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...
by Walt Hampton | Sep 4, 2026 | Success
It was late in his career. He’d abandoned the whole idea of a 45- or 50-minute therapeutic hour. We’d have these marathon two-hour sessions. I think about him all the time. Irv saw me through one of the darkest chapters of my life. I’ve been with my coach, Tama, now...
by Walt Hampton | Aug 28, 2026 | Success
This is not a riddle. Question: How do you catch a monkey? Answer: The same way we get caught ourselves. Catching a monkey is fairly easy. Find a coconut and go to the jungle where monkeys live. Cut a small hole in one end of the coconut so...
