Climate change has been blamed on our overuse of fossil fuels and pegged as the leading cause of the inevitable doom of our species. However, climate change in the form of ice ages and droughts has occurred many times during the period of mankind. Climate change has even led to some of our most important […]
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Many successful entrepreneurs know that being successful is not about academic education. Instead, they know that being successful is about focus and persistence. Many successful entrepreneurs are high school and college dropouts. They quit school because they didn’t see the purpose of what they were learning. Many school curriculums are too narrow or too broad
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The general narrative is that job satisfaction is tied directly to an employee’s earnings. In fact, many studies have shown that a person’s wage is not closely tied to a person’s job satisfaction levels at all. Growth, level of autonomousness, and connection to colleagues are considered to be the top three attributes of job satisfaction.
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Between a stimulus and our action is a period of time. Sometimes that time period is very small and an unthinking “reaction.” Other times it can be long and is a thoughtful “response.” A reaction lacks conscious intention while a response is more conscious and thoughtful. For example, if a bee stings your arm, the
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My son just recently sold his house, which got me thinking about selling real estate and more specifically the role that having an open house plays in the sale. What do you think is the true purpose of an open house? If you said, “To sell my house,” then you might want to guess again.
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Business people can learn a lot from human evolution. Of all the animals in the world, humans are by no means the strongest or even the fastest. We owe our survival to being the smartest. Our brains evolved to solve problems related to surviving in an ever-changing and often hostile outdoor environment, so as to
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If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability. The saying “easy come easy go” refers to the fact that having money without knowledge means that you will soon be separated from
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was an attempt to provide equal rights for black Americans. It expressly prohibited discrimination in voting, education, and public facilities. Although fraught with lots of implementation issues, integration in schools changed many people’s mindset about other races. It is human nature to like “like-minded people”. We often erect artificial
Most people believe that when you sleep your brain sleeps too. In fact, your brain never rests. It uses periods of sleep to process and learn. Workaholics who deprive themselves of sleep to get more work done may think they are being more productive, but in reality, the opposite is true. Your brain needs periods
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What does personal freedom mean to you? I have often stated that most people are not really motivated by money itself. Rather, I say that money is just a means to achieve social and professional standing, also known as status. I would add to that idea that the accumulation of wealth, most often accomplished through
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