Have you ever thought about the stories about yourself that you tell the people around you? These are the stories we believe. But are they true? We believe they are and act accordingly. But what if they aren't true to anyone else except ourselves? That's what this episode is all about.By Mike Peluso

Have you ever looked at the story of your life? Is it what you thought it would be? How would you want to change this story? In this episode I look at a friends life and rewrite their story for them. When you listen to both versions of this story you can decide which one is better.By Mike Peluso

Have you ever wasted time on purpose? Should you? This weeks episode discusses the importance of the time we have and why we should never waste it.By Mike Peluso

It's not boyfriend/girlfriend anymore. Everyone has a "partner". But no matter what you call it, the significant other in someone's life has three different and very important roles to fill. This show is all about those three roles.By Mike Peluso

Often we fall into thinking like a human being when things fall apart at work. Unfortunately this normal response isn't at all helpful. To get through our professional lives, we have to think like managers, good managers. On the positive side, if we learn to do this, there will be less isues to deal with.…

My Aunt Josie laughed at me when I tried to tell her about my five year plan. She told me that nothing ever happens the way we plan. She was right, life always changes your plan. When that happens you have to figure out what to do...By Mike Peluso

Starting at a new job is always stressful. One of the reasons why it's so stressful is that organizatiosn don't do onboarding well as a rule. Sometimes this is incompetence, and somtimes, sadly, it's by design.By Mike Peluso

Here it is, our annual "Top 5" episode where we highlight five really amazing stories from the prior year. If you like these articles, check out the rest from 2023 and other years. - Also thanks so much to all those who supported us in 2023, we appreciate it!!By Mike Peluso

Often, some major negative event will become the only news story you see everywhere and every media oulet jumps on board. Trying to get away from this negativity can be next to impossible. How can you do it? That's covered in today's show.By Mike Peluso

Retirement used to mean flipping a switch to go from working to being completely financially independent, even if modestly, and not working at all. Today there is an intermediate step to this process, it's Semi-Retirement.By Mike Peluso

The Community System includes elected positions, non-profits, businesses and every other type of organization that helps a community thrive. Taking part today is very different than years past in that the risk is much greater. The question becomes, should you take part in this system? That's the topic explored in this show.…

It's hard to get an unbiased sense of where we stand compared to others. This show goes into one technique my brother used as child and one technique I use today. In both cases, they helped us better understand the scope of the world and our place in it.By Mike Peluso

The Law of Convenience is almost akin to a law of physics or nature that you can almost never get around. Here is another example of how I ultimately walked away from something important to me, somethign I worked hard at, simply because of convenience was working against me.By Mike Peluso

Some people spend a large part of their lives working in a job that their personality simply isn't a good fit for. Yet, emotions like fear or career inertia keep them in that same type of job. The first step out of that rut is to see that you aren't a good fit for the job you are doing.By Mike Peluso

There are so many things in life we can do, and sadly, life is finite. So we can't get it all done, but we can certainly do a bunch. The key is to turn "someday" into "now"!By Mike Peluso

Something unique happened during the pandemic. Many women went from working and paying daycare, to being stay at home mom's and they realized, on the whole, their life got better. Now Corporate America wants them back on the job. Can they be wooed back?By Mike Peluso

I've teleworked since before there was the word 'telework'. Now it's both a blessing and a curse to employers and employees alike. Here on some of my thoughts on the topic.By Mike Peluso

In this final show on the big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers we look at the role of Government. Can government help with this conflict, or is any government involvement an issue?By Mike Peluso

There is a big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers. This is the second of three shows on this major conflict. Today's show looks at if a Flexible Lablor Market can be good for the employee?By Mike Peluso

There is a big difference in what businesses want out of their employees and what they want out of their cusotmers. Unfortuantely, usually their customers are employees of some business. This is the first of three shows on this major conflict between the desire on the part of business for Flexible Labor Markets, yet also a desire fo r inflexible bi…

When writing, often I create vignettes. They aren't anything near my normal 3-5 page article, but they have a strong point to make. This show includes three mini-articles put together as one long article.By Mike Peluso

Making new friends is a critical skill to get through life healthy and happy. There are times when we need to make new friends more than others, but we should always be fostering new friendships wherever possible.By Mike Peluso

What happens when you are in the rare position of having a good stable job, yet a career advancement becomes a possiblity? Do you take the new job? Do you stay where you are at?By Mike Peluso

Have you ever thought "Where did the day go?" on a day where you didn't have anything planned? And then got mad at yourself for wasting the day? That's what this espisode is all about!By Mike Peluso

Their are a bunch of issues that only single people have when they are the parent of an only child. What are these problems and can this Single Single Syndrome be cured? Listen to find out!By Mike Peluso

Often businesses, especially those in the luxury space, thrive on quality. Then the suits and bean counters get involved, and little by little, slowly but surely, qualiety dies a corporate death!By Mike Peluso

There are people in the world who don't wish to change or understand more than their small world view. They can't adapt to a changing world and they make everyone around them suffer for it.By Mike Peluso

We all have our comfort zones in work and life. Most People have a tendency to want to stay in their comfort zone, yet, there is a real benefit to getting out of our comfort zone.By Mike Peluso

Standing up and saying the thing that everyone is thinking, but doesn't want to say, has some real negatives. It also has some real positives. This show talks about the value of being the one who's always pointing out the obvious flaws of what's being presented or promoted to a group.By Mike Peluso

There are some people in the world who are completely unreasable. They can make life very difficult. How can you deal with them? This show includes some great tactics to deal with the unreasonable and irrational!By Mike Peluso

We all have visions of who we wish to be in work and life. Sometimes we can get close, but can we really get there? A great deal of the things that we need to do to change are tremendously difficult.By Mike Peluso

What HR and Management look for when deciding whom to let go in a layoff is critical when identifying how you should act at work to keep your job, but as this episode shows, it's not a gaurentee you will survive the layoff.By Mike Peluso

Some people are in it for the money. Some are in it to "Make A Difference." For the latter, the question is, can you do it? Can any one person really make a difference in this world?By Mike Peluso

It's that time of year where we highlight the most interesting or engaging Posts of the year. We have 5 great posts for you today* *To save on bandwidth, this show is encoded at 128kbps.By Mike Peluso

Transparency should be everywhere, yet, there are still areas today where you don't get the information you need to know where you stand. Why is that? What can be done about that?By Mike Peluso

Some people feel like you don't need to be married to have a productive, safe, and fulfilling life. Many feel that way because they are married and just don't know it.By Mike Peluso

To get people back to work, they need to be happy with their work. Their are five things employers should always be doing to keep employees happy and they REALLY need to be doing it with those that left and never returned because of the Pandemic.By Mike Peluso

Another show inspired by Discovery Plus, this time it's about their business practices. Hear how the Big company stomps on little production houses.By Mike Peluso

Have you ever watched TV and thought: I could do that, and, you know what, I want to do that! That's how I felt about the (X) Life shows on Discovery Plus, well until I looked a little deeper!By Mike Peluso

Our organizations have complex systems, and when something isn't quite right in those systems can break down. THEN it's a never ending repair cycle. Could an MOU help? Maybe, for a short time.By Mike Peluso

It was the experience of Shock and Awe when I was first exposed to all the details surrounding receiving Medicare at retirement.By Mike Peluso

Pets, or getting pets, is a big part of new relationships. It's such a big point, we have to ask ourselves, is it unavoidable?By Mike Peluso

The question isn't do need to continue to learn for the rest of your life. We all do. The real question is: What is your plan?By Mike Peluso

Welcome to Episode 200!! This episode includes some surprises as well as a great post of the week, which is all about starting something with a group of people, and then looking around, realizing your the only one left doing the job. Although it's about our jobs in the professional world, ironically, it's also a very fitting subject for anyone who …

In life we work to get paid, to have a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. Sometimes, even later in life, it's a good idea to work for free, because we want to, because of what we will learn. Because it's a passon of ours!By Mike Peluso

It's no question that many companies are just bad places to be for the rank and file. There are also some amazingly great places to work out there. What makes them great? Here are some ideas!By Mike Peluso

Often people get fixated on having, or not having a degree, i.e. the piece of paper. Is a degree really that important to have? What else is involved in getting a job beyond the piece of paper?By Mike Peluso

When you look for a job, the emotions involved can be intense with very high high's and very low low's. Why are they so intense? What can you do about them? That's the point of today's show. Also, Happy 4th of July!!By Mike Peluso

In the early part of our lives, we go on vacation to refresh and renew. As we move on, vacations get commandeered by needs of others. We can forget what a vacation is and what it means to us. Is it time to think about what a vaction means to you?By Mike Peluso

Most people have minimum standards. They won't accept anything less. For the physical things in our lives, those minimums have been steadily increasing over time. Is it justifiable, or are we being manipulated?By Mike Peluso