Jesse Michelsen
The workforce since 2008 and how business is conducted has changed drastically. In the past, there was such a thing as job security, tenure, company “lifers,” and pension plans. That is no longer a reality and it’s something you and I will have to come to terms with. We will have to learn to work with the new way things are done and realize that with the scarcity of jobs, people willing to work without benefits as temps will be the future.
Darwin, in Say Bye to Full-Time Employment: You’re Likely to be a Temp in the Future, gives some examples of fields that are destined to become temporary positions in the future.
The phrase “Don’t burn your bridges” can be interpreted in many ways, but in general, it means don’t ruin a relationship you’ve spent time cultivating regardless of what happens. For example, in the career world, don’t quit your job in a bad way such as cooling your feet in the soft-serve machine at the ice cream parlor you work for, or sending mass emails to all your coworkers telling them exactly what you think of them. 
You’ve probably heard people say that anyone can be anything they set their minds to. I remember being told that in school and thinking that it was a load of bologna. People can’t just do anything; that’s not what I saw on TV nor what I read about in the newspaper. But you know what I’ve found now that I’m a lot older? You can do anything you set your mind to… 
When something unpleasant happens and no one can be pinned as at fault, they call it a coincidence. Coincidences are everywhere – it was just chance that they happened to be there at that place and time. But when something great happens to someone, they call that an opportunity.
Whether you’re working for an employer or working for yourself, one thing will always remain: There is a lot to do and so little time. Even when you do find a spare moment, it’s not always easy to concentrate and get things done. And even if you get past the distractions around the web like Twitter, Facebook, and StumbleUpon, there is still plenty of work to do. 
I never thought I’d see the day when I’d go back to school shopping for my kids. It’s just nuts to think about the past and how fast things move. But you can’t stop and wait around, it’s time to back to school shop now!
I’ve always been one to fight against the arbitrary. In fact, I was never able to follow rules in my younger years (or now for that matter) – rules which I thought were only there to be obeyed but didn’t really serve a purpose. It’s just something that I was born with, and while it has caused me grief in life, I have grown and learned so much because of that character trait. I also now understand that some things weren’t just rules to be rules; they actually did have a purpose that I simply couldn’t see. 
Why? That’s one of the most powerful questions in the English language. That simple question and the answers that may or may not follow can tell so much about you, me, and the world. The harder and more complicated, the more difficult to answer. However, not asking that question can be the most dangerous game you ever play. 
Have you ever been on the bank of a muddy river and tried to get out or help someone else out, only to find that the bank collapsed and you wound up right back in the water? That instability is a lot like life sometimes. There are times when we try to over-stretch our banks when we aren’t even stable there yet, and end up losing our footing and having to start all over again. 
It sucks to be wrong. It sucks when your idea is shot down or dies after you put a lot of time and effort into it. It sucks when other people prove you wrong by doing the same thing you tried to do right. But regardless of how it feels, being wrong doesn’t have to be the end of the line.
The U.S. government is in trouble – money trouble that is. We as a nation are in trillions of dollars of debt, much of that to foreign countries, which is scary in and of itself. The worst part is that we are going more and more into debt every day.
One thing that became blatantly obvious after I entered the real world was that people are full of it. I don’t mean to be cynical, but I found that people in general would rather tell a white lie to end a conversation before things get complicated than deal with the situation – just like I tell the salesman at my door that ”I’ll think about it and give him a call.”
Introducing…the 108th edition of 
I’m sure you have all heard the old saying, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Forgiveness is a trait that doesn’t get enough credit, and how often do we forgive ourselves of mistakes we’ve made? We make mistakes on a daily basis and that is what makes us human and what makes us grow. You should never let your past mistakes affect you in a negative way. 
As we get older, one thing that seems to be ever fleeting is time. We are constantly trying to find new ways to make up time, create better ways to make use of the time we have, and get rid of things taking up our time that we just don’t want to do. In the end though, we only have 24 hours in a day and it never seems to be enough. 