Volume 23 No. 2
January 8, 2016
Vacations and weekends that have regular check-ins with employees and e-mail aren't really breaks, writes Maura Thomas. Unplugging is good for your health and productivity, and is also an important way to model appropriate behavior. "In your quest toward productivity, for yourself or your company, don't neglect the most important resources, which are neither time nor money, but body and mind," Thomas writes. Harvard Business Review online  (9/24)
Would-be bosses need to learn to manage themselves before they can hope to lead others, writes Dan McCarthy. That means living a balanced life, keeping your emotions in check, and knowing your values and principles. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Leadership (9/24)
Imagine receiving a hospital bill for tens of thousands of dollars despite having the best health insurance you can afford. This scenario happens to even the most diligent health care consumers more than you'd think. Often, the culprit is balance billing, which occurs when patients are charged for the difference between what a provider charges and what the insurance will pay. It often happens after a hospitalization, where insurance covers most services, with the exception of one doctor. ... Here's how you can defend yourself from balance billing or avoid it in the first place. (Glover, 9/23) Read more...
Key ages for a Social Security strategy
Maximizing Social Security benefits depends largely on when you choose to start taking benefits, Ilana Polyak writes, noting the milestone ages of 62, 66 and 70. CNBC (9/2)
Circumstances such as marriage, divorce or the death of a partner or parent can each affect the amount of Social Security benefits an individual can claim, and beneficiaries should review their options carefully, John Dragstrem writes. AdviceIQ (9/2)





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THOUGHT PROVOKING QUOTES
"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."   -William Feather

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."   -Joseph Chilton Pearce

"We are the ones consuming online.  There should be more of us behind the scenes creating that experience." -Jessica Alba

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."  -Seneca

"It is more difficult to stay on top than to get there."  -Mia Hamm

"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble."  -Platus

"There's nothing to winning, really.  That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind and no scruples whatsoever." -Alfred Hitchcock

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you till it seems you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn." -Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was." -Muhammed Ali

"Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future." -Brian Tracy

"If someone tells you, 'You can't' they really mean, 'I can't.'" -Sean Stephenson