Can you start a business with little to no money? I thought about this when I wanted to start my own business. Yes, you can, and I’m here to tell you how. Starting a small business at home with no money takes creativity and determination. But it’s definitely doable. As I looked into entrepreneurship, I…
As I celebrate my 66th birthday, I feel like I have a lot more life to live. But I wished I’d made better choices earlier in my life. Here are some regrets I have: 1. Making important decisions without thinking them through. For instance, I started off studying journalism in college. Back in the day,…
Communication is everything. But if I tell you: “Listen more.” or “Use empathy.” Maybe you’ll hit your forehead and laugh. You know it already. No, I want you to do something a little different. Be present in conversations. Here are 5 habits that will help you leverage your presence and show you are an attentive…
It was the first game of the season and Peyton Manning, one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the National Football League, already had a chance to set another NFL record. Late in the fourth quarter, with the ball on his own 22-yard-line, Manning stepped up to the line of scrimmage and surveyed…
The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life. — Naval Ravikant There is a science to intelligence. But most people get it wrong. They think intelligence is about book smarts and cognitive tasks. Those play a role in your success, of course, but there is much more…
Cole Nussbaumer’s “Storytelling with Data” should be on every data professional’s shelf I’ll never forget a particularly tense meeting a few years back. I was presenting a report to a group of stakeholders, and I’d spent hours crafting charts and graphs, layering in as much data as possible. Each slide was a carefully constructed masterpiece —…
What’s the most important factor that impacts an employee’s motivation at work? The level of trust they feel towards their manager. High levels of trust make them feel valued, energize them to work harder, and make them persist through difficulties and setbacks. Knowing that they’re being looked after keeps them focused on the task without being…
Management is complex, but it doesn’t need to be overwhelming. If you have read James Clear’s book Atomic Habits, you know that small actions can lead to massive results. A recent study found that 58% of employees trust a stranger more than their boss. Surprising, right? But what if changing that perception took less than 5 minutes…
Using applications like ChatGPT requires some care. Part of the difficulty is that ChatGPT’s human-like conversation abilities can be deceptive. Feeling like you’re talking to a real person encourages you to rely on conversational expectations that may not hold with a machine. For instance, we generally expect that most people do not make up facts. Large…
When you get a great idea for a business, it’s important to move quickly. Get your idea out into the world and see how people respond to it. Then, if it really resonates with people, you can spend the time and money on a perfect showcase website. But while you’re testing out your idea, it’s…
We have witnessed a multi-generational decline in reading comprehension. We read less, retain less of what we read, and struggle to engage in critical analysis. And if this trend continues, we risk undermining the very foundations of our society. In the bite-sized content and viral media age, too many of us have lost — or…
What if everything you thought you knew about money was wrong? Chances are, it is. Your relationship with money is shaped by a number of factors that you have very little control over. Your ability to save money, for example, has as much to do with your habits as it does the subconscious beliefs you…
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