Educators often use words with meanings that students may not fully understand. Rather than looking foolish and asking for an explanation, students may go through years of schooling and not truly grasp the meaning of important terminology. After consulting with a...
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Boomers Worry More about Their Brain than Their Body
Baby Boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, have long been associated with having rejected traditional values. Their notions about what they value in terms of their mind and body may not fit the traditional outlook as well. Although they fear cancer and heart...
Value of Top Companies
The following is a list of the estimated value of some of the top companies in 2011. They are listed in order of highest to lowest value. Apple – TechCrunch recently reported that Apple’s value is now worth as much as Microsoft, HP and Dell combined. Valued at over...
The Most Useful Articles about How to Use Twitter
via google.com As Twitter grows and develops, so does the need to understand how to use Twitter as an effective marketing tool. Companies and individuals that still have confusion with understanding hashtags, obtaining followers or how to remove annoying followers,...
Milgram’s Experiment, Horrible Bosses and Dwight Shrute Co-Workers
The recently released movie, Horrible Bosses, is about three friends who have three . . . you guessed it, horrible bosses. While it might be fun to watch Jennifer Aniston play a bad character, the movie brings up some interesting issues about authority figures and...
Defaulting on a Mortgage: How it Affects Your Credit Score
Many consumers have taken a financial hit with the recent economic climate. As more people are defaulting on their home loans, it is interesting to see the impact on FICO scores. What may be a surprise is how many wealthy people with good credit are going into...
What to Know before Investing in IPOs like LinkedIn or Pandora
Is investing in an initial public offering (IPO) a good idea? With the recent LinkedIn and Pandora IPOs and talk of future IPOs with Twitter and Facebook, this is a question that many investors may be considering. Imagine getting in on the ground floor of a giant...
Reality of Being Seen Live on Facebook, Google+ and Facetime
via google.com Today Facebook announced its new integration with Skype that will allow video calling and group chatting. Zuckerberg is touting “ease of use” as one of the key benefits of this system. Facebook can now compete with Google+ and their video chat service...
Plastic Surgeon of the Millennium D. Ralph Millard Dies at 92
Picture: D. Ralph Millard, MD and Diane Hamilton, PhD My cousin, D. Ralph Millard, once nominated as one of the 10 "plastic surgeons of the millenium" died recently of heart failure. The Miami Herald included an article about this amazing man's life. According to...
Can the Unemployed Manage to Eliminate Debts?
Unemployment is at its worst in this recent economic meltdown and these unemployed people are struggling to pay off debts. Are you in a similar situation? Then you can file bankruptcy as it is considered to be the last option of debt relief programs. But if you...
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From Napkin Drawing To Reality: Incubating Business Ideas With Jared Yellin
How do you take your idea from napkin drawing and turn it to reality? Why you find a business investor, or even better, a business incubator. In this episode, Dr. Diane Hamilton sits down for an interview with Jared Yellin, co-founder of 10X Incubator and SYNDUIT....
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Identifying the right things for us is not easy. Join Dr. Diane Hamilton and Ron Karr as they delve into being team-oriented, making the right decisions, and taking the right path in your professional journey to become successful. Ron Karr is the author of the book...
Upgrading Your Skills: A Discussion On Workplace Readiness With Dr. Andrew Temte
Ensuring workplace readiness doesn’t just mean having your office spic and span or your technology ready. It also means equipping your employees with the right set of skills to tackle their jobs, and having the right workplace culture to ensure no one becomes...
Doing Content Marketing The Right Way With Joe Pulizzi
As a small business, how do you compete with free content or exclusive content from big companies? All you need to do is to take a step back and look at your strategy, not the execution. Discover your audience and their pain points. Do it in a way that is unique to...
