Category: New Jobs, Extra Income & Making Money
Carnival of Wealth, Ockham’s Razor Edition
Includes an attachment for those hard-to-reach places So the Malaysian government has determined that an airliner that was lost over the ocean did, in point of fact, crash into the ocean. Thanks for that. Next up, how was the Empire State Building erected: 1930s-era work crews, or visitors from Tau Ceti? Excuse us as we go off on the absurdity of journalists in general. They deserve it. Last week a CNN anchor entertained the notion of Flight 370 being swallowed by a black hole. One localized entirely within a segment of the Indian Ocean. A Mother Jones writer blames the failure to find remnants of the flight on anthropogenic global warming. Sure, why not? How about this – be it resolved that it’s impossible
Like Warren Buffett’s In This To Lose Money
You see, kids, back in 1982, color photography hadn’t yet been invented Humans are atrocious at assessing risk. That’s why there are mothers who won’t let their kids visit the house of a friend whose parents own a gun, but who have no problem allowing their friends to visit a house that features that child abattoir called a swimming pool, even though Junior is hundreds of times more likely to die at the latter house than the former. Humans are also, for the most part, rotten at math. That’s why Quicken Loans can offer ONE BILLION DOLLARS (really, half a billion dollars) to someone who can select a perfect NCAA Division I Mens’ Basketball tournament bracket, and people will take it seriously. Here’s
Carnival of Wealth, Mad Jack Churchill Edition
Now this is the face of a man who just loves killing Nazis. Presenting the only World War II soldier confirmed to have killed an enemy with an arrow. When the Krauts invaded Poland, Lt-Col Churchill reenlisted at the age of 34. He’d left the British Army years earlier, the peace of the 1930s unsuited to the mindset of a guy whose first name was “Mad.” He’d go into combat armed with a longbow and a claymore. Again, this was WWII, not the Crusades. It’s not as if Browning rifles hadn’t been invented. Mad Jack would fight his enemies with centuries-old weapons just for the fun of it. He carried bagpipes and grenades, simultaneously. These days, that’s part of
Administrative Assistants: the hardest working (and most powerful) professionals in the office
Administrative Assistants – the most effective (and powerful) people in the office Gone are the days of the worn-out and painful cliches that used to describe a personal secretary. In today’s professional world, offices and executives are fighting for and paying big bucks for accomplished Administrative Assistants. An article published today in the Wall Street Journal gives Administrative Assistants their due. CLICK HERE to read the article. From Mark Zuckerburg, to Bill Gates to President Obama, today’s Administrative Assistants are an executive’s most capable, relied upon partners. An Administrative Assistant makes sure an executive (and in many cases an entire company) runs efficiently and seamlessly. Often considered a ‘gatekeeper’ to the highest rung of power, Administrative Assistants juggle a myriad of organizational
Advance your career without quitting your job!
There’s a great article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal (CLICK HERE) about people who have broken through some self-imposed barriers at work to progress their careers. This is a pretty common scenario: you get assigned a particular job and you do it really well, but you don’t grow or advance in your job. In this scenario, it’s easy to get stuck or ‘pigeon holed’ in your job with few opportunities for advancement. People view you as good at one thing or never really consider you for other opportunities. The Wall Street Journal article takes a good look at one such scenario and how a woman was able to break through some barriers to improve her leadership skills and become more
Don’t Worry: Everyone Goes Through the Job Search Blues
I recently received a few different messages from job seekers who were feeling beat down by the job seeking process. One told me, “It’s 11:00 a.m. and I’m still in my pajamas. I’m having a hard time finding any energy to send out another resume.” Another said, “I’m stuck! I’m usually a positive, energetic person, but today, I’m just depressed. I just can’t take another rejection!” I know there are a lot of other job seekers out there who, from time to time, struggle to find the motivation to even get out of bed or have days where worry and anxiety seemingly overwhelms them. Sometimes it lasts for one day, other times it can last for
