The Rust Belt Chronicles

Yesterday’s blog was a big deal for me. I’ve committed myself to going forward with a new project. Will it succeed and fill a void? I c...

  D oes fear of failure keep you from doing something meaningful? Perhaps, it’s really fear of success. Many people are comfortable ...

We are accustomed to many types of external distractions.  Some distractions startle us, but most are common occurrences. Certain distra...

I received a new lease on life when my job was eliminated at cubicle nation. Quite some time ago, I underwent a metamorphosis of sorts ...

Most people wander aimlessly through their life. Many don’t realize options exist outside of the daily grind. We become so focused o...

 Two weeks ago, I found myself unemployed. Laid-off, as in job eliminated . Nearly 32 years at the same organization and I was t...

My friend, Mark Maxwell , recently told me this story about our deceased and loved high school band director, Mr. David A.Wells af...

One of the best decisions I made early on in my blogging career was to join the forums at 48Days.net . I discovered the forum by pur...

My friends, Michael Michalski and Stephen Rager create Art. So does author Jeff Goins . Grant Peelle is also living his dream has ...

  12 Steps to the Bridge:   ·         You get a great idea and go to work late because formulating and documenting your idea is ...