Description: This article addresses how to best use body language to one's advantage

Description: Have you ever felt paralyzed seeing all the things before you that seemed impossible to complete? Asking for help can help, even though most of us don't want to seem inept or weak. This article outlines the benefits of asking for help, provides advice about how to do it, and describes the benefits of doing so.

Description: This article highlights the importance of communicating concisely and effectively through email and other written forums, and when/when not to use written vs. other forms of communication.

Description: March 2020 issue of The Stepping Stone by Leadership & Development Section. practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities

Description: Happiness at work has been linked to major increases in productivity. Find out how to elevate your happiness in just 60 seconds a day.

Description: In “Gearing up for Designing Your Future,” published in the May 2017 issue of Actuary of the Future, the author cited four heroes as his personal inspiration. This article is the successor, showing the glory of these heroes and how they can inspire us actuaries today, as we strive to live our best lives. Identifying your own Noble Purpose as an actuary and in your life makes creating a five-year plan for personal growth meaningful and motivating. What will you gain from reading biographies of famous people and the classics? To aspire, to approach eloquence, to emulate the poetry of how they put their ideas across to mobilize their publics, to elevate our own characters by their examples, to be fully equipped to make moral and ethical judgments, to master the primary tool, verbal communication.