Isabelle's Beach House
I grew up in a small, little town, Jonquière, in the French-speaking part of Québec, where my parents had a restaurant. It was called La Saucisse Garnie. I started working... More
Perfect Timing—an entrepreneur’s story
I planned to be a dentist, but I got a D in college biology—I could not tell the difference between a male and female fruit fly. Instead, I majored in finance, with a... More
Wanting To Count (a career story)
My goal in high school was to have more stuff in our high school Annual than anyone else. That goal says a lot about me. Here's the entry: More
A Spark of the Divine (a career story)
Editor's note: Bart Craig is a tenured professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. When I started driving cars at high speeds, on race tracks, I wished... More
Banker Turned Musician (a career story)
Editor's note: Before I met Jacques Letalon I heard his cornet. It was the spring of 2020 in New York City and COVID had just hit the city hard. Everything was closed.... More
Speed Bump In The Fast Lane (a career story)
My career journey starts with pure serendipity. My father, who worked for IBM his whole career, became aware of the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation, which gave... More
Staying Calm
The thornier the problem and the more at stake, the greater the premium on staying utterly calm, cool and collected. It's not necessarily easy but there are practices that... More
The First To Raise My Hand (a career story)
A big influence on a woman growing up is how her father treats her. I got the full benefit of that. Every Saturday I'd go to the yard where he kept his construction... More
Nothing But The Best (a short story)
Philip Smith was recruited personally by the bank's CEO, Martin Middletown, to fix its ailing investment bank. Middletown viewed him as his heir apparent and turned a deaf... More
The Accidental Leader (a career story)
I never planned to be a teacher in the first place. I backed into it. I went up to Tufts, with the idea of becoming a doctor. So I became pre-med and majored in... More