“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.”    — Celia Thaxter,   Notes from a traveler afar Recently a recruiter gave a friend of mine a battery of tests to assess, using just one word, both the essence of her personality and her career. The recruiter defined her as “sparkplug.” The recruiter could not have assessed her better. My self-starter is great at contract work and helping companies find out what they are good at. She ignites passion in people and “sparks” them to start – and complete -their projects. She’s made a lot of companies a lot of money. As…

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