Archive for March 2011

The editor of Fortune Magazine of China did a blog review of my book.  I have to confess that I did not read it, mainly because it was completely in Chinese.  Today I looked at it again and noticed that, if you click on the blog title Career Planning, it magically turns into English.  He…

Harvey Dorland owns Pacific Recruiting.  He is a past president of the National Insurance Recruiters Association and gave me an opportunity to address that group a few years ago. If you are serious about your career, it is always good to have someone like Harvey Dorland as your friend…and we’ve been friends for about 40…

Vicki Salemi of AOL Jobs gave me an opportunity to contribute to an article she wrote for AOL Jobs.  Look for my part in the fifth bullet of the article.  You can find it at http://aol.it/fCUv44  

Bob Goldman at Creators Syndicate wrote a great review of The Way Up.  Great in that it was humorous and positive.  That said…you can tell he is not a big fan of management and certainly not a big fan of “insurance executives”.  But…he liked the book and gave it a bit of press and I…

Hi,   Amy Levin-Epstein wrote an article for CBS Moneywatch and was kind enough to let me contribute to it.  You can find it at http://bit.ly/g6WHrZ.

I just got word that The Way Up won an award…a gold medal for first place in the Career book category from Axiom Business Book Awards.  I looked through the list of winners in the various categories and there are some terrific authors and all the great publishing companies represented.  The last time I won…

In the next week or so, my mom, Coleen Hurzeler, will celebrate her 90th birthday.  NINETY!  Pretty amazing.  And dad beat her to the mark…he will be 93 this summer.  They still live in the home I grew up in, still drive and continue to amaze me with their energy and love. I am one…