This is a great way to make saving feel accessible. For basic personal finance tips and money management ideas, visit youngbrokeawesome (also a Brainery teacher!).
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Continued Learning at Next-to-No Cost? No Brainer!
Check out my latest contribution to Huffington Post’s Impact section about the Brooklyn Brainery, a model for community-driven learning. If you like it, please leave comments, like it on facebook, and share! Also, if you have ideas for stories of impact (particularly with the millennial generation), shoot me an email.Continued Learning at Next-to-No Cost? No… Continue reading Continued Learning at Next-to-No Cost? No Brainer!
How Money Can Buy Happiness,by AsapSCIENCE Two thumbs up for this short video. Three if I were gifted an extra. (Originally shared by Scott…thanks!)(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
The Currency of the New Economy is Trust
Good TED talk highlighting how thoughtful connection with follow-through contributes to your reputation and ability to be trusted as is perceived by others. Definitely one of the arguments I make in my How to Be a Connector class for why being a Connector is a good thing.The Currency of the New Economy is Trust
Blake Fall-Conroy, “Minimum Wage Machine,” 2008-2010 This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is… Continue reading
The role of the SNAP program isn’t to provide additional money to paid government volunteers; it is to help feed hungry American families. Senator John Thune, R-ND, in an article framing food stamps as a perk for paid government volunteers. Right. Food stamps (SNAP benefits) are to help feed hungry Americans. At an AmeriCorps salary,… Continue reading
Forget health insurance; $5 will do just fine.
Forget health insurance; $5 will do just fine.
Be Thankful
Be Thankful Author Unknown Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire, If you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something For it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your… Continue reading Be Thankful
Volunteering Skills with Impact
Any motivation to give back to the community in some way is a good one, and any efforts made are noble and truly wonderful. However, I do think that some volunteer opportunities carry a higher capacity for impact than others. Painting a homeless shelter, for instance, has definite worth for the folks both working at… Continue reading Volunteering Skills with Impact
If you think we’re living in a post-gendered world, you’re sorely mistaken. Kunal Modi, friend and former LIFT-er, in his well-authored, spot-on response in the Huffington Post to Anne-Marie Slaughter’s recent op-ed in the Atlantic, Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.
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