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Tips to Manage Your Career

Many people just let their career “happen” to them. People who really get ahead usually take a much more proactive approach and intentionally manage their career. In this post, we want to look at some things you can do to plan ahead. 1. Keep in contact What you know is important, but...

Ask the Readers: What is Your Best Job Hunting Tip?

Job hunting is a difficult and stressful process for many people. There's the job search itself — combing through listings, preparing and sending resumes, and doing interviews — and dealing with day-to-day issues like managing your hours and dealing with a tighter budget.

What is...

Podcast #134: A Field Manual For Life After Combat

What happens when a soldier returns from the battlefield? How does a combat veteran transition from the chaos and intense camaraderie that occurs in war to the more placid rhythms of civilian life? How does our society help these individuals make that transition? In his book The Return: A Field...

Computer desktop clutter

There are two types of people in the world -- those who are okay with a slew of icons on their desktop and those who aren't.

Post written by David Caolo

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The Right Way to Do Collaborative Design: How to Avoid Designing by Committee

To get the most of your team's knowledge invite them into the design process early (but kick them out just as fast).

Use The Right Work Tool For The Right Purpose

A tool is only as effective as the hand that wields it.

5 Financial Experts People in Their 40s Should Follow

I'm not quite 40 yet, but it is definitely creeping up on me. Fortunately, I've been listening to the sage advice of experts in the personal financial realm, and hearing good guidance for those approaching midlife. But which of these experts are best plugged-in to the needs of Gen X-ers?

We've...

A Freelancer’s Guide to Basic Bookkeeping

As a freelancer, you probably don’t get
excited when you think about bookkeeping (unless you happen to be a freelance
bookkeeper). You probably just want to keep simple, clear records, and think
about it as little as possible.

The good news is that this is exactly the
right approach.
After all,...

5 POWERFUL HACKS TO HELP YOU SIMPLIFY YOUR BUDGET

“Make a budget” is one of the most often repeated personal finance tips but, just like “eat more greens”, very few of us actually follow it even though we know it’s good for us. The reason, of course, is that unless you’re someone who gets an adrenaline shot from juggling numbers, odds are that...

The 12 Best Ways to Use Up Your Summer Tomatoes

Every year it's the same thing: beguiled by seed catalogs, my neighbors plant too many tomatoes in the spring. Although thrilled with their bumper harvest in June, by August, they are so sick to death of eating tomatoes, they are only too happy to donate their surplus to me.

You say tomato, I...