We’ve been taught to think of careers as ladders. You start at the bottom.You climb step by step.You reach the top. Simple. Predictable. Linear. But that model no longer reflects reality—if it ever truly did. The truth is this: your career is not a straight line. It’s a portfolio of experiences. And the sooner you … Read more
A Me Incorporated perspective As the calendar turns, most people rush to set resolutions: lose weight, save money, be more productive. By February, many of those goals quietly fade. At Me Incorporated, we believe the new year deserves something better than resolutions. It deserves a strategy. Because you are not a side project.You are the … Read more
Long before phrases like lifelong learning, personal branding, or human capital portfolios became common language, I was asking a deceptively simple question: Why do working adults persist in learning after they already hold a degree? That question became the foundation of my doctoral dissertation: Abeyta, Edward L. (2009). A phenomenological study of post-baccalaureate adult working … Read more
Thomas L. Friedman, link to article The rise in the unemployment rate last month to 9.2 percent has Democrats and Republicans reliably falling back on their respective cure-alls. It is evidence for liberals that we need more stimulus and for conservatives that we need more tax cuts to increase demand. I am sure there is … Read more