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10 Signs You're Facing Job Burnout
I once saw a serious case of burnout in college pretty up-close. In fact, it was so up-close, I was the one who was experiencing it. Due to the toxic school environment I was in and the absurdly high standards I was expected to uphold, I snapped.
By Iggy Paulsen7 years ago in Journal
Best Books for People Who Want to Learn About Stocks
I remember the first time I decided to start investing. I downloaded Robin Hood, saw a bunch of charts that showed prices to me, made a bet, and watched my money turn to nothing. It was not a good move, though it did look like it was doing well once before disappearing completely.
By Cato Conroy7 years ago in Trader
Laws About Homeschooling You Should Know
Homeschooling has been a mainstay in American education since the colonial period. Back then, home school was really the only school for children, as public schooling institutions were few and far between. Today, of course, the American education system is lightyears ahead of where it was hundreds of years ago, but homeschooling parents have held on to a small, but reliable, percentage of students in the United States.
By Joseph D. N. Kendrick7 years ago in Education
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
Why Should Kids Care About the Stock Market?
Currently, the New York Stock Exchange has a total capitalization of $15 trillion. That’s a higher monetary value compared to all of the money in the US Treasury. How can this be? Due to the amount of companies that are represented in the stock market, and the number of shares and investors they have, the total capitalization ends up being a total of $15 trillion. That’s higher than any lottery will ever be. Without the stock market, companies would be limited in developing products and services that improve our lives; such as medicines, power, and entertainment.
By Stephanie Gladwell7 years ago in Trader
