SELF IMPROVEMENT AND MOTIVATION

Millennials. They may not yet be the present, but they’re certainly the future. These young, uninitiated minds will someday soon become our politicians, doctors, scientists, chefs, television producers, fashion designers, manufacturers, and, one would hope, the new proponents of liberty.   But are they ready for it? Time after time, particularly on college campuses, millennials have proven to be little more than entitled, spoiled, anti-intellectual brats who place far too much emphasis on feelings and nowhere near enough emphasis on critical thinking. To the millennial, words are cause for the creation of safe spaces, alternative ideas must be stifled, and anything they perceive to be a microaggression is enough to send them spiraling into a state of mental distress. It’s time millennials understood these 7 harsh realities of life so we don’t end up with a generation of gutless adult babies running the show. 1. Your Feelings Are Largely Irrelevant Seriously, nobody who has already grad

The costs of a bad hire go far beyond finances.  Bad hiring decisions cost you In a Fast Company article,  How Much A Bad Hire Will Actually Cost You , it was reported that:  •41 percent of those surveyed lost worker productivity; •40 percent lost time due to recruiting and training another worker; •37 percent incurred expenses recruiting and training another worker; •36 percent endured negative impact on employee morale; and  •22 percent suffered negative impact on client solutions. In Fred Yager's Dice article,  The Cost of Bad Hiring Decisions Run High ,  the Harvard Business Review points out that as much as 80 percent of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions. I don’t think anyone will disagree with the fact that bad hiring comes at a tremendous cost. Yet, how many of us actually invest in ensuring that our hiring processes and plan meet our desired goals? How many of us are ensuring that confirmation bias is not at play - the tendency for us to search for, interpret