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During summer doldrums. Stock investing looks harsh to me in August, even something the gods have fixed against me when I look at my portfolio and wonder, “Where is the performance?” When your investments are in the doldrums, what can you do? Do Some Analysis Experts say the first place to go is to the…
Creating Work Synergy Remotely While remote workers arrive at work in housecoats and a favorite home-brewed coffee, critical thinkers say the home office environment lacks the synergy that employees in the typical workplace enjoy. Does that make working from home less of a career move? How can you increase your synergy with the office when…
The four-day workweek? In theory, anyway, It’s not ten hours a day, it’s eight, and businesses and a few governments in some countries are considering lowering their overtime threshold to 32 hours a week. What does this mean for your wallet? America’s not a leader in progressive labor policies, so let us look to other countries like…
Are tips mandatory? Today, Restaurants demand mandatory tipping and call it the cost of doing business. Blame Covid, blame the Great Resignation, the rise in the minimum wage, blame whatever: Tipping today can be demanded in the most unlikely places. To understand when to tip, read this blog! Here are factors to consider when deciding to…
The desire for a reliable game plan during Covid caused many people to compile a Do’s-and-Dont’s list. In this blog, I will discuss things you can do to lessen the effect Covid has on your personal funds, and this is the place to start thinking about a list. Personal Finance: Things to Do 1. Set…
C’mon, the Gig economy existed before Covid, sure, but Gig work became a reality after a pandemic made the Digital Economy the place to find work. To get the whole community to embrace Uber, Upwork, Handy, Lyft, Fiverr, Doordash, Ange, Uber, Guru, or Grubhub, it took something as devastating as Covid to turn away from…
So you enjoy working from home, which your boss finds advantageous, even timely. They want to reduce the rental space at the office, a cost saver. Everyone agrees you should work from home for the foreseeable future. So, it’s time to assemble a home office, and you start developing a budget. I’m going to suggest…
Making Money tool – Bookscouter, a book scouting lookup tool There’s still an opportunity to flip books on the Internet and turn them into cash, and while it takes savvy and energy, it doesn’t take much commitment: A stack of books, a computer, and a vehicle is the minimum requirement. That’s about as low a…
Book Flipping: How to Make Money Selling Books Online Book flipping at sites like Amazon.com still yields a buck, but you must maximize your efforts to get fruitful results. This blog looks at book flipping after most dealers quit or moved away from single-unit book buying and selling. In this blog, I’ll discuss ways to sell…
Like a little soldier, after driving for Doordash for a few months, I feel it’s time to reflect. In this blog, I confess to three mistakes I’ve made that I wish I hadn’t: 1. Driving Mistakes 2. Delivery Mistakes 3. Working the System Of the three, the delivery mistakes and working the system may have…
