Here’s your weekly dose of interesting websites, blog posts, and articles for you to check out…
Websites:
• PayScale.com – Get salary reports based on your location, job, and experience…are you getting paid what you’re worth?
Mint.com – I’ve played some in the past with this site but just started using it again. It is considered one of the best online personal money management tools on the internet. Best part…it’s FREE!
Picasa – This is Google’s digital photo tool. I used it this week to back up all the digital pictures on my computer. Like most Google products, it’s simple to use, easy to figure out, and free.
Blog Posts/Articles:
• Top 10 Social Networks for Gen-Y – Interesting list that doesn’t show the typical sites you would think of like Facebook or MySpace. More individual sites where Gen-Y is meeting at…
The Best Colleges For Making Money – Article from Smart Money…good comparison of public vs private schools. I referenced this article in my post this week, “3 Things You Must Know About Your College Tuition Investment…”
Finding Balance – This was an article in the FFA Horizons magazines where they interviewed me about students and life balance. Pretty cool!
Speed Reading Successfully – One of the things on my CHANGES list for 2009 is to learn to speed read. I read a lot so I figure: Learn to speed read = More books I can get through.
7 Hours For Healthier Finances – We’re just over a month into the new year so stop now and get your finances in order. Good place to start…
The Key To Success: Define Your Strengths – I think it’s critically important for people to take the time to determine where they excel and also figure out where they suck.
The 20 Worst Supermarket Foods – My mom got us a book from this series for Christmas, and it is really fascinating. These books identify actual products in stores/restaurants and not some generic category of food you should eat or avoid.
Bigger Numbers Trick Your Mind Into Buying – A summary of a study for why we would buy something at $.99 but our brain isn’t interested if it’s $1.00. Interesting…
Have a great weekend!
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