Skills to lead

It doesn't matter what type of business you run. If you have employees you need leadership skills. Organic dog food, a financial firm, or even a Dollar Store, you will need to know how to manage, and get your employees to do what you want the way you want.

This article from one of my favotrite websites, and magazines, entrepreneur.com discusses tis very topic. It takes a look at what skills, attributes, and styles work for being a leader. Ttheya re looking at trying to define what skills a leader needs to survive in the 21st Century.

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Student Loan Consolidation

STudent loans are like an albatross around many of our necks. Many have 2 or 3 separate loans that they are paying on at varying interest rates depending on where, and when they got the loan. Student Loan Consolidation takes all that extra work away. With a solid Student Loan Consolidation most borrowers find that they can reduce their monthly payments as much as 60% and free up some very useful cash flow. NextStudent.com has interest rates right now starting as low as 4.5% on their Federal Student Loan consolidation programs. With rates rising, and coming off record lows, it is likely that you are going to save yourself some serious money if you consolidate now. Those rates are variable and as rates go up, so does your payment. Lock in that rate while the rate is low.

What if you for some reason cannot get, or need more than what a Federal loan offers? Nextstudent.com offers Private Student Loans for just that situation as well. You can borrow annually up to the full cost of expenses (less financial aid received) or $40,000 (whichever is the lesser), with a NextStudent Private Loan for undergraduate and graduate students. They have the options that will work for you no matter what your needs.

Branding...

I've always maintained that branding was an important part of any business. Even branding your home with a house marker can't hurt. Online I think it is just as important. I wrote about using a favicon on one of my tech sites before, but figured it had a place here as well. To learn more about what is a favicon and why you need a favicon check out my blog post What is a Favicon? at JMH Techtronics.