Keys to Success: Work Ahead and Behind the Scenes

Okay, I have to be honest. I’m still working on one part of this key to success. At present, working ahead is an intermittent habit. What I do know is that when I do work ahead, I find life to be so much easier because it decreases stress. When I write ahead, I don’t getContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Work Ahead and Behind the Scenes”

Research Skills 101: How to Identify Accurate Information Online

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how to identify a legitimate website, but how do you know if what someone has written is accurate? How do you tell if they are dealing in fact or opinion because they want to persuade you to their side? Let’s do a dive today on sorting outContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: How to Identify Accurate Information Online”

Keys to Success: Be Honest and Realistic with Yourself (Kindly)

Some time in the past, I came to grips with a concept I heard someone else talking about. (I would tell you who, but I’ve slept since then and cannot remember.) Their point was that every decision is a tradeoff. Basically, if you choose to do “A,” then you won’t have time to do “B”ContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Be Honest and Realistic with Yourself (Kindly)”

Keys to Success: Learn and Do at the Same Time

I have written multiple times about the importance of learning on our own because I firmly believe that we are never too old to learn something new and put it to good use. I find learning so important that I like to share the knowledge I find all the time…probably to the annoyance of someContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Learn and Do at the Same Time”

Research Skills 101: How to Identify Legitimate Sites

We’ve all done it. We’ve all searched for something online and clicked the first thing to pop up only to find ourselves staring at ads, pop-ups, a non-working website, the completely wrong thing, or something that looks almost right but it isn’t. I have been right next to people who do an online search andContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: How to Identify Legitimate Sites”