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The History of the Egg Cream and How to Make One in the Authentic Brooklyn Style
During the early 20th century, nearly every block in New York City had a candy shop; Brooklyn alone had 560. While we often think of candy shops as kids’ hangouts, back then, they were community gathering places where everyone in the neighborhood would meet up. In addition to selling sweets,...
10 Smart Ways to Make Yourself Love Saving Money
Like most people, I have a love-hate relationship with saving.
On one hand, I love saving because my endgame is always an investment that I'm confident will change my life for the better. On the other, saving causes me to cut back, miss out on certain activities, and otherwise frown when I'd...
Secret of Adulthood: Working Is One of the Most Dangerous Forms of Procrastination.
Further Secrets of Adulthood: Agree, disagree? I know some people practice “constructive procrastination,” but in my experience, it’s usually not very constructive. I write a bit more about this Secret of Adulthood, here, and I discuss it at some length in Better Than...
Best Money Tips: Make Veterinary Bills More Affordable
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some amazing articles on making veterinary bills more affordable, building a new job wardrobe on the cheap, and saving money when you move.
Top 5 Articles
15 Ways to Make Veterinary Bills More Affordable — To make veterinary...
Trading Options Is a Sound Investment (and It's Simpler Than You Think!)
It's nice to have options.
You know, choices. It's good to have them. We seem to feel safer, more secure, and more in charge when we have more than one possible path set before us. (See also: 6 Basics You Must Know Before You Begin Investing)
Wouldn't it be nice to feel all of those things about...
5 Life Lessons Learned From The World Cup
Sports metaphors for life are a bit cliche, and there wouldn’t be so many of them if there wasn’t something to it. As a large portion of the world comes to a near standstill, celebrating I wanted to take a look at the subtext below the dressing up in our country’s colors, drinking and cheering. 1....
Strategic Conversations: How Toyota Solves Big Problems
Facing a hairy problem or business challenge? Introducing the “strategic conversation” — a method for getting out of your normal headspace to spark new ideas, and most importantly, action.
15 Career-Threatening Work Habits That No One Will Tell You About
Passed over for a promotion? Feeling stuck in your job? Maybe you are feeling invisible. There could be a reason — or reasons — your career is going nowhere. And the worst part? Nobody is telling you what you're doing wrong. Does any of this look like the work you?
1. You Don't Dress...
The 5 Best Counterop Burners
For those who find themselves running out of space on their kitchen stove while preparing a holiday feast or potluck, or frequently cooking on the go, a countertop burner may be a perfect solution. While the general concept of a countertop burner, also referred to as a hot plate, hasn't changed...
The Myth of the Alpha Male
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Scott Barry Kaufman. There are a lot of false dichotomies out there — left brain vs. right brain, nature vs. nurture, etc. But one really persistent myth, that is literally costing human lives, is the distinction between “alpha” and “beta” males....
Best Money Tips: Ways to Save on Gas
Welcome to Wise Bread's Best Money Tips Roundup! Today we found some fantastic articles on saving on gas, upcycling ideas that will blow your mind, and how to keep your identity safe.
Top 5 Articles
5 Ways to Save Gas Money — Targeting the best day and time to buy gas can help you save at...
6 Surprising Ways Your Smartphone Can Keep You and Your Family Safe
They used to be a luxury, but now, almost every American home has at least one smartphone. With their ability to organize and simplify so many of our daily tasks, it's no surprise that today's iPhones, Androids, and Windows-based gadgets are allowing us to be safer than ever before. Here are some...
Suffer from Insomnia? Try This Counter-Intuitive Trick.
I’ve been on a bender of reading Josephine Tey recently. I don’t like mysteries, usually, but I just discovered her, and for some reason I’ve really been in the mood for her books. In The Singing Sands, I came across a counter-intuitive trick for falling asleep. I’ve tried...
A place for everything and everything in its place, well, for the most part
There are occasions when adhering to the "a place for everything and everything in its place" motto is inefficient and might best be put on hold.
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7 Tips for Getting the Best Morning Workout
The sun is rising earlier these days, which means you can exercise earlier than usual, before your normal workday begins. Plus, who wants to go for a walk or jog outdoors when the temperatures regularly hit peaks in the 90s and humidity levels are sky high? Not me. There are also many advantages to...
Why You shouldn’t Chase Money and Power (and What to Do Instead)
“The problem with external power is that it is fleeting: when you lose the money, position and possessions, you lose the power. If you have tied your identity to those things, you will also lose a sense of who you are when they fall away.” Robin Sharma There was once a time I was pursuing...
Grow Your Email List with a Giveaway Buzz Piece
For your email marketing to be effective, you need subscribers. How do you get subscribers to sign up to your list?
People will only sign up to your email list because they see a benefit in doing so. This could be because you offer helpful advice, or because you give your subscribers access to...
8 Things You Can Do in Denver That You Can't Do Anywhere Else
I moved to Colorado to attend graduate school, and fully intended to return to my home in the Southeast upon graduation. That was eight years ago.
In my opinion Denver's a dark horse among American metropolises. It's clean, easy to get around, chock full of fun things to do, and just a short drive...
This One Mistake Could Delay Your Retirement by 10 Years
A while back, during a housing boom (remember those?), I watched a TV news segment about homeownership. The reporter was interviewing a young married couple shopping for a house and the wife said: "My parents told me to buy the biggest house you can afford, so that's what we're doing."...
3 Ways to Stop Negative Thinking
I’ve spent the last week brooding over unexpected events that have transpired in my work and personal life, holing myself up in a darkened…
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