To many of us a job is important. You want a job to have money to help you live a purposeful life. However, for many that life, the American dream, is becoming less of a reality and more beyond reach. This informative graph from Esquire Magazine breaks down some interesting details regarding wealth of the young versus old.

Larry Smith makes a comedic stab at the excuses that we have in today’s world for not pursing our passions, and therefore failing to have a great career.

Tomorrow morning I will be speaking at Xavier University’s Williams College of Business Career Campaign.

As a panelist the audience make-up will be current students, graduates, and alumni of the university and I will be talking about “Working while you’re not Working” and innovative ways to approach search, stay active and involved regardless of your situation.

Look forward to meeting current and former Xavier students! If we get eye contact you better say hello!

In these times you would expect a teenager to be getting their start within a business like fast food, an internship with an accounting firm or something simple and relatively unambitious. However, Ian Purkayastha, at the age of a 19, is already an  international businessman whose approach through “networking” face to face has built himself a million dollar business is a little over 3 years. The business and product –  Truffles.

Most of us would wonder how anyone could make a boat load of money on truffles? However, truffles (a very expensive and rare underground mushroom) are by far the most-expensive ingredient in the culinary world, fetching up to $5000 per pound for the most desired varieties.

This just another example to help you and others like you to stretch your thinking around your career. Regardless of how old or young you are!

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