"This gold medal," said Marnie McBean, holding up her first Gold Olympic medal, won at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics for Pairs Rowing "proved without a shadow of a doubt that my Mom was right:" Never be afraid to try [caption id="attachment_1322" align="aligncenter" width="300"] credit: Tweet from Nazerah Shaik https://t.co/8YSXkFyXEe[/caption] Why? Because Marnie did...

Contributor: Bernard de Souza When reading the article ‘High-Pressure Parenting’ and your blog post ‘Am I a High-pressure parent?’ I was drawn to the questions: How and why has work changed over the last 15-20 years? What is the specific impact on new graduates? The Push for Outsourcing With the stock market’s focus on...

 My 2017 Manifesto: Do It Scared January.  A month of new beginnings.  And resolutions.  And college applications and essays.  You start out so full of excitement, enthusiasm, and self-confidence.  And then suddenly, it wanes. Funny thing about Self-confidence.  It doesn't have a simple On-Off switch.    It is more of an ebb...