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Personal Finance Tips Every Entrepreneur Should Know
Being an entrepreneur is a lot more demanding — both physically and mentally — than most people think. The majority of entrepreneurs work far more than 40 hours a week, and most don’t make nearly as much money as they would if they were working a corporate job in a...
Here Comes Labor Day. Where are the Unions?
More than 125 years after President Grover Cleveland signed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday, American workers face a rather different set of challenges than the laborers of the late 19th century, who scratched out a living by working at least...
Hate 9-5? Gig Work Is a Better Option Than Ever
If you were lucky enough to keep your job over the past year and a half, the pandemic likely still had a profound impact on how you work (and still does). But even though hybrid work has likely been the biggest impact for the still-employed, those without full-time...
The Winners of Remote Work
Who wins and who loses when companies can hire from anywhere? Some employees and freelancers who can work remotely will have vastly expanded opportunities and the possibility of significant increases in pay, but remote workers in general figure to face more...
What’s Greater than Winning an Olympic Gold Medal? Simone Biles’ 5 Leadership Lessons.
Kerri Strug was part of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Strug pushed through her severely injured ankle from her first vault to land on one foot in her second vault before collapsing in pain. She was credited for helping Team...
Career Coaches Share Best Advice They Ever Got
When it comes to evaluating career advice, few people are in a position to hear so much of it—and evaluate how it works out for the practitioners—than career coaches. Since they help their clients pore over strategies to advance their careers and look for their next...
Giant Questions about Future of Office Work
I’m a tricky one to ask about the future of offices. That’s because my adult work life has consisted of being an EMT, a university theater instructor and a journalist for more than three decades. I never worked in a dreary cubicle farm. My offices were ambulances...
Navigate the Future of Work Strategically and Decisively
It's been said many times: it's not about the changes, it's about our reactions to them. Organizations and individuals are forced to shift and change under the current reality that the future offers no "new normal" to seek refuge. As the future of work changes and...
