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In Work, Every Job is a Part-time Job

In Work, Every Job is a Part-time Job

Posted by | Mar 29, 2017 | , |

Usually, the only connection between work and our individual well-being is stated in legalese. Employers may provide health insurance, short term disability, contribute to workers compensation or help us save for retirement. There’s something else that can help us to stay healthy while continuing to advance our career, but it’s not a complicated financial instrument or a miracle drug. Instead, it’s just a simple phrase: “Every job is a part-time job.” That mantra serves many functions. There are several important points to remember. First, it should remind us that we cannot and should not live all of lives at...

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Assumptions Can Be The Most Dangerous Thing You Make in Business

Assumptions Can Be The Most Dangerous Thing You Make in Business

Posted by | Mar 27, 2017 | , , |

There is an interesting dichotomy in business that makes you both successful and keeps you from being successful and that is the act of making assumptions. How can assumptions be useful? We all modify our world in order for it to make sense by doing three basic things, we generalize, we delete and we distort things so we can comprehend, explain and survive. From that comes the phrase made famous by the late Stephen R. Covey, “The map is not the territory.” This phrase was not a Covey original. It was originally coined in the 1930s by Polish-American scientist...

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What Everyone Should Know about New Computer Threats

What Everyone Should Know about New Computer Threats

Posted by | Mar 13, 2017 | , , |

If you have been watching any of the news feeds in the technology fields or even business magazines, you will be well aware that hacking, ransomware and other computer threats have taken over headlines. You might be wandering why this problem is growing more prevalent, and if there is a chance that you might get caught up by it. Sad to say, the answer is yes and there are a couple of reasons why: It’s easy money for the scammers. Because they set up a fake site and collect payment in bitcoins, it is hard to trace back to...

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Do You Really Have a Contract?

Do You Really Have a Contract?

Posted by | Feb 22, 2017 | , , |

Ask any first year, first semester law student, “What are the elements of a contract?” He or she will (or should) answer, “Offer, acceptance, consideration.” It is generally not required that contracts be written or that every element of the contract be discussed in exhaustive detail, but you have to have those three elements (offer, acceptance, consideration). The three elements of a contract What do they mean? An “offer” is just that – an offer to perform a service, to refrain from some action, to transfer some property rights, or something similar. For example, “I will paint your fence...

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The Benefits of Standing Up

The Benefits of Standing Up

Posted by | Jan 17, 2017 | , , |

When friends or family visit us at our home, we don’t make them stand. We encourage them to find a chair. “Relax!” we order. “Take a load off,” we say.  “Have a seat.” That tradition came from generations ago, when virtually every job required long days of physical labor. It used to be that most of us worked with our bodies while standing up. Nowadays, more of us than ever are working with our minds while sitting down. Although the transformation from standing to sitting might sound like civilization at work, there are some tremendous benefits to staying on...

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