December 11, 2020

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    How the Internet Works in 5 Minutes

    Check out my new book, How to Prepare for Everything: www.howtoprepare.com!The internet is not a fuzzy cloud. The internet is a wire, actually buried in the …

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    What is a touchpoint?

    Touchpoint: Any point of contact or connection between two parties. Two people that have lived in the same city and went to the same college, even if at different times, have touchpoints in their past. More

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    To Know Thyself, Build a Database

    Make an inventory detailing your knowledge, work experience, skills, education, and accomplishments. This can then be distilled into your resume and cover letters and elaborated on in interviews. More

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    Common management mistake

    Managers are judged on how well their direct reports perform. However, many managers spend more time figuring out how they will communicate upwards when it’s actually more important to properly communicate downwards so your staff is effective at reaching the team’s goals. More

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    A manager's demeanor

    You should manage your moods and be even-tempered most of the time. Your employees are aware of what type of mood you are in. But it’s not a good idea if you’re never bothered by anything. Letting your irritants show can be effective once in a while.  More

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    The power of story

    Writing down a concept, problem, or solution in story format with a beginning, middle, and end helps connect ideas together and aids learning and understanding. Summarizing the story in fewer and fewer words distills out the key points. More

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    Step up your PowerPoint engineering!

    50 Best PowerPoint Templates 2021: Creative, Corporate & More!

    The right template can make or break a presentation. Here’s a list of some of the best PowerPoint Templates you can choose from, to help you succeed in presenting anything from pitches to strategy.

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    Company values vs culture

    Values guide decision-making and a sense of what’s important and what’s right. Culture is the collection of values, business practices, processes, and interactions that make up the work environment and contribute to the unique social and psychological environment of an organization Values vs Culture – An organization’s values should never really change. They are the […] More

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    What is software abstraction in layman’s terms?

    When dealing with large software systems, abstraction is the most effective way to wrap your mind around the entire application. Abstraction means thinking about the ‘what’, instead of thinking about the ‘how’. One way to perform abstraction when programming is the use of functions. The function as a whole has a purpose, ‘what’ it does, […] More

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    How To Stay Super Motivated

    There are two elements needed to succeed in business. The first is a good strategy – making sure you’re heading in the right direction and focusing on the most valuable opportunities. The second is how well you do your work. You must perform with speed, positivity, efficiency and drive to achieve great […]

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    Language design

    Have you ever noticed how the most common words in the English language like ‘a’, ‘and’, and ‘the’ are very short? They were made short because we have to use them so often. If the word ‘the’ was 12 letters long and three syllables, it would take forever to order a cheeseburger! More

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    How an increase in oil prices causes the price of meat to go up

    If the price of oil increases, then the cost of fuel will increase If the cost of fuel increases, then it becomes more expensive to transport food, including meat, across the country in trucks If grocery stores have to pay more for their food products, they will transfer the cost to the consumer That is […] More

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    What would happen if there was no capacitance?

    Capacitance is a measure of an object’s ability to store energy in the form of charge and electric potential. If there were no capacitance, that would mean there is no such thing as an electric field or electromagnetic force. Now the electromagnetic force is one of the 4 fundamental forces that govern the universe. If […] More

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