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Is loyalty, which became the dreaded “L” word among Generation X, the comeback kid in the workplace? Perhaps, according to a recent survey by the staffing company Spherion Corp.

Could you go all day Friday without using e-mail? As The Wall Street Journal reports, that’s what many companies are now asking their employees to do.

This is a story about a man questioning his purpose, measuring himself to others, never believing in his abilities or his worth. Then one day, his passion outgrew his fears as he stepped onto a stage, a stage that took him to a place beyond his self imposed prison.

Watch the faces of the judges as this man walks out on the stage. You can almost see what they’re thinking as they pre-judge this man based on his looks and the fact that he’s a cell phone salesman.

Maybe this man stopped believing in what people had told him for so many years and ultimately started listening to his passion. Find your talent and passion and you can fly!

When the same ad runs too often, consumers grow bored, annoyed or hostile. But some marketing executives are finding new ways around the problem, by varying their messages and media. The Wall Street Journal reports.

Grant Thornton LLP suggests it is time law, engineering and architecture firms rethink their business models.