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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
How Humans Spend Their Time
How Humans Spend Their Time - Business Insider:So what do we humans do with all the extra hours our miraculous progress and productivity enhancements have allowed us to create for ourselves? We spend them watching television. Allan Bloom was not available...
A perspective on personal budgeting as you think about your New Year’s resolutions
Power Trio Breaks Down Complicated Budgets - Business Insider: "According to Manisha Thakor and Sharon Kedar, authors of On My Own Two Feet, you really only need three basic expenses in your budget: foundation expenses, fun expenses, and future expenses."One thing it...
Shortcuts in Medical Documentation
Via Business Insider and NY Times: The advent of electronic medical records has been a boon to patient safety and physician efficiency in many ways. But it has also brought with it a slew of “timesaving” tricks that have had some unintended consequences. These tricks...
Free Sites to Promote Your eBook
Via GalleyCat: …a long list of places where self-published authors can promote their eBook for free. Free Sites to Promote Your eBook - GalleyCat
Free Sites to Promote Your eBook
Via GalleyCat: …a long list of places where self-published authors can promote their eBook for free. Free Sites to Promote Your eBook - GalleyCat
The Preparedness Message Isn’t Reaching the Public
Via Emergency Management: Americans have a false sense of security when it comes to disasters, and should they become victims, most haven’t taken steps to help themselves during the first few days after one strikes. Experts say either the preparedness message isn’t...
The Preparedness Message Isn’t Reaching the Public
Via Emergency Management: Americans have a false sense of security when it comes to disasters, and should they become victims, most haven’t taken steps to help themselves during the first few days after one strikes. Experts say either the preparedness message isn’t...
Preparing for a new era of knowledge work
Via McKinsey Quarterly: …a broad swath of employment remained largely untouched: work requiring extensive human interactions. Among these positions are the jobs held by knowledge workers—the doctors, engineers, lawyers, managers, sales representatives, teachers, and...