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It Happens to the Best of Us
We all know that people make mistakes; many of us make mistakes on a daily basis. Because of this little fact of life, this makes it hard to receive negative feedback (especially at work) when one or more of those mistakes lead to loss of a sale, a potential partnership with another company, one's self or another employee getting injured while at work, and the like. We instantly feel as though such mistakes can happen to anyone, and thus when it does happen, we should not be blamed or treated badly because of it. We certainly don't want to feel like we are somehow less capable than we thought we were!
By Jackie Barrows7 years ago in Journal
The Dangers of Donations
How easy is it to buy a new pair of shoes knowing that the proceeds will buy shoes for a child in a third world country? It’s the warm, fuzzy feeling of knowing each purchase makes a difference in the world. But what if that same purchase that appears to change someone’s life for the better actually does the opposite? What if that purchase ultimately destroys another country’s economy? TOMS shoes found itself in this very predicament. When Blake Mycoskie travelled to Argentina in 2006, his life changed forever. His heart was broken by the amount of children living without shoes, causing pain and disease. He immediately sprung into action, creating the “One-for-One” concept that buying one pair of shoes will give another pair to a child in need. The idea was genius and his business, which originated as “Tomorrow’s Shoes” as the idea, was to donate the pair of shoes the next day, took off in sales. Over the next few years, Mycoskie also added bags, coffee, and sunglasses to his company’s catalogue, making each item a different form of his “One-for-One” concept. Mycoskie’s ideas, business, and products were highly successful, but what was the impact on those third world countries he initially was trying to reach? The results were not as positive. Constant donations of shoes actually began to wound the struggling economies he was trying to assist, and suddenly Mycoskie’s pure intentions were not enough. While many companies and organizations strive to aid and support third world countries, those same groups often do more harm than good to the impoverished economies by taking away jobs and business opportunities.
By Maggie Hanna7 years ago in Journal
Millennials
What’s wrong with our generation? Why are we looked down at? Why do older people think they’re so much better than us and we won’t succeed? What makes adults look at us and cringe? Maybe let out a comment, “Ugh! such a millennial!” Are we really doing something wrong? Will we really not succeed?
By Shterna Botnick7 years ago in Journal
The Real Struggle of Adult Life
We go through most of our lives with not very many stresses and having parents take care of you. My parents taught me young about how to pay my bills and work a full time job while going to school. I've been doing the adulting thing since I was 14-years-old. Although, I still do receive some help from my family when times are tough. But when is time going to ever stop being tough? The poor people can never catch a break.
By Katia Ashe 🖤7 years ago in Journal
Know Your Worth at Work
Shitty people will always treat you like shit. There’s no two ways around it. We can give them excuse after excuse and often people won’t be able to see the woods for the trees (pardon the metaphor, how old-wives-tale of me) which is fair but any good manager, boss, entrepreneur should be a bigger picture kind of person, no? They should be able to step back and see thinks objectively, and also react in a manner befitting their position.
By Charlotte Geoghegan7 years ago in Journal
7 Reasons You’re Not an Influencer Blogger Just Yet
1. You don't have the ideas. It’s pretty common knowledge that to write you need an idea. Although perhaps kind of rare in this day and age, people do run out of ideas. Where do ideas come from, anyway? It’s not like you wake up each morning and “poof” a list of ideas worth blogging just appears in front of you.
By Lovelli Fuad7 years ago in Journal
Life as a Self-Published Author. Top Story - November 2018.
Reading has always been a huge part of my life. And so, it’s natural that I gravitate towards people who share that interest with me. One of my good friends, Natasja Eby, is a regular participant in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and just recently self-published her second novel, Knockout Girl (I’m 11 chapters in, loving the characters and the story and no, I’m not just saying that because she dedicated the book to me!).
By Joshua Terry7 years ago in Journal
The Price Isn't Always Right
The wine aisle. Is there a more confusing, confounding place on earth for anyone who doesn't happen to be a sommelier? Rack after rack, row after row it goes. The wine aisle at the typical supermarket has morphed to now often be one of the largest sections of the entire store—perhaps bigger than "other" staples of life like produce, meat and dairy.
By David Wyld7 years ago in Journal
NaNoWriMo: The Story Thus Far
If you’re taking part in National Novel Writing Month, you’re either celebrating the halfway point or weeping over it. You might be doing both. You’re, hopefully, somewhere close to that terrifying 25,000 word landmark.
By Leigh Victoria Phan, MS, MFA7 years ago in Journal
