Dr. Earl Paul is an author, speaker and student affairs professional at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, Florida. Besides teaching credit courses, he has taught numerous seminars and talks on diverse topics. He has a number of booklets and books on his website dealing with life skill areas.

When pursuing goals, a necessary step is to be aggressive. Not in a bullying, obnoxious manner with other people but one in which the goal seeker must be creative and assertive with him/herself in goi...

In many colleges a rift exists between Academic and Student Affairs with both areas drawing "lines in the sand" demarcating their specific areas of responsibility. However, education in the author's v...

When people are pursuing goals, the intial excitement can fade quickly if the process turns out to be especially difficult or long term. Discouragement and the tendency to give up can set in quickly. ...

Goal achievement requires aggressive behavior. But aggressive behavior does not mean stepping on others or doing anything that would be considered unethical. What it does mean is foregoing passivity a...