As people get older, if they have not already completed a college education, sometimes they make excuses about why it is too late. Maybe they begin to feel that it is not worth their time or like they like they missed their chance to get a degree. That was not the case for 88-year-old Horace Sheffield, a Georgia man who recently graduated from Shorter University with a Bachelor of Science in Christian Studies. Sheffield started college in 1960 but dropped out in 1965 just a few credits short of graduating.

Even if you enjoy your occupational therapy job, you will likely experience burnout at some point. Unfortunately, for many people, this burnout can happen at the beginning of their career. As they are working hard to establish themselves, they find themselves overwhelmed and overworked.

Employers drop poor-performing workers - will you be next? Be better at your job to rise higher and quicker than expected.

Bad stuff happens to everybody. It's inevitable. The way we handle setbacks and upsets and disappointments is a measure of our mental health. No one celebrates negative occurrences or situations, but marinating in the sadness or anger that they provoke is literally bad for body and mind.

For many children, undergoing physical therapy is not a fun experience. C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is one hospital that has discovered one key to making physical therapy a more enjoyable experience.

The business world can be a cruel and difficult place to live in. People all have a different way of seeing things, thinking things through, working problems out, building companies up. And that can make it hard to build your reputation up into something you will be proud of.

More than ever before, medical practitioners of today recommend an active approach to tackling depression. While depression often develops into a prolonged illness, people often hold the means to combat this persistent foe and prevent it from firmly establishing itself in the mind.

For many kids undergoing speech therapy, the experience can become mundane and unenjoyable. For the children at the WordPlay Therapy Center, in Brentwood, California, though, therapy is a fun experience, one many of the kids look forward to throughout the week.

Competition at work is a fact of life. Keeping pace with your contemporaries is part of the job. Advancing in your career is no guarantee. Management is not monitoring your progress and making note of your merit with an eye to move you up the ladder. Management is concerned with the health and profits of the company, and credit for success is often misplaced. You can't be passive and get the results you want. Speaking up for yourself is imperative if you desire to get promoted.

The influence teachers have on young minds can't be overstated. From the first step you take into a classroom, you will spend more hours with your teacher than you will with your family.