Description: It is about what I learned from a survival training and how it is related to my daily life.

Description: The article provides information about my personal story of phased retirement and resources to help people plan their own.

Description: Effective communication

Description: The author explores challenges that actuaries face at work, and the typical response continuum, which includes panic, inertia, striving, coping, and mastery.

Description: Build Rapport for Greater Influence by David C. Miller from The Stepping Stone Newsletter, July 2004, Issue No. 15.

Description: We can learn a lot about actuarial exams but they don't really teach us about the business world and how to operate in it.

Description: Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, devised a method to achieve "moral perfection." The author explains the method.

Description: How is actuarial career development related to human development? The author draws a parallel using the archetypes developed by Swiss psychiatrist Carl G Jung.

Description: I used the inspirational movie, Stand and Deliver, to describe the motivating high school mathematics teacher and leader, Jaime Escalente. Mr. Escalante believed that as long as you had the desire, you can accomplish wonderful things.

Description: The author discusses the importance of setting goals and provides an update on achievements of the Management and Personal Development Section.