You see, kids who don't get their way, who learn to hit, manipulate, scream and throw things, grow up and go to work. By time they're adults, they've replaced their aberrant behaviors, like spitting, with more socially acceptable ones like sarcastic zingers and verbal tirades. They're liars, saboteurs, bullies, and road-blockers we meet up with at work. And I've met my share.

But here's thing. Just as those parents are challenged by Nanny to identify and correct what they're doing to encourage and reward their children's behavior, we need to challenge ourselves to do same at work. If you want to be winning at working, you need to uncover what you're doing to encourage and reward behaviors that you don't like. You need to recognize which hot buttons hook you into unproductive patterning at work and which, like those parents desperate to contain their children's behavior, reduce your results.

Check with an admissions counselor to see if you qualify for Credit for Life Experience Program (CLEP). Experience in business world can translate into college credits with this program. You will have to show documentation of your work experience. The school will verify this experience to determine how it fits into your degree program in terms of college credit. The credits you receive from this program can shorten time you spend earning your degree. This program isn't offered at all schools or for all degree programs.

The Proficiency Exam Program (PEP) is similar to CLEP. This program allows students to earn college credit for independent study or other training received without college credit. You may have learned subject matter in another forum and not need to take class. You will have to show documentation and pass an exam to qualify for credits with PEP.