“Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau Happy birthday Henry David Thoreau! Today, July 12th, has been dubbed National Simplicity Day in your honor. Your advocacy for living a life of simplicity has inspired many and has led to the creation of National Simplicity Day. On this day, people are reminded to take a step back from their hectic daily schedule and start to simplify their lives. The call for people to welcome simple living with open arms will help people realize the important things in life and appreciate the small things in life. Henry … [Read more...]
7 Creative and Social Ways to Get Fit without the Gym
We all know that if we will just commit to exercise 3-5 times a week, we will be healthier, happier individuals; yet it can be a real challenge just to find the motivation to lace up your Nikes. Why? Maybe you are prone to choosing happy hour over training for the half marathon that’s on your bucket list. Or, you do great for a week and then you find yourself on the couch binge watching Netflix. Or life simply, seemingly gets too busy to make your health a priority. If you are anything like me, sometimes I dread going to the gym. Not necessarily because I don’t want to … [Read more...]
Five Quality Teacher Conferences to Attend in 2016
These days, I am an Educational Consultant for Outliers Publishing. I create leadership curriculum that pairs with the Outlier Series of leadership and career books. I also teach math courses at a local community college. But I used to be a high school teacher. When I was teaching, I typically struggled finding the time to hunt down a quality conference for professional development. Let’s face it, between lesson planning, preparing, creation of material, tutoring and grading, teachers don’t have much time in the day to find quality events. Personally, I have been both motivated and … [Read more...]
Make Up Your Mind Day- 5 Tips for Settling a Matter
I don’t know about you, but somedays I just get stuck in my own brain. Decision like “vanilla latte or coffee with cream?” can seem mind-numbing. With dazzling menu-like options before you everywhere, New Year's best sales competing for your attention, and the internet's lanscape of options, making decisions on how to best spend your time and talents can be a daunting task. Would you believe there is a day dedicated to the difficulty of deciding what we want? It has the most clever name - Make Up Your Mind Day; I wonder if they had a hard time deciding on that? This day is appropriately … [Read more...]
10 Tips and Tricks Used by the Astute Scholarship Hunter
Applying for scholarships can be your gold mine in paying for college. With the amount of scholarships up for grabs, students can be easily overwhelmed by the task, but the effort pays off with lump sums awarded either directly to your school, or to you. So we’ve done our research and put together ten scholarship hacks to get you started: 10 Tips and Tricks Used by the Astute Scholarship Hunter: Look for University Specific Scholarships: Don’t forget to look into scholarships specific to the universities where you’ve been accepted. Those scholarships typically have March or April … [Read more...]
Stand Out in Your Interview
In light of this week’s topic of preparation, which is also the 4th ingredient the new book "Ingredients of Outliers," I am going to talk job interviews. Here are a few tips to prepare you to nail your job interview. 1) Work your social media — Not only should your social media be clean and clear of anything derogatory (like vulgar language of any sort and that drunken picture of your sister’s wedding that you don't remember taking), you can also use social media to do research on the company that you want to work for. It is impressive when a potential employee knows something about the … [Read more...]