Description: This article is about Stanley B. Tulin's actuarial career and lessons he has learned regarding what leads to a successful actuarial career.

Description: Book review of Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity, by David Allen.

Description: This is a link to an article that describes the Competency Framework Self-Assessment Tool that measures your skill level for each of eight competencies. By using the CF and the Self-Assessment Tool you can identify areas where improvement is needed so you can focus your professional development to help further your career.

Description: This is the editor letter for this issue. It summarizes the contents of the articles in the newsletter and the theme of the issue.

Description: Jimmy Poon shares the insights on the benefits and drawbacks of going to graduate school from the standpoint of an actuarial student. He also offers advice on how to figure it out if it is for you.

Description: In the process of getting credentialed, there are more important things than a passing score. Life is not about numbers but transferable behaviors.

Description: A review for the book Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge, M.D. and how it ties with the Actuary of the Future Section by Dave Snell. Dave relates to his own experience and finds that among a list of activities that could make you younger, his volunteering experience with SoA certainly helped make him feel a lot better. The article concludes that we have control over how we age and let us all make our future “Strong, Fit, and Sexy—Until You’re 80 and Beyond.”

Description: This article describes the author's experiences in implementing best practices in insurance regulation in Tanzania, outlining the challenges of the project.

Description: The September 2013 issue of the SOA Marketing and Distribution Section’s newsletter, NewsDirect