought home to me in dramatic fashion recently at our 50th year high school reunion. A friend, Donna Gillespie, gave me a copy of an article from the June 1964 Ferndale Eagle Newspaper. The article described a program that I had started at age 16, during my senior year. As …
When I first moved to New York City in 1968, after graduating from the University of Michigan, I was alone. Unless I could find a teaching job I was going to be drafted into the Vietnam War. It didn’t take me long to realize I was becoming depressed and anxious. Having been a psychology major, I knew psychotherapy could help, but I could not afford it. In college I had admired the work of Psychologist Albert Ellis, and his development of Rational Emotive …
Bring Work to Life: The Leadership Imperative Research demonstrates that we achieve positive business outcomes by creating fulfillment and Bringing Work to Life for employees. Join Dr. Tracy Brower, author of Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A Guide for Leaders and Organizations and learn about the connections between work-life supports and organizational results. This interactive session will focus on how leaders can create a culture of abundance that is good for people and for companies. Join …
Rob, With the constant connection available on my smartphone (email, texts, social media, etc), I have lost my way. I notice that when I’m distracted or multi-tasking, it gives my children the approval to do the same with their smartphones. I’m trying to set better example for my family. I’m really trying to work on not just “being there” physically but actively engaged when with my family. Can you give me tips on how to succeed on this? From a Dr. Rob blog reader Dear …
Many years ago, when my two boys were still teenagers, I got so caught up in writing books and striving for success fame, that I lost my bearings. I began to act as though my time was more important than my wife’s or my children’s. I had become obsessed with traveling and giving workshops and doing whatever I could do to insure that my book about how to be a good man, “Awakening from the Deep Sleep,” would hit the …