“Myth 4: Individuals learn best when taught in their preferred learning style People attribute other mythical qualities to their unexceptionally large brains. One such myth is that individuals learn best when they are taught in the way they prefer to learn. A verbal learner, for example, supposedly learns best through oral instructions, whereas a…
My advice? Always check your credit card bills. Get online access to your statement and check what is being charged to your account on a weekly basis, especially if you travel and use your credit card often as part of your work. Report anything that doesn’t make sense. Chances are your credit card details have…
“It’s one aspect of a tech policy problem that has been plaguing us for at least 25 years: technologists and policymakers don’t understand each other, and they inflict damage on society because of that. But it’s worse today. The speed of technological progress makes it worse. And the types of technology — especially the current…
“Aside from salary, career development (33%) and work-life balance (25%) were cited as the most important factors for employees when considering new roles. However just 14% of employers said that work-life balance was important when attracting staff. According to the results, 43% of legal employees said their work-life balance was average or below average. Meanwhile…
Since I know many of you will not be online tomorrow, or through the weekend, just wanted to wish you a wonderful holiday wherever you happen to spending it. I took this picture in Sydney during my recent trip there for work. It has something in it that we haven’t seen much of in Oregon…
A few months back, I opined that the demands on our time, and the proud way in which many in the legal industry brag about the hours they work, was really just killing all of us. Here’s some proof: “What we found is trouble,” said Krill, who presented some of the survey’s preliminary findings at…