"Hit a Brick Wall, Congratulations"

Posted by on May 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

The quote “Hit a Brick Wall, Congratulations” describes what C.E.O. Kyle Zimmer advocates (New York Times, Business Section, May 27, 2012, p. 2). In fact, her organization sometimes gives awards for ideas that fail.

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Feel Like a Failure? Maybe It’s Just That You’re “Off-Time”

Posted by on July 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

College graduates are moving home, the place they would least like to be. The reason-it’s the economy, stupid! Dylan Suher, a recent college graduate defines his moving home as a failure. “The feeling that the natural order of life-that you become an adult and then you leave home-has been disrupted.” (New York Times, July 17, 2011, SR, p. 7). But college students are not alone.

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