As a good business owner or manager, you recognize the value of rewarding your people for a job well done. Giving credit where credit is due, shows your appreciation, boosts morale, and generally encourages loyalty and happy employees. However, many small business owners forget another very important person to your operation to reward – YOURSELF! […] Read more

Are you feeling very stressed at work? Do you find yourself often feeling exhausted, empty, and unable to cope with the demands of life? If this sounds like you, you may be suffering from work burnout. The World Health Organization (WHO), defines “burnout” as an “occupational phenomenon. It is not classified as a medical condition.” […] Read more

The youth of today have access to technology and capital unlike any other generation, but it is their slightly older entrepreneurial brethren who make up the vast majority of start-up successes. Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates founded their path breaking companies when they were still in their teens. Steve Jobs founded Apple at 21. Their […] Read more

As one who has been “quote/unquote” handicapped for periods of time due to several bouts with bone cancer, I wanted to take a look at how employers and those who consider themselves disabled have evolved over the almost 30 years since the ADA was legislated. As I’ve mentioned before the social business cycles ebb and […] Read more

Most of us would assume that once you make it to the big leagues, whether its baseball, basketball, football or other, your financial future should be secured. After all, how could one squander millions of dollars and throw away everything they worked their entire career for. Alex Rodriguez, former New York Yankees great, will tell […] Read more

The ubiquitous topic of private data is one I would imagine we will never fully know or understand. Artificial intelligence manipulating our data in exponential ways that surely could never be traced to one particular input from your keystrokes or mouse. Besides, what can one person do to stop big tech and its insatiable desire […] Read more

If you haven’t heard, college students who participate in athletics are on the cusp of being allowed to receive compensation for the use of their name, likeness, jersey, etc. In a press release on Monday, the NFL Players Association announced that it will collaborate with the National College Players Association to explore how college athletes […] Read more

The American consumer has been carrying the U.S. economy as the current economic expansion continues. Personal spending has increased in each of the last six months and consumer confidence hit a reading of 135.8 in July—one of the three highest readings since 1999. Even the banks that have reported earnings this week have seen more […] Read more

Here’s the thing about signers and songwriters. They’re fame and fortune, if they are lucky enough to have garnered any, was not from their musical skills directly, but from their business acumen. Jimmy Buffet is a prime example. Most Americans are familiar with the song Margaritaville, whether they realize it was done by the Mississippi native and […] Read more