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“I’m Not as Smart as I Thought I Was”

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
January 10, 2012 at 5:48 pm
How do you deal with feelings of intellectual inadequacy? A high school student applying to MIT is struggling with these feelings. Here's one reply on this Reddit thread via ... (more)

“I’m Not as Smart as I Thought I Was”

From Ben Casnocha
January 10, 2012 at 9:48 am
How do you deal with feelings of intellectual inadequacy? A high school student applying to MIT is struggling with these feelings. Here's one reply on this Reddit thread ... (more)

Why the Hell are There New Active Public Pension Plan Participants?

From My Journey to Millions
January 4, 2012 at 11:15 am
I was talking to a buddy the other day and somehow the discussion of public employees came up, and we asked ourselves the same exact question at almost the same exact time: Why ... (more)

Analyzing the Perception of the “1 Percent”

From My Journey to Millions
December 29, 2011 at 8:00 am
One of the reasons we are having Occupy Wall Street protests and backlash towards the “1 percent” is because the public doesn’t understand what it is like to have money. ... (more)

Human resources audit-Finish the year with a bang

From upstartHR
December 23, 2011 at 7:00 am
At the end of the year, there’s nothing quite like a rousing human resources audit to make you love your job. Okay, now that the insincerity is finished, ... (more)

When We Tell Ourselves Stories

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
December 22, 2011 at 5:09 am
Someone at LessWrong transcribed Tyler Cowen's TEDx talk on the problem with stories and narrative--and how we let ourselves be governed by them. It's a good one, and faster to ... (more)

When We Tell Ourselves Stories

From Ben Casnocha
December 21, 2011 at 9:09 pm
Someone at LessWrong transcribed Tyler Cowen's TEDx talk on the problem with stories and narrative–and how we let ourselves be governed by them. It's a good one, ... (more)

Update: Where Did the Time Go?

From The PR Practitioner
December 17, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I received a renewal update the other day for my blog and couldn’t even recall the last time I wrote here. Well, it was more than a year ago! Therefore, I jumped on the ... (more)

Buying an Asset with a Mortgage or Debt Doesn’t Necessarily Change your Net Worth

From My Journey to Millions
December 16, 2011 at 10:26 am
I got into an interesting conversation with a commenter the other day on another blog and it made me realize that there are some people out there who don’t actually understand ... (more)

Early Extreme Retirement Loses Its Biggest Proponent

From My Journey to Millions
December 14, 2011 at 11:30 am
A little over a year ago I wrote about my problems with a personal finance trend commonly referred to as “Early Retirement Extreme.”  It still remains a pretty popular post ... (more)

Gratitude matters, now more than ever

From upstartHR
December 12, 2011 at 7:00 am
The other day I had to stop by the dreaded DMV to get a new tag for our vehicle. The lady behind the counter couldn’t have looked more bored if she tried, ... (more)

One Simple Question to Test Dating Compatability

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
December 10, 2011 at 5:01 am
All dating compatability tests end up testing for a simple question: "Will we laugh at the same shit?" That's one nugget among many from the relatively recent New Yorker article on ... (more)

One Simple Question to Test Dating Compatability

From Ben Casnocha
December 9, 2011 at 9:01 pm
All dating compatability tests end up testing for a simple question: "Will we laugh at the same shit?" That's one nugget among many from the relatively recent New ... (more)

Alabama legislation: No more gifts for teachers

From upstartHR
December 9, 2011 at 7:00 am
This saga has rocked Alabama for a few days, and I thought it was an interesting story to share with the outside world. The short version is that teachers can ... (more)

Gambling (verb) = a quick way to become poor

From Punch Debt In The Face
December 7, 2011 at 3:07 am
So I was in Vegas this last weekend for the Rock & Roll Half Marathon. No, I didn’t run, but my brother did. Girl Ninja was in Denver for the weekend visiting a college ... (more)

Things Men Will Never Understand About Women

From Ben Casnocha: The Blog
November 26, 2011 at 11:24 pm
The always worthwhile Caitlin Flanagan recently penned a gushing essay about Oprah. Oprah possess remarkable range--in a single show she can interview a guest who was abused by ... (more)

Donuts and Wellness

From upstartHR
November 21, 2011 at 7:15 am
Last Saturday I ran a local race that involved running four miles and eating a box of donuts at the halfway point. Yep, it’s about a fun as it sounds. I ... (more)

Frick being normal.

From Punch Debt In The Face
November 14, 2011 at 4:42 am
Girl Ninja and I heard a great message at church yesterday; it was titled “Weird: Because normal isn’t working”. It was an awesome message about how being weird ... (more)

Work naked for all I care

From upstartHR
November 4, 2011 at 6:00 am
Yesterday morning started off on the wrong foot. I had some big, heavy duty projects to work on. When that’s the case, I usually dress more comfortably (not ... (more)

Monsters at work

From upstartHR
October 31, 2011 at 6:00 am
Halloween costumes I made for Bella and Bree Human resources professionals run into monsters at work more often than others. We see the dark side of people, and ... (more)

The easiest money I’ve ever made…ever!

From Punch Debt In The Face
October 28, 2011 at 1:52 am
I’ve been pretty fortunate to happen across some pretty easy money throughout my life. I started tutoring my Senior year of college at a rate of $20/hour. Within a few short ... (more)

Snacks at work-benefits and costs

From upstartHR
October 26, 2011 at 6:30 am
When I started at Pinnacle, I was amazed. We had free snacks at work–food and drinks for our employees to enjoy anytime they wished. At previous companies ... (more)

My visit to the OFCCP office…

From upstartHR
October 24, 2011 at 6:30 am
Last Wednesday I had the opportunity to visit the Birmingham, AL OFCCP office. It was an eye-opening experience, and I wanted to share some of the (scary!) “big ... (more)

Do You Use a Professional For Items That Can Be Purchased Online?

From My Journey to Millions
October 20, 2011 at 10:25 am
I don’t have any scientific proof but it seems that more and more jobs and or professions are being commoditized.   As defined by Wikipedia it is “the process by which goods ... (more)

Human Contact and Sales

From My Journey to Millions
October 18, 2011 at 4:39 pm
A Guest Post from The Wife inspired by Pow Wow Now It’s amazing how small the world is today. Small in terms of how easy it is to communicate with people all over the world. ... (more)