For those of us who just celebrated Christmas with the giving and receiving of gifts, it’s hard to believe all the hoopla is over. Those gift lists, which we gleefully checked-off after tiring trips ...

Author, speaker and consultant Dan Coughlin has been a good friend of Smart Planet with regular contributions over the course of 2009 such as, 5 things NASCAR can teach us about business and 5 Ways to ...

Our backyard was small. Where the grass line stopped, a rectangle-shaped garden started. Beyond the garden was an open field. With time, a little ingenuity and an occasional parental assist, we ...

Last month I went on a cruise from the Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean through the Panama Canal. It was a wonderful trip that started with two days in Panama City. I have to admit I knew nothing about ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is the second of three from University of Houston CT Bauer College of Business professor Chris Ross and UH Bauer College of Business MBA student Vikram Enjam about ...

Children may not remember every toy they received or every outing they went on, but they often carry certain life lessons ...