Many people say that we should be teaching basic business skills to students in high school and college. And while I agree, I’ve often wondered what basic means. And now thanks to video conferencing I have a few suggestions…
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Each one of us has certain skills that we get through heredity. But I’ve often wondered how many of these traits can also be learned. Of course for some knowledge of mechanical things simply come easy. For others…
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Back in my radio days I loved interviewing people. These weren’t job interviews but interviews that played on the radio. Many podcasts today feature interviews and of course I’m a bit of a critic…
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The cost of college tuition continues to rise. Many suggest that college shouldn’t be the first thought for some students. Furthermore, some experts feel that trade schools should become a priority. In contrast, back in my day, not going to college wasn’t an option…
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For podcasters like me one of the biggest challenges is to make sure you can listen when and where you want. With podcasts you have so many listening options. Now we’ve found a way to make it even easier to listen if you have an Amazon Alexa. All you need to do is activate the…
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We all possess skills that are honestly not very useful. Of course these worthless skills are ones that we learned along the way and hoped we could use forever. Are these skills standing in the way of other things we can learn that are actually useful?
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I’ve been working on a project with one of my clients recently and it’s involved a lot of proofreading. And while we’ve been proofreading, I’ve come to a big realization. I’m not very good. I tend to see the words that should be there rather than actually are there. Is that some sort of talent?
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