Unleash Your Imagination to Find the Stock of Your Dreams

What you want in life could become your path to financial wins in the market. Hilary Kramer, author of Ahead of the Curve: Nine Simple Ways to Create Wealth by Spotting Stock Trends, illustrates how armchair visionaries can invest for profit.

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The Only 4 Work Meetings You Should Ever Attend

Do you spend half your day in unproductive meetings? Do meetings keep you from accomplishing any real work? Unclutter.com Editor-in-Chief Erin Rooney Doland can help you (and your colleagues) reclaim the work day by limiting meetings to four primary functions. From Unclutter Your Life in One Week: A 7-Day Plan to Organize Your Home, Your Office, and Your Life!

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The Skinny on Office Hookups

Real office romances can be as dangerous as drunken affairs with coworkers — and sometimes just as inevitable. From The Intern Files: How to Get, Keep, and Make the Most of Your Internship, Jamie Fedorko guides interns through lust and love in the workplace.

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Find Your One-of-a-Kind Career

Posted on January 28, 2011

Every species except for humans automatically does what comes naturally to them, says Nicholas Lore, author of Now What?: The Young Person’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career. Now you can too — with a tailor-made career that fits your personality and natural talents.

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How Interns Can Shine When There’s Nothing to Do

Posted on January 28, 2011

Take the lead with initiative and relationship-building strategies such as the “Walk-Around.” From The Intern Files: How to Get, Keep, and Make the Most of Your Internship, by Jamie Fedorko.

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Posted in Personal Finance

7 Ways to Set — and Stick to — a Budget

Posted on January 25, 2011

Like clutter in your home or a bad relationship, financial problems can be suffocating. Learn to set boundaries with your money to free you from nagging worries and to maintain financial health for your family. Master organizer Peter Walsh shows you how in Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less.

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From Job Interview to Job Offer: How to Navigate Your Way to Employee Status

Posted on January 25, 2011

Job seekers get prepped for a high-performance interview by The Apprentice’s Carolyn Kepcher, author of Carolyn 101: Business Lessons from The Apprentice’s Straight Shooter.

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Posted in Investing

Stock Research Decoded for Beginners

Posted on January 20, 2011

Finance expert Alvin Hall shares his 8-step checklist for evaluating corporate stocks. From Your Money or Your Life: A Practical Guide to Managing and Improving Your Financial Life

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6 Time-Saving Phone Strategies for the Workplace

Posted on January 18, 2011

A phone call is no longer the ideal communication method, especially when you need a record of talking points and decisions. Use these six tips to manage your phone time. From Erin Rooney Doland, author of Unclutter Your Life in One Week.

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How Demographics Can Jumpstart Your Stock Portfolio

Posted on January 6, 2011

Investment specialist Hilary Kramer illustrates how to use population shifts, health statistics and the like to find smart investments. From Ahead of the Curve: Nine Simple Ways to Create Wealth by Spotting Stock Trends

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6 Steps to an Extraordinary Life

Posted on January 4, 2011

Personal power, success… it all begins with 6 simple steps that create an accomplishment cycle. From making a sandwich to making CEO, the process is always the same. From Now What?: The Young Person’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career by Nicholas Lore

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How Do You Feel About Not Earning Another Dollar?

Posted on December 16, 2010

Be prepared for the stunning moment when you realize you are about to live off your retirement savings. Bernice Bratter and Helen Dennis, authors of Project Renewment: The First Retirement Model for Career Women, pose five questions to help you figure out your relationship with money.

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