Career & Money

Women More than Men Are Jealous of Attractive Colleagues
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Women in the workplace are more jealous and envious than men if the colleagues around them are attractive, finds a new international study. However, both men and women are equally jealous of co-workers who have strong social skills.

Life Insurance Cost Highly Overestimated By Consumers
by Margarita Nahapetyan
'The Insurance Barometer Study,' and annual research found that consumers are either confused or inaccurately informed about the actual cost of life insurance, which may be preventing them from getting the coverage they say they need.

Women Pursue Careers Due to Shortage of Men
by Margarita Nahapetyan
A new joint study carried out by American and Dutch scientists has found that there is definitely a connection between the availability of men in a given area and the number of ladies who thrive in the workplace.

Modern Brides Don't Care About Husband's Money
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Many women these days are 'marrying down' rather than 'marrying up' or, in other words, they opt for husbands from their own social class or lower, a new British study of marriages by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has found.

Having Bad Boss Affects Family Happiness
by Margarita Nahapetyan
According to new evidence, having a bad boss has an affect not only on physical and mental health of an employee, but can play a devastating role in general well-being of their family. A study conducted by Dr. Nicolas Gillet and his fellow colleagues from

The Long, Happy Life of Your Retirement Savings
by Ed Slott
The Long, Happy Life of Your Retirement Savings "Lou was a daredevil. His last words were. 'Watch this!'" -Obituary featured in USA Today (June 22, 2006) Planning for retirement is no place to be a daredevil, and yet most people are just that

The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All
by Michael Useem
"To be courageous ... is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to all of us." - John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage We all need to be ready for those moments when our leadership is on the line and the fate or fortune of others

Doubters Read This
The 4-Hour Workweek
by Timothy Ferriss
Is lifestyle design for you? Chances are good that it is. Here are some of the most common doubts and fears that people have before taking the leap and joining the New Rich: Do I have to quit my job? Do I have to be a risk-taker? No on both counts. From

How To Be a Social Capitalist
The Power of Social Networking: Using the Whuffie Factor to Build Your Business
by Tara Hunt
If someone comes up to you and, out of the blue, asks: "How's your whuffie?" don't call security. I'll explain why shortly, but initially I want to make a couple of assumptions: first, that, like everyone in business - from a Fortune 500

You Can Negotiate Anything
by Herb Cohen
To get to the Promised Land you have to negotiate your way through the wilderness. What is negotiation? Your real world is a giant negotiating table, and like it or not, you're a participant. You, as an individual, come into conflict with others: family

The 30-Day System to Success, Wealth and Happiness
by Denis Waitley, Reni Witt
Most of our adult lives are spent working. Taking into account commuting time, overtime, thinking about our jobs, and worrying over work, we spend more of our waking hours in the office, at the factory, on the road, behind the desk than we do at home

Buying Antiques
How to Make $20,000 a Year in Antiques and Collectibles: Without Leaving Your Job
by Bruce E. Johnson
Buying Antiques List the Kinds of Antiques That Interest You The best way to begin in this business of antiques is to sit down with a new notebook and start making lists. List Number One is going to consist of any areas that interest you, regardless of

The Wealth of Nations
by Adam Smith
Of The Division of Labour The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgment with which it is any where directed, or applied, seem to have been the effects of the division of labour

When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management
by Roger Lowenstein
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is perched in a gray, sandstone slab in the heart of Wall Street. Though a city landmark building constructed in 1924, the bank is a muted, almost unseen presence among its lively, entrepreneurial neighbors. The area

You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference
by Mark Sanborn
ANDREA A famous politician once said, "The longer the title, the less important the job." If that's true, then Andrea Stoller has a very important job indeed. Just ask anyone who has had contact with her at the school where she has worked for

What the CEO Wants You to Know: How Your Company Really Works
by Ram Charan
Chances are that sometime in your life you passed through a city or town where people were selling goods from tables and carts right there on the street. Anywhere you go in the world, you can find street vendors hawking their wares. In Chicago, Mexico Cit

Make a Name for Yourself; 8 Steps Every Woman Needs: Create a Personal Brand Strategy for Success
by Robin Fisher Roffer
Dig Deep to Unearth Who You Are I believe that we're here in the world for a purpose. Everything that happens to us, good or bad, is a lesson to help us discover what that purpose is and fulfill it. This is the real business of life, our destiny cycle

Be Your Own Mentor: Strategies from Top Women on the Secrets of Success
by Sheila Wellington, Betty Spence, Ph.D.
Wise Up JUST THE FACTS: 12.5% of corporate officers are women. 4.1% of top earners are women. 6.2% of top managers are women (chairman, vice chairman, CEO, president, chief operating officer, senior executive vice president, executive vice president);

Starting Up
Motherswork: How A Young Mother Started A Business On A Shoestring And Built It Into Multi-Million Dollar Company
by Rebecca Matthias
Everything seems possible when you're twenty-eight. I was young, intelligent, ambitious. I had degrees from the best colleges. The year was 1981 - the beginning of the decade of wealth and greed. I had just gotten married and I was helping my husband

Career Management for the Creative Person
by Lee Silber
What's Right About Being Right-Brained I wish the real world would just stop hasslin' me. - Matchbox 20 Success for a creative person can be tremendous. Not just in money, but in creative freedom. Look at the list of highest-paid entertainers and

100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country
by Ilyce R. Glink
How Do I Know What I Want? You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, well you just might find you get what you need. - Rolling Stones The difference between being a wannabe and a successful home buyer may boil down to nothing more

50 Simple Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Personal Finances: How to Spend Less, Save More and Make the Most of What You Have
by Ilyce R. Glink
Ten Personal Finance Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make When it comes to money, we all make mistakes. And, surely there are more than ten mistakes to be made. But if you're nimble, you'll not only avoid these mistakes, you'll probably avoid others as

Take Charge of Your Money Now!: Essential Strategies for Winning in Any Financial Climate
by A.J. Monte, Rick Swope
Taking charge of your money is the first step toward taking charge of your life. No man has ever had his personal house in order whose financial house is in disarray. Why Bother with Another Money Book? In our first book, The Market Guys' Five Points for

Money and Investing
It Pays to Talk: How to Have the Essential Conversations with Your Family About Money and Investing
by Charles Schwab, Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Starting the Conversation When Pete, a longtime colleague of ours, married his wife, Eleanor, in 1973, it would have been safe to assume that she, being a banker, would handle the finances while he, then a schoolteacher, would take a backseat. Then their

Make Money, Not Excuses: Wake Up, Take Charge and Overcome Your Financial Fears Forever
by Jean Chatzky
"I Don't Know Where to Begin" Getting Over the Unknown I am one of the fortunate people who really like what they do for a living. One of the main reasons I enjoy my work is that it takes me out into the world. About once a month I travel to

Payback Time; Making Big Money Is the Best Revenge!
by Phil Town
How the Wealthy Use Down To Go Up "There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." - John F. Kennedy The best investment strategy I know is so

Rich Dad's Advisors; OPM How to Attract Other People's Money: for Your Investments - The Ultimate Leverage
by Michael A. Lechter Esq.
What Is OPM? What Is OPR? Getting Out of the Rat Race and Navigating the CASHFLOW Quadrant Using OPM How do you get out of the rat race? The Rich Dad answer is to put your money to work for you instead of you working for money. You do that by investing

The Big Opportunities
Doing Business in 21st-Century India: How to Profit Today in Tomorrow's Most Exciting Market
by Gunjan Bagla
For the astute and prudent company, India today can be a gold mine. There is money to be made in the most unexpected places, if you look carefully and plan right While major risks and significant pitfalls surely exist, a self-assured India now welcomes

More Homeowners Walk Away From Their Mortgages
by Margarita Nahapetyan
More and more homeowners are deciding to walk away from their mortgages voluntarily, even though they can still afford making payments, a new study by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Booth School

Benefits Of Looking For A Job Through Internet
by Margarita Nahapetyan
American job seekers who use the Internet are more likely to continue active job searches and less likely to drop out of the labor pool when compared to those who do not have access to the Internet, said the Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal