Recently I received an email from someone who had read one of my articles online. This reader told me that, while reading my article, she had noticed that I had used "their" where I needed "they're." A simple mistake, but one that could have been avoided with a little better proofreading on my part.

I had a college professor one semester that was so captivating in his lectures that I was hesitant to leave when the class was over. I probably would have been content to sit there and listen to him spout off about anything as long as he kept talking. He was interesting, yes, but even if he had stated

Every time you turn on a radio or TV these days, you hear doom- and-gloom news about the US economy. As a businessperson, it's hard NOT to get discouraged. However, we need to do exactly that if we want to keep our businesses thriving. Even if you have been hard hit by recent events (and who hasn't, one

The first time I was assigned an oral presentation as a college freshmen, I figured it would be an easy A. But much to my dismay, as I stood in front of the classroom, my palms became drenched with sweat and I couldn't remember a word of the material I had so laboriously researched. You might be