Celebrate Earth Day and demonstrate support for environmental protection. Do your part to protect our earth’s integrity for all living things. Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, founded National Earth Day in 1970 after an immense oil spill in Santa Barbara, California in 1969. According to the Earth Day website, Nelson wanted to energize the “emerging public consciousness” about air and water pollution, which would bring environmental protection onto the national political agenda. The first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, incited 20 million Americans, who “took to the streets, … [Read more...]
April Causes to Celebrate this Month
April This month is rich with excellent opportunities to get more out of life! Celebrate the month by taking a chance on something, taking a walk to your favorite spot, encouraging a writer and youth in their studies, protecting the earth, and volunteering to help rebuild for families around the country! Don't pressure yourself to dive deep into all of these causes, but do scope them out to find out which aligns with your interests and passions. You may just get involved with a great organization where you can volunteer your time or even find your dream career! Check out what April has to … [Read more...]
November Causes to Celebrate
November Known as No Shave November these days, it's also the month we start hearing Christmas music and drink out of red Starbucks cups, give thanks, eat too much turkey, and go shopping at midnight (but not at REI this year). However, there are a couple more events to celebrate this month. Check out these great November causes and take some time these next couple of weeks to honor veterans, educators, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Be kind to others, volunteer, and give thanks to the outliers in your life. Celebrate the month: Veteran's Day - Nov. 11, a day to … [Read more...]
Christine Jones: Showing Arizona What an Outlier Looks Like.
Author, physician and entrepreneur, Dr. John Shufeldt has a passion for studying extraordinary individuals to find the key ingredients of their character and success to share with others. The term he uses to describe these individuals can be found on the title pages of his books and are peppered throughout his everyday vernacular. The term is the title of a Malcom Gladwell book, Outliers. In Shufeldt’s Outlier Series, he takes the concept, revealed and studied by Gladwell, and seeks to make the key traits identified in various historical and contemporary figures applicable to readers, to help … [Read more...]
Resume Tweaks That Will Put You On Top
Ah the resume. It’s a single sheet of paper that can single-handedly undermine, or land you your dream job. In many cases the resume is all that an employer will know about you prior to the hoped-for interview. When this document whether printed or digital (via Linkedin, indeed.com, Monster.com, etc.) is the only thing your potential future employer has on you, the real and seemingly elusive goal is to stand out. Here are some tricks-of-the-trade gathered by consulting with hiring experts, scouring various forums, and of course a little firsthand experience. How to make your resume a stand out … [Read more...]