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What Experience Teaches You About Financial Headlines
Financial news has always attracted attention, but today there is much more of it and it arrives much faster. Market updates appear throughout the day, phones send alerts when something happens, and a single story can be repeated across television, websites, social media, and email before the day is over. It can sometimes seem…
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Why Good Communication Often Starts With Listening
Good communication is usually associated with knowing what to say and being able to explain yourself clearly. Those things matter, but listening deserves just as much attention. It is difficult to have a useful conversation when everyone is focused on what they want to say next instead of paying attention to what is being…
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Why Learning Still Matters After Years in a Career
Spending many years in a career gives you experience. You learn what works, what does not work, how to deal with problems, and how to make better decisions. But experience does not mean there is nothing left to learn. In fact, the longer someone stays in a profession, the more important it becomes to…
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Why Familiar Places Can Still Be Worth Exploring
It is easy to associate exploring with going somewhere new. A trip usually means visiting a place you have not seen before, finding restaurants you have never tried, or seeing things that are different from what you are used to at home. There is something exciting about that, but I think it is also…
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The Value of Having Interests Outside of Work
Work takes up a large part of most people’s lives. Between the actual hours spent working and the time spent thinking about what needs to be done next, it can easily become the biggest part of the week. That is not necessarily a bad thing. A career can be interesting, challenging, and rewarding, especially…