Whether the child is your own or not, you always want to give a kid a birthday gift that they will cherish and remember. You can probably recall the days past where you were a kid yourself and some of the gifts that you were receiving were less than stellar. As an adult, you don’t want the gifts that you give to be discarded into a forgotten pile. Below are some excellent ideas for gifts that you can hand out at the next birthday party that will be cherished for some time to come. Give the Child Read more [...]

Most people do not know this but Halloween is often celebrated in Colombia. Actually, the holiday is quite big. Children and adults often dress up and wear make-up. We often see employees in supermarkets, offices, banks and retail stores wearing face paint, special make-up and simple costumes. German Trujillo Manrique mentions that it is unclear how Halloween became such a big thing in the country but this has been the case for a really long time now. Even those that are in their mid-thirties Read more [...]

We live in a highly competitive world, one in which all students have to perform really well in order to truly shine in life. The problem is that many premier institutions do not actually manage to offer the care that students need. According to the National Youth Leadership Forum, every single student is different. This does include learning capabilities. There are students that quickly understand lessons but others need an extra guidance in order to effectively study. Private tuition or home Read more [...]

My business has been using a reputation management firm now for over 3 years with tremendous success. The whole process started because an ex-employee wrote some scathing stuff about us online and I wanted it rectified. This episode worried me about how fragile our online reputation could be so we stayed with the firm and ever since the company has gone from strength to strength. I was reading through some reputation management consultant reviews recently and I was surprised to learn just what kind Read more [...]

I was speaking last week to a private investigator called Jennifer Mellon and we had a fascinating conversation about what the job entails. Jennifer and her partner Danny Boice work for the company Trustify who specialize in providing affordable and efficient private investigation services through the use of brilliant professionals. I, like may of you, have always wondered about what it is that a private investigator actually does and I was actually quite surprised when Jennifer Mellon began to detail Read more [...]

They say that behind every great man there is a great woman and the same can probably be said in reverse if we are being honest. One example of the former that I want to talk about today is Jeff Lupient wife, the amazing woman behind the man who runs the Lupient Automotive Group here in Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Minnesota. I have worked with Jeff for a number of years now and it is now secret that he is a star trader and someone with high expectations on both himself and for his company. Jeffrey Read more [...]

The lifestyle of a digital nomad is one which attracts many people and in this modern age it is very easy to see why. Digital nomadism is on the rise and there are now literally thousands of people out there like myself and my friend Stephen Varanko III, who are making a living online whilst enjoying the fact that they are location independent. During my time trying to make it online I have tried many different ways of earning money and I wanted to share them with you so that you can see how one Read more [...]

For some people it is how many friends that they have and for others it is how high quality those friends are. I have been very fortunate in my life to make some great friends, especially my best friend Michelle L Marquez who has been by my side for years. I met Michelle when we studied law together, bonding over stock fraud cases and arbitration studies, in truth we were talking about all manner of other things than the law, but this was at least what we appeared to be doing. Since those days Michelle Read more [...]

During your time at university you will run into all manner of professors from the boring and drab to the downright zany and everything in between. If you are lucky enough however, you may also find a professor who is inspirational to you and who can greatly motivate you to be the best that you possibly can. For me that man was Andrew Curran Wesleyan professor and someone who grew up not far from me in New Haven, Hartford. During the 4 years that I studied law with him I never had a complaint at Read more [...]

Social media is something which has completely changed our lives and millions of people around the world use it to connect with friends, promote their business, find recommendations and share what is going on in their lives. Whilst social media is a wonderful tool to use in our daily lives it is also something that is wrought with danger. I spoke to psychologist Dayanna Volitich about the perils of over-using social media and why it is important to take a break from time to time.   False Read more [...]