Posts by Marcellino Nehme
These are the fastest growing jobs in the United States
There will be 11.9 million new jobs created from 2020 to 2030, at a growth rate of 7.7% according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The rise of renewable energy, means that wind turbine technicians have the fastest growth rate. Solar panel installers took the third slot. 9 of the top 20 fastest growing…
Read MoreWhat Has the Stock Market Taught Us Since 2010?
It’s always different because markets are constantly changing. Investors have more information, better technologies, better tools, etc. Economies mature, governments change policies and the make-up of the market changes. It’s never different because human nature is timeless. To quote Jesse Livermore, “Speculation is as old as the hills. Whatever happens in the stock market today has happened…
Read MoreMicrosoft is doing away with passwords on Outlook and other software
In lieu of passwords, Microsoft will let people access accounts using the Microsoft Authenticator app, the biometric Windows Hello option (which scans your face, iris, or fingerprint), a security key, or a verification code sent to the user’s phone or email. “Passwords are incredibly inconvenient to create, remember, and manage across all the accounts in our…
Read MoreIntentional learning in practice: A 3x3x3 approach April 19, 2021
What drives most of us to learn something new is curiosity and a desire to keep growing. Turning that desire into new capabilities, though, requires a plan. As we have noted in our earlier research about intentional learning, it’s essential to cultivate both the right mindset and the right skills to keep learning throughout our personal and…
Read MoreProjection bias: how your “emotional temperature” impacts your decisions
We constantly make decisions that will affect our lives in the future. That future can be one hour from now (what’s for lunch?) or one year from now (should I hire an assistant?). Unfortunately, the brain has a hard time imagining what our future selves will need. Instead, it takes mental shortcuts and makes choices…
Read MoreWhich Country is the Most Affordable for Starting a Business?
Though some countries are cheaper than others for starting a business on the dollar, the picture changes when accounting for monthly income. When it comes to the cost of starting a business relative to monthly income, many developed countries take the cake. Countries for starting a business include the UK, Denmark, and Ireland in Europe, South Korea in East Asia,…
Read MoreChina to ban kids from playing online games for more than three hours per week
Kids and teens under 18 years old in China will only be allowed up to three hours per week to play online video games, according to new rules published Monday by China’s National Press and Publication Administration. According to a translated notice about the new rules, people under 18 will be allowed to play video games one…
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