http://www.learnvest.com Where life gets richer Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/why-is-average-over-123/comment-page-1/#comment-53721 kinglet749 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +0000 http://www.learnvest.com/?p=106241#comment-53721 Our economy is built on a diversity of people doing a diversity of jobs. There are simply too many of us for us all to be above average. It goes against the definition of average. Not everyone can get ahead. I think your readership knows this already- it will usually, not always, be the smartest and luckiest who will have their choice of work. Nothing you can do will guarantee it, so the best thing we can do for ourselves is stop overanalyzing our worth and do the best work we can with what we have. Remembering the dignity of manual labor should not be lost on anyone, because we all depend on it. Our economy is built on a diversity of people doing a diversity of jobs. There are simply too many of us for us all to be above average. It goes against the definition of average. Not everyone can get ahead. I think your readership knows this already- it will usually, not always, be the smartest and luckiest who will have their choice of work. Nothing you can do will guarantee it, so the best thing we can do for ourselves is stop overanalyzing our worth and do the best work we can with what we have. Remembering the dignity of manual labor should not be lost on anyone, because we all depend on it.

]]> http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/shit-girls-say-about-money/comment-page-1/#comment-53720 Emily Rohrs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:16:00 +0000 http://www.learnvest.com/?p=106822#comment-53720 Im crying, im laughing so hard. Did they film me secretly? this is hilarious. thank you for the good laugh. Now to go drink my 2 buck chuck that I really couldnt afford, but it was such a good deal = ) Im crying, im laughing so hard. Did they film me secretly? this is hilarious. thank you for the good laugh. Now to go drink my 2 buck chuck that I really couldnt afford, but it was such a good deal = )

]]> http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/maternity-leave-why-american-mothers-have-it-so-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-53719 Pat Katepoo Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:27:00 +0000 http://www.learnvest.com/?p=105002#comment-53719 Women who work for small employers (<50 employees) can ASK for paid leave. They just might get it. I've seen it happen many times among those willing to ask with an ambitious paid-time-off goal. The most common is getting four weeks of paid leave, even though there was NO policy. The sad state of US maternity leave is why I started  http://www.maternityleavementor.com/ to teach women these strategies. Women who work for small employers (<50 employees) can ASK for paid leave. They just might get it. I've seen it happen many times among those willing to ask with an ambitious paid-time-off goal. The most common is getting four weeks of paid leave, even though there was NO policy. The sad state of US maternity leave is why I started 
http://www.maternityleavementor.com/ to teach women these strategies.

]]> http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/why-is-average-over-123/comment-page-1/#comment-53718 Mellonie Sorensen Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +0000 http://www.learnvest.com/?p=106241#comment-53718 ^^agreed^^  I'm sorry, I don't care how good any one person is at what they do, mistakes will happen; it's called being human.  The ones who acknowledge their mistakes (because they would like to figure out what they did wrong and how to do better next time) are now frowned upon and seen as that "average" or less.  Likewise, the ones who keep getting promoted are (most but not all of the time) the ones who have become really good at blaming others or hiding their mistakes.  What kind of corporate culture is being built here? ^^agreed^^  I’m sorry, I don’t care how good any one person is at what they do, mistakes will happen; it’s called being human.  The ones who acknowledge their mistakes (because they would like to figure out what they did wrong and how to do better next time) are now frowned upon and seen as that “average” or less.  Likewise, the ones who keep getting promoted are (most but not all of the time) the ones who have become really good at blaming others or hiding their mistakes.  What kind of corporate culture is being built here?

]]> http://www.learnvest.com/2012/02/man-protects-wealth-by-adopting-his-42-year-old-girlfriend-123/comment-page-1/#comment-53717 MahtaMouse Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:33:00 +0000 http://www.learnvest.com/?p=106882#comment-53717 Did NO ONE notice the follow-up article below it?!?  "Trust funds aren’t only for the rich. Find out how you could use one."  Yah, I'd say the artical WAS relevant! Did NO ONE notice the follow-up article below it?!?  “Trust funds aren’t only for the rich. Find out how you could use one.”  Yah, I’d say the artical WAS relevant!

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