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I Can’t Read: A Book Review
Would you read a book to get a job? If you already had a job and were told you would have to read a book in order to keep it, would you do it? This is a question that Will Manzanares poses to his employees. All his employees have done it, and even though someone…
Read MoreSocial Media as a Marketing Tool—Is This Being Taught in Any US High Schools
My mother was a business teacher. She now works as a substitute teacher in my home county since my dad died back in 2014. Many facets of basic education have changed, but some parts of it—at least where I am in West Virginia—have remained the same. Before everyone starts demanding my head be served piping…
Read MoreWhy Schools Need to Teach Entrepreneurship; not “Just” Business
Anyone can learn how to run or operate a business. Anyone can work within a business or in any facet of a business of their choice, whether this is through accounting, tech services, customer service, or data entry. Fifty years ago, any high school graduate could get a job as a mail boy or girl…
Read MoreThere Goes My Hero: Will Manzanares and Lee Cockerell Have Breakfast
It’s no secret that Will Manzanares is a great admirer of Lee Cockerell, and if you haven’t read any of Cockerell’s books yet, you’re doing yourself a disservice. As a best-selling author and a former executive of Disney, Cockerell has literally written several books that deal with customer service and how it can make or…
Read MoreGraceful Exits
All entrepreneurs know how to get into business. They incorrectly assume: “I’m going to own my business and it’s going to be great and it’s going to make me rich!” What most entrepreneurs don’t know is how they plan to get out of their business. Most small business owners don’t have proper exit strategies in…
Read MoreHow Close Are You to Living the Ikigai Work-Life Ideal
Ikigai: The reason for which you wake up in the morning. Pronounced as if you were saying “like a guy” without that first “L,” ikigai is a small little word with great promise. It’s the idea your passions, needs, talents, and more can align in an incredibly fulfilling way. Take a look at the image…
Read MoreThis Was The Chance to Become a Billionaire Alongside Bezos
Would you have responded to Jeff Bezos’ original ad for help getting Amazon off the ground? Check out the ad posted by the man who’s now worth an estimated $112 billion posted in August of 1994: “Well-capitalized start-up seeks extremely talented C/C++/Unix developers to help pioneer commerce on the Internet,” it begins. Not many jobseekers…
Read MoreFind a Job You Love and You’ll Never Have a Day Off in Your Life
Have you ever heard the saying, “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life”? Its origins are a little foggy but the point is easy to interpret: If you love doing it, it doesn’t count as work. This sounds like a lovely goal to aim for but there’s an…
Read MoreMost Ridiculous Craigslist Job Listings of All Time
Have you ever been so desperate for a career change that you’ve considered a gig as a personal cabana boy? How about a part time gong ringer? Sometimes it’s good to look through the available jobs on Craigslist just to gain a new appreciation for how much your current job doesn’t suck. Other times, it’s…
Read MoreNo You May Not Use My Photos: Dealing With Content Poachers
Dear Tech Worker, I have a great idea for an app. It’s a currency converter that allows artists to pay rent with Facebook likes, buy groceries with Instagram followers, and fill up their gas tanks with Twitter retweets. I have all the imagery covered, I just need someone to program the app. Would you be…
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