With the Olympics in full blast, I cannot help feeling rejuvenated, motivated, and inspired to challenge my personal achievements.  I watch as these young athletes bend, twist and distort their bodies in ways I'd only thought Gumby capable!  I think of all the time and sacrifice that these individuals have put forth and I am ...

''Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.'' --Jim Rohn Many people have asked what the toughest part of my job is: the endless travel, the intense meetings or the constant pressure? I have asked myself this question over and over, and then I realized my greatest challenge is time--not only how ...

Inevitably, the end of the year brings a time of personal reflection; I think back to the accomplishments of the year as well as the unrelenting hardships that always seem to jump in the spotlight. I look back on 2009 and I am proud; I have learned, I have grown, and most importantly I have survived. I have learned that health care is not measured ...

We got inside your heads. Not in any creepy subconscious sort of way; more like, ''Hey, you read our magazine, we see you at conferences-let's get to know each other.'' Three rounds of surveys later, we have a better idea of ''What Makes HIM Professionals Tick.'' I was pleased that 60 percent of you recycle, jealous that more than half of you ...

As tradition goes, my Thanksgiving break was filled with food, football, family and friends. It was wonderful to relax and catch up with relatives and old classmates, but I barely made it through my front door before I sounded like a broken record. I was immediately bombarded with the same questions from 21 of my closest family and ...

The ADVANCE team likes to be inquisitive (it's part of our job, ya know). Sure, we've met you at conferences, chatted you up on the phone, but we want to know what really goes on in that head of yours. Thus, we introduced ''What Makes HIM Professionals Tick,'' a series of 10-question surveys about anything from your first job to your favorite ...

We're back for the third installment of our ''Difficult Personalities'' series. So far, we've escaped the needy co-worker's grasp and busted the ''ghost'' employee's vanishing routine. This time, we'll scale the know-it-all's mental pedestal to get a better perspective on this difficult personality. Always Right, Even When Wrong Ever see that ...