Human Interest

CVS Pharmacy offering TimerCap to help fight Opioid Addiction

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Job 1 for New Grads? Start Getting in the Habit of Exemplary Leadership
There are certain timeless core practices that make the best leaders the best, say Jim Kouzes
and Barry Posner, coauthors of the sixth edition of The Leadership Challenge.
If you want to make yourself incredibly valuable in the workplace, now is the
time to start honing them—even if you don't yet have a job.

Dances With Books

Logan’s self-imposed one-term mayor, Craig Petersen, says he will donate the remainder of his 2017 salary to the construction costs for the town’s new library.  Whatever that means.  “The remainder” starting from when? 

President Trump recently proposed opening up more federal land and offshore for oil and natural gas exploration. That's good news.

Federal revenue from leasing onshore oil and natural gas resources averaged $3 billion annually between 2005 and 2014. Federal revenue from leasing offshore resources $8 billion annually for the same time period. That's $11 billion total annually.

But that's not the whole story. While most of those years hovered around $11 billion, the federal government took in $24 billion in 2008 alone, nearly twice the next highest year (2006).

Environmentalists Are Dead Wrong

The "Little Things" Are Bigger Than You Think:
Twenty Career Dos and Don'ts That Can Make or Break Your Career
You can be scary good at your job while being scary bad about the tiny things you probably think don't matter. They do. Venture capitalist, college president,
speaker, and author Richard Moran explains the behaviors you could be
doing wrong and how to correct them sooner rather than later.

Dear Dave,

My wife and I are debt-free except for our home, and we’re on Baby Steps 4 and 5. Recently, we were asked to make a large donation to a charity we already support. We don’t have the full cash amount they asked for on hand, and after hearing that, they said we could make monthly installment payments until the donation amount was paid in full. We’re hesitant to do this because it seems a bit like debt to us. What do you think?

Ben

Dear Ben,

Help save trauma patient lives by giving blood

Red Cross urges blood and platelet donation during
Trauma Awareness Month

(April 20, 2017) — During Trauma Awareness Month in May, the American Red Cross urges eligible donors to help ensure lifesaving blood is available for patients with traumatic injuries and other serious medical needs by donating blood or platelets.

Experiential Interviews: Four Steps to Help You Identify Superior Talent
If you're still using conventional interviews to staff your company, then you're doing it wrong. Hiring expert Scott Wintrip reveals how to use experiential interviews to
pick the best candidate for the job every time.

Don't Meddle With Medicare's Prescription Drug Benefit
By Joel White

Seema Verma, the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, recently praised Medicare's prescription drug benefit for giving seniors access to affordable medicines, saying she was "thankful" for the program.