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... (several lines of code) ... The meaning attached to the word “jobs” is currently undergoing a revolutionary change. The conventional seemingly “top notch” jobs are undergoing massive threat from the influx of what newness has to offer to the human experience. Aspirations are currently undergoing an absolute disruption, and the conventional day to day hustle of the average man needs some re-aligning, to avoid wasting sweat on gaining skills in areas of absolute irrelevancies. One must be careful to not confuse busyness for productivity. There’s a need for strategic pursuit; to pursue that which is necessary in the most competitive space to attain global relevance. The question then is, to what degree of relevance is your current job? How truly necessary is the skill you are currently trying so hard to acquire? The World Economic Forum in its newest report “The Future of Jobs” makes a detailed attempt at predicting how the typical work space will look like in the co...

... (several lines of code) ... When astronomers discovered the first exoplanet around a normal star 2 decades ago, there was joy—and bewilderment. The planet, 51 Pegasi b, was half as massive as Jupiter, but its 4-day orbit was impossibly close to the star, far smaller than the 88-day orbit of Mercury. Theorists who study planet formation could see no way for a planet that big to grow in such tight confines around a newborn star. It could have been a freak, but soon, more “hot Jupiters” turned up in planet searches, and they were joined by other oddities: planets in elongated and highly tilted orbits, even planets orbiting their stars “backward”—counter to the star’s rotation.  The planet hunt accelerated with the launch of NASA’s Kepler spacecraft in 2009, and the 2500 worlds it has discovered added statistical heft to the study of exoplanets—and yet more confusion. Kepler found that the most common type of planet in the galaxy is something between the size of Earth and...

... (several lines of code) ... 10 Ways to Stay Motivated as an Entrepreneur You need ways to get moving on those long, grueling days. If you've just started on your quest to entrepreneurship, then you are probably finding it hard to set yourself tasks and goals without an employer or colleague supporting you. On the other hand, if you have been on this adventure for some time now, you have probably come in contact with some bumps in the road that have set you back. You may also find it hard to balance the multitude of entrepreneurial tasks you have with your personal life. Either way, as an entrepreneur, it's easy to lose motivation. The key is to not give up and to find ways with which you can lift yourself up on those longer, more grueling days. To help you, I've highlighted 10 ways you can stay motivated as an entrepreneur. 1. Set personal goals You've probably created your business with specific goals in mind, objectives you want it to achieve,...

What Type of Entrepreneur Are You? (Infographic) Image credit:  Frederic Legrand - COMEO |Shutterstock.com | Virgin Sir Richard Branson’s no boring venture capitalist. Instead, the knighted  P.T. Barnum of business  has crowned himself an “adventure capitalist.” And, judging by his  out of this world  aspirations and the wacky  publicity stunts  he’s pulled over the years, he’s spot-on in his assessment. The daredevil billionaire and shameless self-promoter will stop at nothing to draw eyeballs to his Virgin companies. He’s jumped off the Palms Hotel Casino in Las Vegas (literally by the seat of his pants), kite surfed with a buck naked model clinging to his back and even mooned a crowd of reporters in Canada. You might call Branson crazy. We call him an opportunist and a brilliant one at that. Whatever he’s doing, it’s working...all the way to the bank, to the tune of an estimated personal net worth of $4.8 billion. Mark Zuckerberg,...

8 Successful Online Entrepreneurs You Should Be Following Image credit:  Cloud Living via Facebook There isn’t a single entrepreneur out there that can’t benefit from some extra inspiration and motivation. We can all learn something by following successful individuals. It sparks inspiration and learning from their real-life business experiences can help us all on our own entrepreneurial journeys. I have put together a list of eight online entrepreneurs that I personally follow and have worked with -- individuals that all entrepreneurs can learn something from, especially those interested in starting or growing an online business. 1. Jeff Taylor As CEO of  DEVISE ,  Jeff Taylor  has extensive experience building profitable online businesses. What began as a web design and marketing firm eventually transformed into an entity that creates, markets, monetizes and then eventually sells websites. Taylor and his partner Evan Lisabeth have...

Tai Lopez's 4 Ways to Consume Information Like a Billionaire This investor makes millions by reading books using this strategy. Think about the last book you read and how it affected your life. Given the way we often passively consume information, it’s probable that you’ll struggle to recall three main points. Tai Lopez went from dead broke to running an empire of wildly successful companies, built on the back of a YouTube marketing juggernaut that nets him billions of views. He cites his ability to consume and apply information as the No. 1 reason he’s no longer broke and now worth millions of dollars. Business giants like Mark Cuban , worth $3 billion, stop by his house. And he has regular one-on-one dinners with the former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, worth an  estimated $33 billion . But Lopez didn’t learn how to crush it in college. He dropped out at age 19. He’s totally self-taught, reading a book a day and recommending the best ones in  his popular onlin...