About a week ago, before leaving for a brief one-last-vacation before the start of fall semester, I was chatting with a Harley-riding friend of mine who recently had gone on a job interview.

As we progress through life, it is important for us to have a healthy sense of self-concept, self-esteem and self-worth. (In psychology, self-esteem reflects a person's overall self-appraisal of his or her own worth.)