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Standing Out in a Tough Economy
Are you trying to get noticed and advance your career in this difficult economy? You’re going to need a strategy. S.M.A.R.T. goals can help you here. S.M.A.R.T. stands for Specific, Measurable, Action-Oriented, Realistic and Time-bound. Specific answers the questions what, why and how? Identify what it is that you need to accomplish. Outline the purpose […] Read More >
How would you spend $800 billion?
It sounds as though the much ballyhooed United States stimulus deal will soon be passed, to the tune of somewhere between $819 billion and $838 billion. (Give or take a few billion.) Read More >
This Week on Secrets of Success
Welcome to the new Secrets of Success newsletter! Since SOS has moved to its new home at PowerToChange.com/success, we’ve also introduced a new format for our newsletter which highlights some of the interesting new content we’ve added to our sites recently. We hope that you will enjoy it! Look for our new SOS newsletter every […] Read More >
Investing and Financial Planning During a 10 Year Time of Trouble: 2000-2010
During the 20 years ending in 2000 for the stock market, and a similar period in real estate ending in 2004, investing and financial planning have been relatively easy because each of these asset classes was in a rising trend. However, as the stock market showed us subsequent to 2000, trends do not last forever as […] Read More >
Super Bowl XLIV: Dare to Dream
I am not a football fan, but it’s hard to ignore the Super Bowl especially this year with its David and Goliath, ripped from a Hollywood screenplay match-up. As I’m sure you’ve heard, the New Orleans Saints will make their Superbowl debut this year up against the epic Indianapolis Colts. Super Bowl XLIV (44 if […] Read More >
Before You Hunt for a Job
You’re wise to hunt for a job before you lose one. I don’t know if the facts support it, but there does seem to be truth to the old saying that it’s easier to find a job when you have one. If you’re considering a job hunt, you’re not alone. A recent report from Metlife.com […] Read More >
What do you hope for in 2010?
It was almost 15 years ago that the Spice Girls implored us, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want.” (Sorry for the earworm.) The mystery of what they were actually singing has long been solved, (“really really really wanna zigazig ha” still makes no sense) but many of us are still trying […] Read More >
Millennials and Social Security
Let me start with a confession. I’m not a millennial. I’m a baby boomer. Been working since I was 15. For over 40 years I’ve been paying into Social Security. In return for my hard-earned money I’ve received promises about future payments. And, I’m not alone. The Population Reference Bureau says that there are 76 […] Read More >
Can God & Politics Mix?
Can God and politics mix? Is blending them a recipe for suppressing freedoms, grabbing votes, or promoting the public good? God-talk has become popular among US politicians. Leaders contemplating faith-in-action would do well to look back two centuries to William Wilberforce, the famous British parliamentarian who led a grueling but bipartisan twenty-year struggle to outlaw […] Read More >
Are your Christmas Expectations too High?
Pressure for a Perfect Christmas The pressure to succeed can sometimes carry over from our work into our personal and family lives. Somehow we think the perfect Christmas is happening in someone else’s house, and we feel the need to compete. Christmas is packed with expectations. Don’t be driven by a list of expectations. There’s […] Read More >
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