Author Archives: Veterans Support Syndicate

Am I Not Cut Out for Managing People?

I’ve made one bad hire after another. A reader asks: I’m a newish manager, and I have one direct report. My new employee, “Susan,” quit this week. Her old employer had reached out to her and made her a dream offer. I spent five months training Susan. She had learned a lot and was startingContinueContinue reading “Am I Not Cut Out for Managing People?”

Entrepreneurship Is Booming in AmericaWhy 2026 Could Set AllTime Records

Economic shifts and innovative tech are creating an array opportunities. Entrepreneurship is having a moment. 29.8 million solopreneurs now contribute $1.7 trillion to the U.S. economy. Forty-one percent of founders whose companies are less than 24 months old plan to hire additional employees in the next quarter.  This entrepreneurial growth isn’t limited to stereotypical business hubs, either. In fact,ContinueContinue reading “Entrepreneurship Is Booming in AmericaWhy 2026 Could Set AllTime Records”

Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall Science Says Start Taking Notes (By Hand)

And then do a quick review the next morning. In a study published in Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, researchers evaluated the effectiveness of a variety of memory-boosting strategies: taking photos, typing notes, and writing notes by hand. As you can probably guess, people who wrote notes by hand scored the highest on subsequent recall and comprehension tests, even whenContinueContinue reading “Keep Forgetting Things? To Improve Your Memory and Recall Science Says Start Taking Notes (By Hand)”

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