Quite simply, honestly. Tell them you are looking at working in a different part of the US. Tell them you enjoyed working there and are flattered by the offer. Boom, done. No one feels bad, no one had ...

It was a summer afternoon in 2002. I sat across the boardroom table from the woman who might become my first manager. I looked around and smiled. It was the kind of office I had always envisioned ...

An acquaintance recently invited me and my family to dinner. Caught up in the moment, I replied “yes.” As soon as she walked away, I panicked. That month was incredibly busy, and we were already ...