Your appearance and your overall gestalt can give you a chance at a job that another applicant with a better degree will not get. How can that be true? Conversely, your degree can be better than an other, but they get the job, not you. And how can that be true? New research has found that “overweight”...

They’re invisible. They’re legendary. They control our world in so many unseen, and incredibly powerful ways. No, they aren’t aliens or vampires. They are Money Managers. Or, for you Erudites, we can call them financial managers. Be in awe. Their power is incredible. Because...

You’re down here, and you want to be up there. You’re starting your long climb up the Life Ladder. If you cant or wont market yourself, who will? Yes, we’re talking about self-marketing. Because we all sell ourselves, every time we write, or open our mouth. We sell ourselves...

Can anyone gain enough personal power to change our world for the better? This is the second in our GRAD2B “Salute Series”— recognizing great educators and entrepreneurs from all periods of history, from all nations, and from all walks of life. These individuals— not necessarily...

Today is all about your career chances. Your life. Your chances to win or lose. Chances to rise or to fall, depending upon the degree you go after. Yes, chances. Whatever you decide to do, you are gambling, at the BIG Table of Life. Career choices are always a gamble. One of the biggest gambles...

Today, GRAD2B salutes JULIUS ROSENWALD. You’ve never heard of Julius Rosenwald until now. And yet, he changed life and democracy in the United States, profoundly for the better. Rosenwald used his education to become fabulously wealthily. And he used his wealth to create 5,000 free schools—...

Let’s talk about fear. About your diminishing chances to earn that degree, as jobs shrink, and money gets tighter and tighter. Let’s look the beast in the eye. Let’s talk about higher education affordability, in these vicious, tough economic times. The new annual College Board...

You are being evaluated. Every word out of your mouth. Every e-mail. Every single Twitter. Every time you speak, you are being personally judged by whoever hears you. Every time you write, people rate your intelligence by what they read. You are “on the record” in their mind. It’s...

In the morning, you felt fine. You are dead that afternoon. You sneeze, you cough, you have to lie down, your lungs fill with your own fluids, and you drown. You’re sitting in a lecture. Or studying in your dorm. Or eating in the cafeteria. Someone sneezes. You kiss someone. You touch...

Got an I-Pod? Got an internet connection? No cash for a 2-year MBA? No more excuses for not getting that degree— higher education is in the palm of your hand. Where? Just look at your I-Pod. College lectures, seminars and conferences are right there. CNN reports that hundreds of universities...