Description: Lessons learned by an actuary who makes a move to the dark side, sales and marketing, and becomes successful.

Description: New for 2017, we are introducing a series of articles by experienced industry professionals who are relatively new to long-term care (LTC).

Description: This article discusses the need to be self-aware of our development items, and to stretch ourselves to get better in the areas that we must develop.

Description: Goal setting and helpful resources for 2018.

Description: This article is a review of the book by Joshua Foer. It covers the history of memory techniques, the way a human brain organizes memory, and various problems and successes in memory recall. The author starts by interviewing memory savants, and learns from them that the ability to perform seemingly impossible memory tricks is simply a matter of studying and practicing proven techniques used for millennia. This review suggests that actuaries can benefit greatly from some of these techniques despite the availability of electronic hand-held devices to recall facts because the person who does not need to rely upon such devices can have a huge perceptual advantage in executive presentations.

Description: Summary of articles in the 2018 April issue of SOA AOF newsletter.

Description: This article stresses the importance of continually assessing your business skills and outlines the most important skills for development.

Description: Tired of Strategic Planning? by Eric D. Beinhocker and Sarah Kaplan

Description: This article summarizes the discussion from the spring meeting session: Managing Your Career Within a Traditional Employee Setting. Perspectives are shared from a consultant's view, and within an insurance company.