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How to Ask Your Boss to Pay for Continuing Education

It’s no secret that businesses that support continuing education for their employees experience higher levels of stability. From workshops to conferences, skill-enhancing opportunities help employees rise in the workplace, stoking a culture of growth linked to higher retention rates. Although the mutual benefits of professional development are widely recognized, how

David Altizer Makes His Living Creating Thumbnails for YouTube

The YouTube thumbnail is a reduced-size version of the preview image for videos on the site and gives the viewer some insight into the content. David Altizer is a YouTube thumbnail creator for YouTubers like Max Fosh, Kurtis Connor and Jeff Wittek, and he is working on a website where

Psychologist Kelly Weekers Shares Her Advice for Living Authentically

The first thing you notice about Kelly Weekers is that she has honest eyes, which I suppose is expected for a psychologist who specializes in authenticity. The model-turned-psychologist and author of three books, including the recently released Choosing Me: Staying True to Yourself and Living the Life You Want, has

How to Incorporate Slow Travel Into Your Vacations

The desire to travel is a very real thing that we can see all around us—from our close friends’ Instagram stories to content creators’ travel vlogs that highlight every step of the traveling process, including packing, hopping on the plane and taking in the sights.  With international tourism expected to

Ghosted After an Interview? Here’s Why Companies Do It

You polish your résumé and obsess over the wording in your cover letter. After submitting dozens, even hundreds of applications, you get a callback. You research the company, prepare for the interview and show up looking the part. You send the thank you note and even have a few follow-up

Chaya Milchtein Empowers Women by Educating Them About Cars

When Chaya Milchtein was about to turn 18 years old, she created a GoFundMe fundraiser for herself. “I was aging out of foster care—it was 2013, and I was pretty desperate to find a job,” she explains. One person reached out to her based on the campaign and asked, “What’s

11 Travel Packing Tips: How to Pack Lighter, Smarter and Faster

Overpacking for a business trip or vacation might provide psychological security, but traveling the world with excess baggage often hampers exploration and burdens us with choices. This is why having travel packing tips in your arsenal is a must if you’re a frequent flyer. A growing body of research says

The 7 Best Books to Help Improve Your Relationships

All types of relationships, from romantic to platonic and everything in between, are complicated. We all approach them differently, especially since each is so unique. But one thing we know to be true is that relationships often require work, whether it be communicating more effectively, learning to set boundaries, or

‘Money Boss’ Jo Davison’s 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances

Jo Davison has long been identified as someone who’s anti-spreadsheet and bad at numbers. And yet, perhaps it’s those very aversions to standard personal finance practices that make her most appealing to her clients. As the founder of a financial coaching enterprise called She’s a Money Boss, she’s not teaching

From Our CEO: 3 Professional Development Lessons From a Lifelong Journey

It is difficult to think of a time in my life where professional development was not at the forefront. It has been a constant driving force for my thought processes, the catalyst for my career growth and the inspiration for my leadership philosophy. From my very first internship to my