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On An Envelope
After the extinction of wooly mammoths but before the invention of smartphones, my third-grade class did a unit on the United States Postal Service. Thirty of us eight-year-old students practiced addressing letters to our classmates until we had learned to include all the relevant information in all of the right places. Some of us forged elaborate "stamps" in crayon in the upper right-hand corners of our envelopes. Some of us even did it all in cursive.
By N. Sutton9 years ago in Journal
Acts of Faith
When I was a young, would-be writer and artist, like most others around me with the same aspirations, I thought success and achievement came from having talent and perspective. Wanting to be novelists and poets, painters and musicians, dancers and filmmakers, we worshiped talent in others and doubted it in ourselves. We saw the affectations of attitude and pretension in others and embraced those like a faith. We thought if we could find the talent and act the part, success would naturally follow.
By Alexis D. Smolensk9 years ago in Journal
Managing Your IT Services Effectively
IT Services is an extremely important part of any online business or company. While the average customer is not aware of this fact, it takes a lot of money, effort, and manpower in order to devise an IT service that is effective and responsive to a variety of queries, questions, and trouble shooting. If you’re choosing to run an online website for a company, you need to make sure that you’re willing to invest in top-level talent that you’re going to pay well. The systems you’re using should be up to date as well and you should make sure that your website will never be forced to go down or suffer from a lack of servers. Without effective IT services, your website and your business won’t be as successful or profitable as you would like it to be.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
How to Create a Great Blog Post
Crafting a great blog post is not easy but it can do wonders for your business or marketing efforts if you put enough hard work into it and follow a couple of steps. When you do blogging well, your marketing will also improve along with your SEO optimization and ability to build traffic, and a bigger audience for your blog. When you capture the interest of your audience, it’s likely that they will be back for more views and visits into the future. By getting them to like your blogging, you’re likely to have both new and repeat customers.
By Ben W9 years ago in Journal
Make Your Warehouse More Organized with Line Marking
Warehouses are usually very large spaces with complex logistics and a number of functions. Every little thing that can be done to improve the organization and safety of the employees should be seriously considered and eventually implemented. Line marking paint or tape project is one of those practices which can help you create a safer and more efficient facility by marking everything from product storage areas to hazardous areas. If you are considering upgrading your warehouse with floor striping, here are a few tips that should help you do this properly.
By Carolin Petterson9 years ago in Journal
Your Organizational Prowess
Networking! We all have to do it. We get out of the groove and, painstakingly, have to get back in at some point. You've heard of ways or maybe in college, you learned of ways. Is there anymore to do it the right way? What about the opposite? What about the contact and your interaction methods? Let us take a look at some pointers.
By Dr. Brian Smithberger9 years ago in Journal
How to Go from a Self-Doubter to a Self-Starter
Many people are pessimistic by nature; I would know, I was one of them. The belief that we can't always seems to be more plausible than we can. It's a sad fact about life. But, what if I told you that you can get rid of that attitude altogether? What if I told you that all those unfinished projects can be rekindled, finished, and successful? If you want to know how to stop doubting and start believing, keep reading.
By Sierra I9 years ago in Journal
Lead Your Retirement Years With The Perfect Pension Plan
You are born a child, carefree and happy. Then you become an adult with a bucket of responsibilities to carry around. Soon you become old. Then again you are carefree and happy, it’s almost like you get to live your childhood again. They say retirement is wonderful since you can do nothing and no one can reprimand you for that either.
By Desh Dunia9 years ago in Journal
Team Management: Goal Setting
At Gay Star News, the online media company where I work, we've been growing. We've been recruiting new members to the team, and there's also been some turn-over in roles, plus we've got some plans for further growth. So it feels like we're going through a period of change.
By Gareth Johnson9 years ago in Journal
Employee of the Year?
There are a lot of people who go to work every day just waiting for, and hoping for, an opportunity to get out of their current position. They get up every morning dreading the thought of going into that place one more time. They feel like they have been skipped over for promotions, looked down on because of their perceived low position in the company, and stuck where they are until something better comes along.
By Scott Evans9 years ago in Journal
Recruitment Lessons
I work for Gay Star News—we're an online news and information site that focuses on the LGBTQ community around the world. We achieve big things, but we're only a small team—essentially it's 21 people who make everything happen. Of those 21, 18 are based in our office in London and three work remotely (New York, Los Angeles, and Sydney).
By Gareth Johnson9 years ago in Journal
Poor Girl's Guide to a Budget that Works
I have a confession. I've never tried Avocado Toast. The idea of guacamole on bread when there is a perfectly good chip right there is foreign to me.
By Haybitch Abersnatchy9 years ago in Journal