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Reading About Spoiled Stops My Splurge – The End of the Line for Me at SMU Basketball Games

First Friday Book Synopsis

Reading Ron Lieber‘s best-seller entitled The opposite of spoiled: Raising kids who are grounded, generous, and smart about money (Harper Business, 2015) is quite an eye-opener. He is a personal finance columnist for the New York Times.

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The Best Leadership Books of 2016

Leading Blog

Posner have written a new book that examines a fundamental question: How do people learn leadership? The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Related Interest: Best Leadership Books of 2015.

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What do you do when workplace ‘change’ happens?

Strategy Driven

Think: health and finances. No matter what the change is, keep your eyes and mind open to the opportunity, and keep the faith in yourself. Attitude , The Little Green Book of Getting Your Way , The Little Platinum Book of Cha-Ching , The Little Teal Book of Trust , The Little Book of Leadership , and Social BOOM!

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Tips for Conducting Business Across Continents

Strategy Driven

The right software will unite your workforce whether they are in finance, distribution or manufacturing so that everyone is up-to-date on all processes. This is where keeping an open dialogue with your location will help, as well, because you'll be aware of any structural changes you need to make. Book value is not guaranteed.

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Lifelong Learning Is Good for Your Health, Your Wallet, and Your Social Life

Harvard Business Review

In 2015 Doreetha Daniels received her associate degree in social sciences from College of the Canyons, in Santa Clarita, California. And almost all of us have limits on our time and finances — due to kids, social organizations, work, and more — that make additional formal education impractical or impossible.

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The Changing Economics of App Development

Harvard Business Review

million apps as of July 2015. Overall, over 20,000 app developers and companies will have made over $100,000 in revenues — or $8,333 per month — from their apps in 2015. billion — will have been generated by publishers outside the Top 100 ranked apps in 2015. In the digital app store, the situation is similar.

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Harvard Business Review

But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps.