by Walt Hampton | Oct 23, 2026 | Success
What if that Sunday afternoon dread is trying to tell you something? In my family, we called it the Sunday klegsies. I have absolutely no idea where the word came from. But everyone knew what it meant. It was that awful feeling that would begin creeping in sometime on...
by Walt Hampton | Oct 16, 2026 | Success
I had just finished speaking to a university audience on leadership and goal achievement, and had stayed on afterwards to chat with the students. “I know exactly what I want,” my young listener proclaimed. Looking earnest, he furled his brow. “It’s just that I don’t...
by Walt Hampton | Oct 9, 2026 | Success
When I was a lawyer, I was successful. I was making good money. On the outside, it looked like I had it made. But on the inside, I was miserable. The work didn’t light me up. It drained me. I remember sitting in my office one night long after everyone else had gone...
by Walt Hampton | Sep 25, 2026 | Success
I loved law school. There was joy in the study, in the debates, in the intellectual challenge of taking a problem apart and looking at it from every angle. I loved the conversations with classmates and the chance to sit with difficult questions long enough to...
by Walt Hampton | Sep 18, 2026 | Success
Ernst & Young is putting $100 million behind something that says a lot about where work is headed. The firm is creating new incentives for employees who demonstrate what it calls more “human” skills, including adaptability, innovation and judgment. KPMG has been...
