"Use your initiative." How many times did your teacher say that to you at school? Or perhaps it was a university professor's favorite line? And I'm sure we've all read "Must be able to demonstrate initiative" in pretty much every job advertisement since then. Of course, we all know that thinking for ourselves and being […]
There are many occasions in life when it seems easier to stay on a familiar, risk-free, but ultimately unsatisfying path, rather than to strike off into uncharted territory. And it's easy to understand that position. If you have a family or a mortgage, or economic conditions are tough, the risks of change can appear to […]