Month: October 2022
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Book Review: The Sun Also Rises
In my younger and more vulnerable years, I thought Hemingway’s novels in were vapid, boring stories about worthless people leading ridiculous lives that contributed little or nothing to society. I’m ashamed to say that, in my late teens, I wrote this book off as “dumb.”
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Your Clothes Convey Your Attitude
The good thing about business dress is that a very small effort will instantly put you a class above the majority of your peers. You don’t have to wear tailored business suits or expensive Swiss watches. Simply being well-kempt and presentable is a great start.
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Practical Accounting 3 – What the Business Owns & What it Owes
Before we consider any accounting implications, write down a list of things you might need to start a business. These are all items that the business will own and that it will use to make money. Accountants group these things together and call them assets.
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Work is Better When You Aren’t Bored
Many corporate workers experience the exact opposite of “flow” every day at work. None of their tasks are interesting, and they aren’t challenged intellectually. When they glance at the clock, they find that only seven minutes have passed, when they thought it must have been an hour.
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Practical Accounting 2 – Purpose of Accounting
Accounting provides an objective way to record the financial effects of business transactions. This results in a set of numbers that can be used to evaluate a company, compare it to other companies, and compare its performance in the current year to prior years.