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Attending college can be both challenging and rewarding. It is likely that you will take classes that push you to your limit, but you will likely feel a great sense of achievement after making it through.
It is important to take on challenges while you are in college, because this is how you will develop and […]

Lately all the economic news has been going from bad to worse around the world and people a scared about another depression heading our way. Why would anyone want to consider training to become a real estate agent at this time? Well, the truth is that while there is nothing we can do […]

If you are an older person and you get laid off from your job because of cut backs or you think that the company might have just let you go because of your age, you might not be as alone as you think. This very thing happens to some people, and the company might just […]

Many people work with abusive and intimidating colleagues. The situation is especially difficult when they are in positions of seniority. Speaking up carries the risk that you will damage your career. Keeping quiet carries the risk that you will damage your health!
Most of us start out by putting up with abusive behaviour. Confronting it […]

The unemployment rate in our country has been slowly rising over the past year or so. At this point it has not gotten too out of hand as yet, but who really knows what the future holds for those of us who are employed by an individual or even by a large company. Companies are […]

Today’s students have grown up in an era of economic prosperity, but how are they going to deal with an economic recession? With many losing their jobs, and firms cutting back on training and recruitment, it could be the worst time to graduate.
The once buoyant graduate job market is starting to look a little bleaker, […]

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
–Niels Bohr
When I launched the 400 Year Project (a program to demonstrate ways to make 400 years of normal improvements in only 20 years to be completed by 2015), I had no idea how to do the task.
But I knew that I needed focus. […]

In planning their businesses and careers, many people make the mistake of believing that the future will be almost exactly like the past. Applying 20-20 hindsight, they carefully prepare to avoid repeating mistakes that others have made.
Unfortunately, optimizing a solution to deal with past conditions often leaves them totally vulnerable when new conditions emerge.
Here’s […]

These days, it may seem more difficult to find a job after graduating from college, as so many teenagers elect to attend college after high school than have in the past. It now seems that going to college is becoming a necessity if one wishes to find a job, just as a high school diploma […]

With the economy on the brink of collapse and the employment situation in this country in an unstable condition many people are looking to better their lives with an additional means of income or another career altogether.
Many people have gotten into a rut in their jobs in that this is all they have ever […]