Understanding the value of a positive attitude is powerful. Too often this concept gets overlooked. I believe as an educator, it is an obligation to provide young children with a solution to become the best representation of themselves. The first thing that comes to mind is attitude. Attitude is a personal choice and the only…
Category: Big Picture
Getting Rid of My To-Do List is My 2020 Goal
Today, I finally tackled a few things I had been putting off. I’ve been away from the traditional 9-to-5 grind for this past year and taking on a few freelance projects instead. As a result, my workload is slightly splintered so I have the habit of having keeping “here and there” to-dos that I need…
Will the Mall Survive?
photo credit: Nicholas Eckhart The Old Mall via photopin (license) For those who haven’t heard Macy’s is closing 68 stores this year. Sears and Kmart are closing 150 stores. I pass a Macy’s department store enroute home and the images of clearance posters are haunting. And now Payless Shoes has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It seems like…
Submit Your Unemployment Story
I want to hear your unemployment stories. So, send me an email and tell me your work woes, your struggles, your inspirational moments. I want to hear them. It doesn’t have to be profound. It doesn’t have to be long. I just want to know. I can use your name if you want, but I’m…
The Underemployed by Taryn Cooper
I am so glad to share this story because it offers such a unique, eye opening perspective on the current state of affairs. I encourage you to email me your story so I can share it with my readers. “A measure of employment and labor utilization in the economy that looks at how well the…
5 Ideas to Help the Unemployed and Underemployed
I think these days a lot of the people who are struggling the most financially fall under two categories: 1) You are having trouble finding permanent, full time employment. or 2) You have a job, but you are barely making ends meet. Or some combination of the two. There are ways out of this if…
What You Can Gain from an Entry-Level Job
I’ve been at my current job for about a year and a half now and I’ve realized there is something to be gained in an entry-level job like this.And I think every college graduate can learn something from their right-out-of-college type of role. When we graduate, we all expect to enter a company or organization at…