Pay yourself first is an often repeated, seldom executed piece of financial advice, one that sounds good but most people fail to do. It’s quite simple: before you meet all of your other financial obligations, save some money for yourself so that you can build up emergency savings at first, then enough capital for investing…
Much has been said about personal branding, about establishing an unmistakeable identity in the online and offline worlds. Some judge it to be essential, while others call it the height of narcissism. That said, there’s an overwhelming tide racing to the shore now that only things like personal branding can endure: a tide of enforced…
I was reading bedtime stories the other night and came across a gem by Richard Scarry in the 365 Bedtime Stories compendium, which I think is incredibly illustrative of the way we dealt with bullies in the past and the way we deal with them now. In the short story The Rudiments, a boy is…
In old Japan, it was fairly common for a young person in the tradesman class to be apprenticed to a master. Whether it was blacksmithing, cooking, or any tradeskill, apprenticeship was just about the only way to get an education. What’s interesting about old Japanese apprenticeships was the duration and work asked of the apprentice.…
I’ll be doing a webinar on July 23 at 2 PM Eastern on 21st century email marketing, put on by my employer, Blue Sky Factory. In the webinar, I’ll be going over the 5 things every email marketer wants: More audience More delivery More opens More actions More/better metrics In terms of value, I’ll be…
One of my favorite learning and teaching metaphors comes by way of both the martial arts and Quantum Teaching (Amazon link). Imagine for a moment that the knowledge you have to impart to students is in the shape of a mattress. Imagine that it’s immutable, meaning you can’t magically shrink it or carve it up.…
Mandatory viewing, especially if you’re thinking at all about education and how badly we’re failing the generations of students now in school. Read more at TED.com. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now! Get this and other great articles from the source at www.ChristopherSPenn.com! Want to take your conference or…
Financial aid swansong: Mass. College Goal Sunday It’s fitting that my last work in the world of financial aid was to volunteer at Massachusetts College Goal Sunday. This year’s CGS was significantly different for me personally than in years past for several reasons. First, this is the first year I’ve presented at College Goal Sunday.…
I’m proud to announce that after several months of very hard work and significant effort on the parts of the University of San Francisco and our instructors, the Advanced Social Media certificate course is now live and available to the world! In this eight week course, you’ll get instruction from true social media experts and…
There’s a little too much no out there. No, you can’t. No, you don’t have that. No, that’s not affordable. No, you’re not good enough. No, you don’t know how to do that. No, you can’t reach those customers. The problem with no is in the finality of its tone. No cuts off possibility, especially…
