In keeping with the New Year spirit, lets talk about resolutions. A New Year’s resolution is a tradition in which a person makes a promise to do an act of self improvement beginning on New Year’s Day. A New Year’s resolution is a personal choice and can be anything at all that you would like to [...]
By Ron Koenigsberg The phrase “Work Smarter Not Harder” is a hot term right now. With the push on productivity and efficiency, we often find ourselves asking the following questions: What time of the day am I most productive? Do I consider myself a morning or an evening person? We each have a certain time-frame during [...]
Success: noun -The accomplishment of an aim or purpose. -The attainment of popularity or profit. -A person of thing that achieves desired aims or attains prosperity. What Success Means To Us One word, seven letters, two syllables, and so incredibly powerful. Success is a word that each and every one of us have looked to [...]
In business, it is commonly said that you should: do things from your head and not your heart - think logically, not emotionally - be reasonable and rational. What if I told you that I do not agree? I began my commercial real estate firm in 2001 out of my passion for making commercial deals and [...]
It's great to say that as a nation we are finally getting out of our economic slump, and that the United States unemployment rate has dropped to 6.1 percent, which is the lowest reading since September 2008 - all signs point to the economy on the rise. The decrease in the unemployment rate is greatly due [...]
Corporate Social Responsibility – in the world of business these three words are the newest buzz. It is likely that you’ve heard of them, but are you aware of what this term truly means? Could you speak about Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with confidence? After reading this article, you will not only understand the meaning of [...]
On Monday, June 16th, 2014 Starbucks President and CEO Howard Schultz, and Arizona State University President, Michael Crow, announced the Starbucks College Achievement Plan. With this plan, Starbucks will provide a free online college education through Arizona State University to thousands of its workers, without requiring that they remain with the company. This program is open [...]
As you already know, IRA stands for “Individual Retirement Account.” And most people are familiar with IRA investment options such as bank CDs, public stocks, mutual funds, annuities, and other common IRA investments. But with a self-directed IRA you are able to use your retirement fund in non-traditional ways and be in control by making investment [...]
Try driving around Long Island for ten minutes and not spotting at least one frozen yogurt shop. This is one cool trend that just won’t quit. Since 2005, frozen yogurt stores, many of them self-serve, have been popping up all over Long Island, as franchises as well as chains. There are many reasons for this popular [...]
Unemployment numbers are definitely looking better across the nation and in Long Island. U.S. hiring increased during the month of February compared to January. In fact, the Labor Department stated that employers added 175,000 jobs during February. This number is up considerably from January’s 129,000 jobs. What makes these numbers even more encouraging is the fact [...]
