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Here’s Where Commutes Are Bad Enough to Make You Quit Your Job
Career

Here’s Where Commutes Are Bad Enough to Make You Quit Your Job

Where killer commutes are worst…where they’re getting better…where they’re getting worse.

Money and Marriage: Here’s How They Go Together
Earning Extra Income

Money and Marriage: Here’s How They Go Together

Married men tend to make more money—much more money— than everyone else.

How to Find a Breakthrough for a Tough Problem
Business

How to Find a Breakthrough for a Tough Problem

The best way to solve a complex problem isn't on your own or in a group. It's both. So finds a new Harvard study on collaboration.

The Family Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses

The Family Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs

Founders of new ventures who follow in their family’s business line tend to trounce their rivals.

These Tricks Fool Many Consumers. Don’t Let Them Fool You.
Business

These Tricks Fool Many Consumers. Don’t Let Them Fool You.

Dubious online sales lead the pack of consumer complaints, followed by fraud. Here’s how you can thwart them.

These Are the Side Jobs that Are Earning Americans $100s Per Month
Career

These Are the Side Jobs that Are Earning Americans $100s Per Month

Here’s how much you could earn with side jobs and how often you'll need to work to earn it.

How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Getting Fired
Career

How to Disagree with Your Boss Without Getting Fired

How to disagree with your boss? Getting it wrong could ruin your career. But getting it right could boost your career.

Franchises That Don’t Cost a Lot
Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses

Franchises That Don’t Cost a Lot

Here are 15 great franchises that don’t cost much to buy or operate.

How to Negotiate a Good Starting Salary
Career

How to Negotiate a Good Starting Salary

Many job applicants settle for less salary than they deserve. How to get more…

Ask the Right Questions When You Leave a Job
Career

Ask the Right Questions When You Leave a Job

Employers often conduct exit interviews with employees who are leaving. They ask the soon-to-be-former employees their opinions about the workplace,…

In Defense of Brick-and-Mortar Stores: 5 Simple Ideas for Retailer Success
Common Threads

In Defense of Brick-and-Mortar Stores: 5 Simple Ideas for Retailer Success

Attention retailers: Stop blaming Amazon because you can’t get it right. It seems there is an announcement about store closures…

Businesses Have It Wrong on Millennials
Common Threads

Businesses Have It Wrong on Millennials

It’s easy to blame the millennials and their alleged self-absorbed, attention-depleted, immediate gratification–demanding ways for why it seems these young…

Job Hunting Over 50?
Career

Job Hunting Over 50?

Conventional wisdom says that it’s hard to find a good job after age 50. Employers are said to consider older…

Acting for Fun and Profit
Earning Extra Income

Acting for Fun and Profit

How to get parts in commercials, TV shows and movies Wouldn’t it be fun to be in the movies? You…

Don’t Just Inspire the “Millennials”…Inspire Everyone
Common Threads

Don’t Just Inspire the “Millennials”…Inspire Everyone

It’s all about the millennials—how to hire them…how to keep them…how to motivate them. I read a wonderful article recently…