Are You Fully Vetted?

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.  – French Proverb I am writing this blog for a very smart and accomplished student who now attends Purdue University. I have started corresponding with him under a program that Purdue offers for career counseling and mentoring. He expressed concerns about “choosing the right […]

Personal Responsibility – Can Failure be the Best Predictor for Success?

One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it’s remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver’s license.  P.J. O’Rourke A hard lesson to learn for some people is that failure […]