Here are 37 things you will regret when you get older.
1. Not traveling when you had the chance.
Traveling becomes infinitely harder the older you get, especially if you have a family and need to pay the way for three-plus people instead of just yourself.
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Trucking driving is the most common job in 29 of 50 US states, according to NPR. This seems a bit overboard, and depends on how jobs are categorized, but here is the chart.
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Breaks keep us from getting bored.
You probably don’t want to take a break right now because you are too busy. Reading this post is probably one of the many tabs you have open on your browser right now. And, your to-do list is likely close by and packed with tasks.
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39% of employers dig into candidates on social sites.
Should employers be looking into how people live their lives through social media? It’s becoming an increasingly important question. The number of people fired over social-media posts is rising, and many employers look closely at a job candidate’s online presence before making a decision.
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In Pittsburgh, a male Craigslist poster posted an ad looking for someone to attend Harvard University in his stead.
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“People skills come down to how people interact with each other.”
While being qualified for a certain job, having the ability to lead a team, or having extensive and highly developed technical skills are crucial to your professional success, it is also imperative that you have great soft skills – more commonly known as “people skills.”
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Don’t be afraid to be weird (you probably are) — at least you’ll be remembered.
Hedwig von Restorff, a German psychologist, made an important, though not very counterintuitive, discovery in the 1930’s: things that somehow stand out are remembered more easily than typical things. Suppose we read the following list to a group and then asked them to recall it:
apple, truck, necklace, tomato, glass, dog, rock, umbrella, butter, spoon, Lady Gaga, pillow, pencil, chocolate, desk, banana, bug, soup, milk, tie
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What music works best with your particular job?
What music you listen to at home may depend on your mood, what you’re doing, what you’re planning to do and who you’re with. When you listen to music at work, you should also take into account what you do for a living. (Infographic)
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Blue-collar workers generally do more advanced math than their white-collar friends.
In high school math class we would sit there listening while the teacher droned on about polynomial equations and thinking there wasn’t a chance you’d ever use any of it in life? Well, if you’re like most Americans, chances are your 17-year-old self was absolutely correct.
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The shortage of data scientists is becoming a serious constraint in some sectors.
In June 2008 Jonathan Goldman arrived at LinkedIn for work, the business networking site still felt like a startup. LinkedIn had a little under 8 million accounts but that number was growing quickly. Users weren’t seeking out connections with the people who were already on the site at the rate executives had expected. Something was missing in the social experience. As one LinkedIn manager put it, “It was like arriving at a conference reception and realizing you don’t know anyone. So you just stand in the corner sipping your drink—and you probably leave early.”
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The average American only gets between six and six and a half hours of sleep a night.
Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and the author of Be Excellent at Anything met Kevin Crain, a Managing Director at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, one morning at a conference and Kevin was feeling tired, as he did most days.
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More workers eat at their desks or don’t take a break at all.
Many employees work more and have less time to do it in today’s fast-paced work environment and poor economy. That is making the once-cherished midday lunch break a disappearing option.
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