I hope that you enjoyed the July 4th holiday with friends and family (and with grilling and parades)!  As usual, people spent a lot of time celebrating our "freedom".  Even though it's one of the things I love most about this country, I think there's something we need to talk about just as much: The responsibility that must accompany freedom. I have a relatively uncommon professional perspective on those two topics because I've had a relatively nontraditional career.  I figured out once that I've only been a salaried "employee" for 11 months of my adult life. From my start in business selling Cutco Cutlery as an independent … [Read more...]