Preparing for our 4th of July summer drive series this year, our car was in need of the 3,000 mile oil change and service. I usually go to to the local Valvoline service center within a few miles of my house because of the high level of customer service and high level of quality they [...]

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There are many individuals that I talk to that are simply afraid to negotiate…They hear the word and feel you should only negotiate when it comes to finalizing your starting salary or buying a car, if that. I beg to differ. There are many opportunities I encounter where I can improve those very valuable negotiation [...]

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As I sit here in my graduate economics class, we are currently reviewing decision making with expected value and decision trees. As the professor introduces a simple example to get the class comfortable with the initial material, I wonder if each person who played the lottery ever calculates the true value of their $1.00 investment [...]

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