A young student recently told me he wanted to be an astronaut when he grew up. I said, “That’s terrific! Where do you want to go?”

“I’m going to build a rocket and fly to the Sun!” he proudly exclaimed... Read More...

Tags: Education, Sun, ideas, Lesson

I had an interesting experience as a teenager in my first summer job as a salesperson for a retail electronics chain (company name deliberately withheld).  The following experience has stayed with me the rest of my life.  In light of what so many have shared above, I consider myself lucky to have learned what I believe is such an important lesson, so early... Read More...

Tags: First Job, ideas, Job, Lesson, Life, Work

I offer the following true tale of young entrepreneurship run amok with the reasonable belief that there does exist some relevant statute of limitations that has surely run its course… Read More...

Tags: Childhood, Explode, Fireworks, ideas, Life, Entrepreneur