Whether you're on a clearly paved road to your dream job or you're taking the scenic route, my advice for you is the same. Know yourself. Stretch into the unknown. And when you're on the precipice of change, jump! Jump willingly and jump far.

I loosely consider this "The Fool's Guide to Things You Won't Truly Realize for About 10 Years." And like your futures, they shall be told in no particular order.

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." A famous poet may not have said it. I may not know who did say it. But it is true.

MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry got a surprise when she spoke at Wellesley College's commencement on May 25. Each year Wellesley's Commencement sta...

Never chase money. You are not the product of four billion years of evolution just so you can own a cluttered garage. Make yourself someone rare and valuable -- then instead of chasing money, you'll find money chasing you

Fareed Zakaria told graduates at Harvard University he was happy to receive a degree from the school in person, 19 years after he earned a Ph.D. Z...

Ira Glass, host of This American Life, which airs on public radio stations, gave the commencement speech at Goucher College in Baltimore on May 18 whe...

Young Americans, my generation has failed you. Standards have slipped, we've deprioritized education and we've hardly even noticed. And young Americans, you are suffering as a result, arriving into adulthood without the knowledge and skills you need.

Glee's Jane Lynch discusses the entitlement she felt once she left graduate school and the transformative power that improv comedy and "yes and" had o...

It's getting closer to that time of year. That's right, it's nearly commencement season! It's that day when thousands of young 20-somethings wake u...

MSNBC host and pundit Melissa Harris-Perry will deliver the commencement address to Wellesley College on May 25. Harris-Perry was the choice of a g...

Success is not an absolute and stationary thing. It is relative. It is not about how far up you are on the ladder but instead about how many rungs you are able to climb.