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☆ Here are the 5 things you should do when you get a bad performance review and your boss isn't in your corner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Insider spoke with career experts about the steps you should take after you get a bad review. "But if your manager isn't in your corner — isn't aligned with you and isn't trying to help you advance — it can be really stressful and deflating." Insider spoke with Elias and other career experts about the five steps you should take after you get a bad review. A line-by-line rebuttal isn't wise, but Layfield said that some well-reasoned (and polite) counterarguments that debunk or weaken your boss' assessment might be warranted. "Look for things that are within your control that your boss can't take away from you," she said.

☆ I took an $18-an-hour job in an Amazon warehouse to cure the spiraling depression I felt as a CEO. It worked — and gave me a new perspective on the industry.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Hannah Towey | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

He quit his CEO job and began working 11-hour Amazon warehouse shifts during the company's busiest season. I decided to take a warehouse job at AmazonIt felt like the one thing I really needed for myself was some structure — wakeup times, some exercise — just to get out there somehow. Philip Su worked in an Amazon warehouse for seven weeks. My warehouse job lifted me out of my depressionI took the job because I was desperate for something to enforce regularity for me, and I very much benefited from Amazon doing that. Are you an Amazon warehouse worker with a story to tell?

☆ How to combine multiple Citi credit cards for ultimate travel rewards
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-22 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Then, we also want to add the Citi Double Cash Card, the Citi Custom Cash Card and the Citi Rewards+ Card to complete the group. Citi Premier Card: The key to transfersUse the Citi Premier card to transfer your ThankYou points to Citi's airline partners for the best redemptions. And when you combine the Citi Rewards+ with other Citi ThankYou credit cards, this rebate includes all points redeemed from your combined ThankYou account. There’s one caveat to those looking to apply for the Citi Rewards+ card at the same time as the Citi Premier. Citi only allows you to apply for one Citi card every eight days, and a maximum of two Citi cards every 65 days.

☆ How to set realistic New Year's resolutions and actually stick to them, according to a neuroscientist
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-29 | by ( Moran Cerf | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I don't have any profound resolutions, but I wonder if there is any advice on how to make realistic ones that I can actually follow? To make resolutions you'll follow through with, start by choosing realistic ones. Rank your resolutions from most to least importantMake your list, pick only the top two, and write them as your New Year's resolutions. This way you'll have a mini internal simulation of how good you are, generally, in accomplishing the type of things other people try to do in a year. The point is that hopefully seeing money being drawn from your account at the end of the year will drive you to make realistic resolutions for the next year.

☆ The best investing stories of July: How to win the next phase of COVID-19 — 'hidden' high-upside businesses — record-cheap value stocks
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-04 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Many of them are preparing for the next phase of life in the stock market — one characterized by stimulus uncertainty and a US economic recovery that's lagging the rest of the world. He foresees a so-called squeeze higher for value stocks, and recommends that investors position their portfolios to profit from a rotation away from popular growth names. Look no further:Chart of the weekJPMorganThe JPMorgan chart above — compiled by the firm's quant guru, Marko Kolanovic — shows that value stocks are now trading at a record cheapness relative to growth. Kolanovic's takeaway from this trend is that value stocks are susceptible to a squeeze higher, and investors should rightly position their portfolios ahead of time. — Marko Kolanovic, global head of macro quantitative and derivatives research at JPMorgan, on why he sees a value-stock rally in the cards

Writer Erica Lamberg has learned the hard way that the most important perk for a good travel credit card is no foreign transaction fees. Her go-to travel cards with no foreign transaction fees are the Bank of America Travel Rewards credit card and the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card. Upon returning home, when I opened my credit card statement, I gasped at the Euro fees on my credit card. Plus, the Travel Rewards card boasts a reliable rewards program — earn 1.5 points per $1 spent on all purchases. Another card I like is the Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card.

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