Quotes of the Day

Some employers play despicable tricks on job-hunters, whereby they invite you in for an interview despite the fact that they have already hired someone for the position in question, and they know from the beginning that they have absolutely no intention of hiring you. [2013] - Richard N. Bolles

As a salesperson, you can learn how to describe your products' features (knowledge), you can even learn how to ask the right open-ended questions to elicit each prospect's needs (a skill), but you'll never learn how to push that prospect to commit at exactly the right moment and in exactly the right way. These are talents. [2005] - Marcus Buckingham

There are two key ingredients for creating rapport in a handshake. First, make sure that yours and the other person's palms are in the vertical position so that no one is dominant or submissive. Second, apply the same pressure you receive. [2004] - Allan Pease

Good friends are the only ones who talk about trivia with each other. [2009] - Leil Lowndes

The safest bonds you can buy are first-world government bonds from high-income industrial countries. Slightly riskier bonds can be bought from strong blue-chip businesses such as Coca-Cola, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson. If you're looking for a safe place for your money, it's best to keep it in short-term or intermediate-term (such as one- to five-year) government bonds or high-quality corporate bonds. You can buy a short-term or intermediate-term government bond index, and you never have to worry about an expiration date. It will keep pace with inflation over time, and you can sell it whenever you want. [2017] - Andrew Hallam