Archives for Planning a Sabbatical
Whose Sabbatical Is It Anyway? (Yours, your spouse's or family's?)
In the conference room of a growing, mid-sized technology firm, 35-year-old Larry describes his dream sabbatical to other sabbatical candidates at his company. Larry’s first career was behind the lens of a camera. Though happy and successful now in the technology field, he’s missed the creativity and intensity of the film industry. Even the long […]
Brain Researcher's New Found Nirvana Offers Insight for Sabbatical
With a clot the size of a golf ball in her head, Jill Bolte Taylor’s work at Harvard’s brain research center got personal. Her stroke left her without the use of her left hemisphere. She lost the basic analytical functions like her ability to speak, understand numbers or letters. Surgery and eight years of recovery […]