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Avoid Fads.(Life Lesson No. 16)Fads among young people come and go. . .and well. . .they come and go! It’s true. In the 1970s, it was long straight hair and bell bottom pants. The 1980s saw everyone with BIG hair and “boom boxes” on their shoulders. Every

Build a Positive Work Ethic.(Life Lesson No. 34)If you are young and just starting out in the working world, you are probably working in a situation that you consider temporary. By temporary, I mean that your job probably doesn’t fit your personal career

Learn About Cause and Effect.(Life Lesson No. 25)Have you ever wondered why things turn out the way they do? For example, have you noticed that when you diligently study in school, you make decent grades—and when you don’t, you make rotten grades? When yo

Think Big!(Life Lesson No. 26)Once when my youngest son was six years old, he was astonished to learn that his friend thought that 100 was the biggest number! Of course, that prompted a discussion on mathematics, and he was even more astonished to learn t

Use Your Resources.(Life Lesson No. 27)You’ve probably heard it said that most people learn on a “need to know” basis. Most of us simply pass up educational opportunities unless we have a specific immediate application.And that’s really tragic because the

Learn to Earn.(Life Lesson No. 28)The U.S. Department of Labor predicts that more than three-fourths of future job openings will require more than just the completion of high school.Career opportunities for young people who have education and training are

Never Escape Problems.(Life Lesson No. 29)Have you ever felt that your life was just full of problems? One problem after another? Do you find yourself dealing with them assertively, or are you escaping—into a personality or attitude that is not really hon

Get a Maintenance Program.(Life Lesson No. 30)It was Benjamin Franklin who coined the phrase, “A stitch in time saves nine!” Of course, he was speaking of preventive maintenance.Whether it’s your car, your school work, responsibilities on the job, your he

Learn to Read Well.(Life Lesson No. 31)In order to successfully merge onto a highway, you need a vehicle that can handle the job. Without it, you’d never have a chance at keeping up and holding your own in the stream of traffic. The same holds true for th