I’ve never trusted playing the stock market. To me, it just feels like legalized gambling. The only way to win is to cheat. People with inside information always win big. So what if we abolished the stock market and forced all companies to go private? Is something that crazy even possible?
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Job creation continues to be a topic that is on everyone’s mind. But what most companies don’t want to talk about is people costs. We can’t create more good jobs or any jobs if businesses keep cutting people to boost profits…
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I’m feeling slightly depressed. Or perhaps I’m just in a bit of a funk. I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. I usually feel this way around this time each year. It’s just the stresses of life. I know that most of us feel this way every now and then…
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We hear certain phrases or see them nearly every day. A phrase I normally encounter two or three times a day is visit our website. Nearly every business has a website today and it’s a shock when you encounter a business that isn’t online. But the other day I saw something…
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It’s the time of year where every business comes at us with their latest sale. I know that they’re just trying to increase business. But do they really need an excuse like Black Friday, Cyber Monday or something else?
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Deadlines are a part of life. But for some reason it seems that I’m the one one who has no say in meeting deadlines. I realize that’s not entirely true, but it sure feels like it is. People force me to meet deadlines all the time, but when I need someone to meet a one,…
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It’s not tax time yet, but I’m already thinking about tax paperwork. We’re moving, and that means I have to move all of my personal and business files again. I’ve been dragging these files around for years and need to thin them out. But I don’t know where to start…
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When you work for yourself, you love being busy. But when you’re just an employee just working for someone else you live for those days when you’re not busy. The toughest thing to do when working for yourself is doing those mundance chores that are just busy work…
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Through the years I’ve worked in 10 different cities and had lots of jobs. But the more I think about it, I’ve really only had one job; figuring out what people like. It may be oversimplifying things, but when I worked in radio my job was to figure out what people like. An today the…
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I had an important meeting the other day and needed to dress up a bit. So I grabbed my dress shoes and noticed that I needed to shine my shoes. But where was my shoeshine kit? Dressing for work has gotten so casual in recent years, I couldn’t tell you the last time I actually…
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