Youth, consider the long-term consequences to some of your decisions. You may be able to have just as much fun while implementing simple solutions that will circumvent the long-term negative consequences of some decisions. For example, partying in front of giant speakers at a rave might be fun, but, is it worth the intense ear [...]
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Sometimes, A Degree Can Hurt A Job Applicant
Posted in Education, Getting Ahead, Interview, tagged Bachelors, College, Employment, Job hunting, Job Search, Masters, Phoenix, Resume, Strayer, University on 2011/09/29 | Leave a Comment »
From the perspective of a hiring manager, obtaining a degree from a nonconventional for-profit university such as Phoenix or Strayer can actually be a strike against job applicants to white-collar jobs requiring licensure, such as in Accounting or Law, in vertically fluid work environments. Degrees from universities such as these can suggest that the candidate prefers [...]
It’s Your Life, Act Like You Own It
Posted in Education, Finances, Getting Ahead, tagged Capital, College, Education, Financial Aid, Funding, Getting Ahead, Happiness, Health, Left Behind, Life, Proactive, Results, Success, University, Youth on 2011/07/18 | Leave a Comment »
Even in high school and college, you have to be proactive about your life or you can be left behind. Actively identify what needs to be done in order to accomplish tasks and take steps immediately to fulfill those needs. For example, don’t wait until summer to begin identifying your financial needs for the upcoming [...]
Maximize Paid Overtime While Interning
Posted in Education, Getting Ahead, Interview, tagged College, Happiness, Intern, Internship, Job Search, Overtime, Pay, Skill Development, Skills, University, Wage on 2011/06/06 | Leave a Comment »
Take advantage of every opportunity to work overtime in a paid internship. Not only does it translate into a 50% wage increase for overtime, but, it offers additional opportunities to gain expertise.
Intern Often
Posted in Education, Getting Ahead, Interview, tagged College, Future, Getting Ahead, Intern, Internship, Job Search, Jobs, Summer, Summer Job, University on 2011/06/05 | Leave a Comment »
To the extent possible, try to intern each summer while you are in college. It will differentiate you from other graduates, advance your skills, and improve your understanding of course subjects. Paid internships are available in most fields. If you are unable to apply for internships through your program or school, try one or more [...]
Finding Answers By Leaping
Posted in Business, Education, Getting Ahead, Manage Successfully, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business, Getting Ahead, Invention, Outside The Box, Problem Solving, Solution, Spinning Wheels, Take A Leap on 2011/05/09 | Leave a Comment »
Stuck in a rut while trying to find a solution? Break yourself from it by leaping well outside the box. Think of the unimaginable and unrealistic, then work your way backwards. If you’ve been spinning your wheels, you have nothing to lose by spending time outside the box, and lots to gain.
Challenge Your Students To Learn
Posted in Education, Manage Successfully, Politics, tagged Analytical Skills, Challenge, College, Converse, Education, Einstein, Flambaum, Grade School, High School, Kurzweil, Learn, Lessons, Maynard Smith, Mead, Myerson, Nash, Noelle-Neumann, Physics, Political Arguments, Political Debate, Political Science, Politics, Professor, Putnam, Relativity, Riker, Students, Teaching, Tenure, University, Webb, Youth, Zinn on 2011/04/24 | Leave a Comment »
Accelerate students’ education by challenging them to contend widely accepted concepts. Trying to determine why something is inaccurate, develop alternative explanations, or generate solutions cultivates analytical skills while enhancing the understanding of a subject matter. More than a decade ago, a high school student challenged her teacher on two principles of the physical law regarding [...]
Are Your Children Forced To Relive Your Divorce Regularly?
Posted in Education, Family Enrichment, Lessons From Divorce, tagged Behavior, Children, Children & Family, Divorce, Education, Enrichment, Ex, Happiness, Health, Homework, Kids, Life, Love, Partner, Perspective, Problem Solving, Relationship, Relationships, Results, School, Solutions, Spouse, Tutor on 2011/04/21 | Leave a Comment »
Feel like your ex is taking out frustration over the divorce on your children? There are several ways in which you can alleviate the pressure on your children. For example, as mentioned in an earlier post, you can modify your affect to influence your children’s response to a situation. Another way is through problem solving: [...]
To Lunch Or To Learn?
Posted in Education, Manage Successfully, tagged Education, Employee, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, Enrichment, Jobs, Learn, Lunch, Lunch & Learn, Successful Management, Training on 2011/02/23 | Leave a Comment »
Lunch & Learns are inefficient venues in which to train employees. Usually, employees are distracted by the food, noise, or hunger and unable to fully absorb the information. Instead, try other ways to motivate employees to participate in and attend training sessions, such as through free days, permitting them to leave work early, rewards, or [...]
Put Your Ideas To Work
Posted in Business, Education, Enrichment, Personal Enrichment, tagged Business, Business Development, Ideas, Industry, Ingenuity, Innovation, Invention, Investment, Life, Networking, Problem Solving on 2010/10/15 | Leave a Comment »
Put your ideas to work. Little by little, give them a chance. Even if you think realizing your concept might be challenging or that someone else might have come up with the concept, you never know what might happen as a result of trying to realize your idea. It could lead to new connections, business opportunities, an invention, [...]
Seek Education
Posted in Business, Education, Getting Ahead, tagged Charity, Dedication, Education, Ethics, Industry, Life, Mission, Politics, Service, Successful Management on 2010/10/06 | Leave a Comment »
To truly assist people over an extended period of time, whether through charity or as a service provider, exhibit some curiosity and a propensity to learn. You do the people you intend to serve no favor by operating with a 20th century cognizance in the 21st century.
Site Of The Week: Modeled Behavior
Posted in Business, Education, Finances, Noteworthy Sites, Politics, tagged Business, Enrichment, Industry, Life, Site of the Week on 2010/08/27 | Leave a Comment »
Modeled Behavior applies statistics to a diversity of matters - economic, political, social, etc. – in a cooperative environment with its readers.
