When you live paycheck to paycheck, everyone (including you) likes to blame your financial woes on the tiniest expenses. However, you’ll have a harder time than you think ruining your retirement plans by buying a morning coffee.
We love stories about people who succeed by a young age. The Mark Zuckerbergs of the world become heroes while the rest of us feel like failures if we haven’t succeeded by 30. That mindset is completely backwards.
Arguments aren’t won with information; they’re resolved with rhetoric
, the art of persuasion. In Thank You For Arguing, author Jay Heinrichs reveals the secrets to mastering rhetoric, identifying logical fallacies, getting what you want through persuasion, and keeping arguments from turning into nasty fights.
You don’t need as many accessories as you used to for a computer repair job, but that doesn’t mean you don’t need some specific instruments. Case in point, reader Mark Jordan’s briefcase, packed full of everything he needs.
If you have a large, thin scarf you don’t wear anymore, turn it into a kimono-style jacket that you will. It takes less than an hour of work and a few supplies.
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Keeping a secret often feels like a lie of omission, and that puts a lot of pressure on you mentally. To make it less taxing on yourself, expand your concept of what being honest means.
Email. Can’t live with it. Can’t get your job done without it. Am I right? Last year we sent over 2.5 billion emails. And here’s the bad news. In spite of a good amount of loathing, that number is only expected to grow. The volume is an issue, as is the time you spend on it. In fact, reports say you check it about 36 times per hour. 36 times. In a single hour.
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