How to leverage your strengths to get the most out of it

Ask almost any business leader how to develop people and build teamwork in the most effective way and you will hear “leverage employee strengths.” However, when it comes to their own careers, many managers still focus most of their personal development efforts on shoreing up areas of weakness. Sometimes this is due to well-intentioned criticism from superiors. Other times, managers […]

Robo Dwarf Hamster Care Guide

A dwarf robber hamster, short for roborovski, is one of the largest pets you could add to your family. They tend to be one of the smallest in size in the hamster family and usually live to be three years old. If properly cared for, a robot dwarf hamster will live a long and happy life. In this article, I’m […]

Not everything can be for money

This past weekend I had the opportunity to go see the NCAA Championship Lacrosse game here in Baltimore MD. who played? You guessed it my alma mater the Duke Blue Devils played against the Johns Hopkins Blue Jays. It was a fantastic game. Duke was sitting at number one and John’s Hopkins was ranked number 3. During the first Halfway […]

What is a Y-strap adjustment?

A Y-strap adjustment is a form of spinal manipulation in which manual axial traction is applied to the cervical spine (your neck) to release stuck joints and any nerve pressure that is causing neck pain. Applying axial force to the cervical spine is similar to lumbar spine (lower back) decompression therapy that is applied to the lumbar spine on a […]

Show business props

Conventional wisdom holds that sports and entertainment betting cannot be equated because, like apples and oranges, they are two different things. However, somewhat oddly, considering the demographic groups that many entertainment / policy proposals are designed to appeal to, sports players are their highest bettors (although more than a few Pasadena elderly women eagerly await the Academy Awards each anus). […]

The Latest Dividend Playbook from Josh Peters, CFA

Peters begins in the Introduction by introducing his favorite investor, Marjorie Bradt. No, you’ve never heard of her. She was a client of the brokerage for which he once worked as an assistant. Ms. Bradt’s father gave her about $ 6,000 worth of AT&T stock in the late 1950s and early 1960s. She enrolled in AT & T’s dividend reinvestment […]

Fixed cost outsourcing

In today’s globalized business environment, outsourcing is the order of the day. It is very difficult to think of a company that outsources your requirements end-to-end. One of the most respected and used models is “fixed cost outsourcing”. In this model, the project is executed within a fixed term and within a previously negotiated price. Both parties carry out a […]