30 Day Challenges to Change Your Life
For people who like to make changes in their lives by jumping into the deep end, 30 day challenges are a great way to avoid procrastination and get excited about change. A recent Inc article lays out …
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Thinking About Your Future
There are two simple steps to make when thinking about your future, according to recent Strategy+Business article by George Barbee. These are building your “foresight network” and improving your “imagining practice.” Building your Foresight Network Find …
Quick Tips to Upgrade Your Presentations
Summary of Rand Fishkin’s Tips: Eliminate or race through well-known or highly obvious information. Never show multiple elements of info on a slide before you talk about them. Customize your examples to be relevant to your …
Factory Photo Tour of Amazon Shipping
Amazon.com has been an internationally acclaimed online retailing powerhouse for more than 2 decades. Yet, what many people don’t know is that the company owes a majority of its massive success to a million-square-foot factory …
How to Make the Modern Gig Economy Work for You
The concept of the shared economy, despite all of its hopeful potential, has been left behind in favor of the something more suited to the American way of thinking: the gig economy – and you can …
University Classes Require Books, Right?
Starting this fall, The University of Maryland University College is taking textbooks out of the system, the first University in the country to do so. The plan will effectively save students thousands of dollars throughout …
Words Matter: Frame Goals to Boost Motivation
You probably know by now that taking the time to set specific goals will mean the difference between staying stagnant and making progress. But did you know that the words you use to formulate those …
Step Up and Step Out (of Your Comfort Zone)
The common descriptors for Millennials in the workplace are “lazy” and “unskilled.” Their lack of professional experience coupled with a self-centered attitude makes them seemingly unsuitable for promotion, or so many leaders like to insist. …
Change Your Environment to Go Paperless
For many modern offices the prospect of “Going Paperless” seems a daunting task. However, with a few quick changes, freeing your environment of its abundant paper problem is really quite simple. If you take the time …
Jim Rohn, America’s Foremost Business Philosopher
Considered by many to be America’s foremost business philosopher, Jim Rohn was an American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker whose “rags to riches” tale inspired thousands. Born in Yakima, Washington during the Great Depression, Rohn …
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