Susan Toste writes to Ira Selwin who sends me (see how these things work?), “Can you believe it is 364 days until Christmas and people already have their lights up?” Goldman Sachs asks interviewees, "How many square feet of pizza are eaten in the U.S. each year?" (The trick is to work through the logic, not necessarily come up with the right answer.) Learning math is something that everyone does, to one degree or another, and doesn’t typically go onto a resume. (I learned math a whole different way than they do now in China or Japan.) What’s on your resume? How about Scapulothoracic Hypermobility? The Financial Times reports that “Banks (worldwide) shed 60,000 jobs in one of worst years for cuts since financial crisis.” I regularly receive questions about the number of LOs who have left our business. “Plenty” doesn’t ever satisfy the person asking the question, but I don’t know the exact number. Man
National Thank You Note Day is a celebration with roots that trace back to ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians and Chinese, who utilized papyrus papers to express goodwill and good luck.
(WHTM) — Between December 25 and January 1, a lot of people think about endings and beginnings, looking back and looking forward, ringing out the old and ringing in the new. This includes people who come up with holidays. Between Christmas and New Year’s Day, there are a lot of celebrations of getting things done […]