There are many educational tools available to parents and teachers these days. From the Internet to PowerPoint presentations, the tools seem limitless. But one of the most useful and powerful tools is still the old fashioned world map. Many of us grew up in the days when one of the most interesting and most used items in the classroom was…
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Leadership Learning The Real Costs Of Not Doing Leadership Training
A report from the Said Business School at Oxford University in the UK found that British businesses and public sector organizations are wasting almost $140 million on executive education programs that are poorly conceived and delivered. The study went on to say that 35 per cent of HR directors and 21 per cent of other executives believed that their current…
Personal Finance Is Your Responsibility
Whether or not you choose to ignore it, you cannot deny the truth embedded in this statement: Your personal finance is and always will be your responsibility. When it comes to finance, many people put an impractical blind eye to the fact that finances need to be managed. Personal finance is an ever-growing popular term for adults and teenagers alike,…
My Year On A House Boat
Like many young people, I graduated from college with no clue of what to do next. Sure, I had a degree, but what did that really mean anyway? I still had a craving to head off on my own and see the world. I wanted to explore and put the books away for a while. I came up with the…