Volume 7, No. 11: November 14, 2008
Protective Strategies
In response to growing concerns about financial survival, the news media is full of information about ways to save money, conserve energy, etc, but very little is being said about people’s biggest worry—secure employment!
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Volume 7, No. 10: October 10, 2008
Ta-Da!
If you’re a regular reader of this newsletter, you may be as tired of hearing about my book as you are of the presidential campaign. I’ve been coming at you with it for longer than the election has dominated the news, starting in January, 2007, when I devoted this newsletter to presenting one chapter a month. But take heart—once more, and I am moving on.
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Volume 7, No. 9: September 12, 2008
Non-Retirement
It’s pretty clear to most baby boomers that they will be creating, either by choice or circumstances, a very different kind of retirement from their parents, for whom it simply meant, stop working.
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Volume 7, No. 8: August 8, 2008
August Off
There are many advantages to living on Cape Cod, especially in August when the weather is glorious and the North Atlantic is finally warm enough that you can ride the waves on a boogie board without succumbing to hypothermia. There’s also the disadvantage the comes from living and working in a vacation community.
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Volume 7, No. 7: July 11, 2008
Cupcakes
When tea became trendy, I gave in and, with a sigh, supplemented my grandmother’s depression glass dishes with a few pieces from the new array of tea service paraphernalia available in gift shops.
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Volume 7, No. 6: June 13, 2008
A Commencement Letter
Dear Graduate, “The rest of your life is an eight o’clock class,” a colleague of mine likes to say to new graduates. It’s a delightful metaphor, but I think that makes it sound too easy.
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Volume 7, No. 5: May 9, 2008
A Mother’s Day Message for Uncertain Economic Times
My husband and I were taking Amtrak to Virginia, and in Trenton, a stylishly dressed mature woman boarded the train and took the seat behind us. She dozed until Wilmington in an erect posture with her back against the window. Then she awoke and called her son.
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Volume 7, No. 4: April 18, 2008
The Project
Last month the manuscript of my first book, Ground of Your Own Choosing, finally went to the publisher. You can’t imagine the relief I feel to be approaching the completion of this intense, time-devouring project.
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Volume 7, No. 3: March 21, 2008
Big Returns for Those Wise Enough to Invest
Too often, when people make up a to-do list, career issues are listed under a personal rather than a business heading; too often the approach is casual and unfocused. Human nature being what it is, when there is no one to answer to, we put off things we are not comfortable doing.
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Volume 7, No. 2: February 15, 2008
Why Businesses Fail, Part 2: Know Yourself
Small business owners and managers may not have the six-figure incomes, paneled offices and private jets of corporate executives but they have the same responsibility—leadership.
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Volume 7, No. 1: January 18, 2008
Why Businesses Fail, Part 1: Know Your Market
Ask small business owners why some of them fail and they’ll tell you it’s because they don’t make enough money. This makes about as much sense as saying that Enron went under because the price of its stock fell.
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Volume 6, Nos. 1-12 (2007)

Volume 5, Nos. 1-12 (2006)

Volume 4, Nos. 1-12 (2005)

Volume 3, Nos. 1-11 (2004)