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Fast Talk: How This 17-Year-Old's Breakup Inspired His Startup

Meet Michael Moore-Jones, ambitious entrepreneur, nostalgic ex-boyfriend, teenager.READ»

Need A Career Pep Talk? Lessons From Teddy Roosevelt On Going "All In"

Think how silly Lady Gaga would look spending 10 hours a week working on her CPA license in case her music career flopped. Life is short and opportunities are fleeting. If you hope to achieve your full potential, you must put all your weight behind each punch. Of course, this isn't new advice: Theodore Roosevelt said it best all the way back in 1910. READ»

The Man Behind The Magic

Magic Johnson is a legend in both basketball and business. But his most important teachings are not mastering a jump shot or commanding a board room. The lessons we can all learn from Earvin relate to being a better human being.READ»

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7 Sites That Make Searching For A New Home Less Painful

At a time when people are likely to accept that job, wherever in the country that may be, we're fortunate to have a plethora of web tools to make the home-finding process just a little bit easier.READ»

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As We All Embrace "Going Green," Have We All Become Hippies?

Once upon a time, anyone who professed a desire to save energy or help the environment was assumed to be some tree-hugging hippie. Have we all become a hippie of some sort now?READ»

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NASA Finds Amino Acids on Impossible Meteorite, Improves Chances E.T. Exists

Different from the evolving fuss about NASA's "alien" arsenic-based life forms found on Earth, a new discovery of amino acids--life's building blocks--in a meteorite born of a collision between two asteroids bumps up the chances of finding E.T. READ»

The Rise of the Homepreneurs

As more businesses move online and more jobs come into existence based upon these moves, it's not a surprise that the number of people working from their home office is rising. Will it last?READ»

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How to Talk About Work and Life on the Job Without Getting Into "It"

What's my vision of work+life fit nirvana?READ»

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E.T. For Real: Cells From Red Rain Can Reproduce, May Be From "Out There"

In 2001 red-stained rain fell over India. Scientists found oddly non-Earth-like cells in it. Controversy ensued. Now it's been revealed the cells can reproduce. Is E.T. already here?READ»

I Don't Care About You

What's happened to Customer Service Lately? The message: I don't care about you" resonates in business and in life. Read about it here!READ»

Wearing Contact Lenses Makes You Cooler!

Face the fact - no body likes a guy with glasses. Well that used to be the case, as today the teens are getting glasses with no power just to look smarter and fashionable. Honestly I think that the world is about to fail and end ...READ»

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The Future of Work Is Shared

I am an entrepreneur, a consultant in trend strategy with a virtual office. For 15 years I worked fulltime in offices and corporations as a designer, I am familiar with the cube-a-day world. These last ...READ»

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Perspectives on Leadership

Are You a Leader or a Manager?READ»

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STEVEN SEARS THE NUMBER ONE ATTORNEY YOU CAN FIND IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA

I met Mr. Sears at his law firm in Irvine, Calfiornia.  He helped me set up a family trust.  We spent a few hours on estate planning.  He explainned to me about the life insurance trust which I needed.  He said a ...READ»

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The Good Life

The Good Life - Escape the 9 to 5We all dream of the good life learn how to live life by your rules.Be your own boss and take steps towards a better life for you and your family.READ»

Nonsense At Work

How to regain respect:As we drift towards Labor Day, I plead, yes, plead that business leaders out there will apply Emmanuel Kant’s categorical imperative:Here it is:  What would happen if every one behaved the way you do?If ...READ»

Nonsense At Work

Management By Wondering About:August is the month when real managers go on vacation while juniors hold the fort.  It is also when a lot of MBWA takes place.No, no, not management by walking around.  That’s so ...READ»

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Time, Inc's Former Editor on the Future of the Magazine

Over the last three decades Jim Gaines has served as editor in chief of Time, Life and People magazines, as well as the corporate editor of Time, Inc. Today, August 11, is his sixty-second birthday--but unlike many of the print ...READ»

What Success is. Or Isn't! by Ted Eleftheriou

Two views of success and happiness. Which would you pick?READ»

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New Earthly Extremophile Bacteria Could Live on Mars

A new type of extremophile life has been discovered in Chile that may help us recognize what life on Mars may look like--and that will undoubtedly help in the search for discovering that life, should it exist. Scientists pondering ...READ»