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The End of Men

A friend sent me a link to an article from the July/August 2010 issue of the Atlantic which I have included here.  http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/8135/#.TnDrdmyAiB0.email   She said: "This will blow you away."  She was correct. In fact, I found the article very credible and deeply disturbing in terms of what it portends for society.   I encourage you to read it in its entirety and I would be delighted if you shared your thoughts about it in the Comments section below.

The Myth of Work-Life Balance

Barbara Moses wrote "The Myth of Work-Life Balance" which was published in the Globe and Mail on January 7.  Ms Moses offers a very different perspective on this issue than the one provided in issue of Gwyneth Paltrow's newsletter GOOP which I posted about yesterday.      I have long admired Ms Moses, although I don't always share her view of the world. I was introduced to her years ago when our bank began to use her paper based Career Planning work book.  (In fact,  I still have my completed copy some 20 plus years later.  I suspect her on-line career management tool Career Advisor represents the current version of the Career Planning workbook for those of you who might be interested in this type of tool. Ms Moses ...