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Getting Ready for College is Hard
Getting ready for college is hard! Well, isn’t that the understatement of the century? College is just weeks away and I don’t have a comforter, a proper wardrobe, or even the slightest idea of what I want to do or who I want to be.
Wow. It looks even worse in black and white. I am 18 and I still feel like I have no idea which direction I’m going. Needless to say, I feel unprepared. Read Article ›
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From Skeptical Parent to Avid Fan, by Robin Ross
Robin Ross & her son Mike Lang
When my son Mike first went to work for Vector Marketing, I was very skeptical. Initially I worried that the job was a scam designed to get kids to have their parents buy product. I was concerned, and I certainly did not expect him to get the training he got, along with many other benefits of this experience.
It was amazing to watch his people skills and confidence grow by the week. Over the course of his first year with the company, he became much more positive, persistent, and goal-oriented than he had ever been. He moved beyond our family and friends within a couple of months and began developing his own referral resources. Read Article ›
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Five Questions to Move You Forward in 2010
It’s that time again! Another year passes and I’m asking myself, “How’d I do?” I suspect that this common practice is what’s at the root of a lot of holiday melancholy. Is it ever possible to live up to our high expectations of ourselves?
Still, I like to take stock every year and set one or two new goals. I hope I always do. At the beginning of 2008, I decided to train for a half-marathon. While I’m fit, I’ve never been a runner, but it was challenge I was determined to take on. At the beginning of 2009 when I reflected back, I counted completing that half-marathon among my achievements for the year. In fact, I decided that perhaps I am a runner and set my sights on another half-marathon for 2009. I finished that race, a little faster than the first time, with the sweet satisfaction of accomplishing something I had set out to do. Read Article ›
