December 2008
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Recession Chic: Black is the New Black
In case vamping up the wardrobe is one of your your new year’s resolutions, I thought you may like to know about a little friend of mine called Recession Chic. (As opposed to the drearier Depression Chic). In short, less is more. The pitiful economy has fashion in a downward spin of less money, less […]
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Business Pundit’s Biggest Winners and Losers of 2008
If one sentence comes to mind regarding this year, it is “Good riddance.” On its coattails, next year’s sentence: “I hope it doesn’t get too much worse.” Collectively, there’s a feeling akin to a strong hangover, the kind that chooses its own terms of exit rather than yielding to the traditional 3,000-calorie breakfast, Gatorade and […]
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5 Best and Worst Addictions to Cultivate During 2009
Sour economic times surface the uglier facets of human nature: Crime, penury, and addictions. We’ll all feel the need to soothe away the pain of collapse for the foreseeable future. Luckily, there are beneficial ways to play out pain-induced compulsions–and less productive ones. The best lifestyle option is always moderation, but if that kind of […]
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Coworking vs. the Coffee Shop: Who Wins?
In the spirit of New Year’s reviews and resolutions, I’d like to propose an exercise. Look back on the last several years of your life. How many hours, in aggregate, do you suppose you’ve spent staring at a computer and drinking a hot beverage? I’m in the “too many to count” category, as are many […]
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Emotional Intelligence: Not Total BS
Recently I had the opportunity to spend a day in an Emotional Intelligence workshop. Emotional Intelligence (known as EQ) is a term used to describe a person’s ability or skill in recognizing and managing his or her own emotions, as well as those of others. Before the workshop, participants took a test to determine our […]
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The 50 Best Business Blogs of 2008
Bookmark this on Delicious Some blogs truly define today’s business voice. These blogs represent a healthy mixture of independent and mainstream voices, prominent academics and small business owners with equally strong opinions. We compiled a completely biased sampling of our 50 favorite blogs, sorted by category. The categories are neither based on anything official nor […]
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New Credit Card Regulations Finally Throw Consumers a Bone
If you have a credit card, you should pay it off monthly and not get deeply into debt. I could advocate that until my vocal cords dry up, but it’s mere rhetoric for most Americans. The Office of Thrift Supervision, also aware of peoples’ widespread debt, today unveiled a set of new regulations around credit […]
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5 Ways to Protect Yourself from Bankrupt Clients
It’s hard to say how many people are filing bankruptcy these days. Suffice to say that it’s become relatively common. As a freelancer involved with the media, I’ve been biting my nails about whether some publications will be in business long enough to pay up. If you’re in a similar situation, take note of these […]
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Give Yourself the Gift of the Personal MBA
We offer a lot of book lists here at Business Pundit. Business books give you access to some of the most successful business minds. You can read them at your own pace relatively inexpensively. And no matter what education you pursue, reading makes up a huge part of the learning. This is the logic behind […]
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Oldest Worker in the World: Who Needs Retirement?
100-year-old Mildred Heath is one of those rare people who really doesn’t want to retire: Mildred Health, a 100-year-old newspaper woman who comes to work on an electric scooter and works 30 hours a week at the Overton Observer in Overton, Nebraska, has been honored as America’s Oldest Worker for 2008 by Experience Works, which […]
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The 10 Best Business Books of 2008
2008 came in two parts. Part I, which ran through Bear Stearns, carried the vestiges of prior years, when we thought we could get away with everything, never anticipating that in actuality, everything would get away from us. Some of the books on this list reflect that optimistic, braced mentality, when words like “social networking” […]
