Rewards

How to Avoid Burnout by Frequently Rewarding Yourself

Hillary Rettig | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Rewards, Personal Motivation, Idividual Rewards, Personal Rewards, Self Rewards, Productivity, Motivation, Daily Rewards, Self-Help, Money News
Hillary Rettig

Rewards refuel you and really are one of the key engines of productivity and non-perfectionism.

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The Time Is Ripe For A New Card

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Rewards, Citi, Poll, Credit Cards, Points, Capital One, Miles, Chase, Money News

If you've got money to spend, the time is ripe to look into getting a new credit card. Card companies like Chase, Citi and Capital One are throwing...

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2 Ways to Get Kids to Eat Vegetables (That Actually Work!)

Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D. | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Children, Feedback, Vegetables, Rewards, Parenting, Balanced Diet, Children's Health, Motivation, Parents News
Heidi Grant Halvorson, Ph.D.

New research by psychologist Lucy Cooke and her colleagues at University College London shows that with rewards, children not only eat their vegetables, but learn to like them, too.

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Help Amit Gupta: $30,000 Reward Offered For Bone Marrow Match

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Rewards, Bone Marrow Registry, Seth Godin, Bone Marrow Transplant, Video, Bone Marrow Donation, Amit-Gupta-Bone-Marrow, Amit Gupta, Impact News

When Amit Gupta learned of his acute leukemia diagnosis last month, he wasn't shy about asking for help -- and neither were his tech-savvy friends. ...

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The Debit Is in the Details

Len Hollie | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Debt, Payments, Checking Account, Ecommerce, Check Cashing, Debit Cards, Money, Shopping, Economy, Wells Fargo, Prepaid Cards, Employment, Rewards, Federal Reserve, Jobs, National Trend, Retail Stores, Holiday, Credit Cards, Labor Day, Revenue, Spending, Banks, Consumers, Fees, Customers, Cash, Debit Cards Rewards Program, Swipe Fees, New York News
Len Hollie

In August, the Federal Reserve imposed a cap on the fees banks can charge retailers every time customers swipe their debit cards. Why is that important? In addition to banks, consumers may be the biggest losers.

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Reward Boosted In Mysterious Death Of New Hampshire Girl

AP | By LYNNE TUOHY and JOHN CURRAN | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Reward, Celina Cass Dead, Celina Cass Reward, New Hampshire, Rewards, Celina Cass, New Hampshire Crime, Missing Persons, Missing Person, Crime News

CONCORD, N.H. -- Eager for any information that can help them resolve the suspicious death of an 11-year-old girl, New Hampshire prosecutors said Thur...

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Why CVS Receipts Are So Ridiculously Long

The Atlantic | REBECCA J. ROSEN | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Receipts, Rewards Card, The Atlantic, Rewards, Los Angeles Times, Coupons, Green Living, Facebook, Extracare, Savings, Cvs, Business News

I'm not sure when I first noticed them. I don't remember them as a child or a teenager. Then, one day, walking out of a CVS, I looked down at my hand ...

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Bribery Or Intrinsic Motivation: Which Drives YOU?

Christine Carter, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Rewards, Punishment, Motivation, Parenting Punishment, Personal Motivation, The Balanced Life, Parenting Bribes, Punishing Children, Self Motivation, Bribes, Bribery, Parenting, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Christine Carter, PhD

The best way is to work with my kids' natural, intrinsic drive to be productive -- even creative -- contributors to our household.

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The Legislative Impetus for Using a Personal Credit Card to Fund Business Spending

Odysseas Papadimitriou | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personal Credit Cards, Credit Cards, Small Business, Lifestyle, Credit CARD Act, Rewards, Regulation, Business Expenses, Business Credit Cards, Business, Business News
Odysseas Papadimitriou

Many small business owners assume they should fund their companies with business credit cards. However, personal credit cards are actually often the best spending vehicles.

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Encouraging Leaders to Do the Right Thing

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Mo Ibrahim, Leaders, Ibrahim Foundation, Conflict, Rewards, Realpolitik, Development, Good Governance, Conflict and Development, Corruption, World News
Nicholas van Praag

Mechanisms to recognize or reward good leadership are few and far between. Yet leaders are human and, unless they are beyond redemption, they are more likely to respond to recognition and rewards than sanctions and reprimands.

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Is Your Credit Card Company Cheating You Out of Rewards?

Curtis Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Curtis Arnold

Credit card companies are writing crafty terms and conditions on reward enticements, looking to pull the magic carpet out from under the feet of unwary consumers.

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We Are Scientists Play First Show Back At The Bowery Ballroom

Alex Thornton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alex Thornton

Last night, the Bowery Ballroom was sold-out in anticipation of We Are Scientists return to New York City after an international tour ("The American...

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Toro Y Moi Plays Sweaty Set At Glasslands

Melissa Decker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Williamsburg, Toro Y Moi, Nyc, Nycbeat, Concerts, New York, Glasslands, Summer, Idiot Glee, Brooklyn, Chaz Bundick, Rewards, Body Language, Arts News
Melissa Decker

Chaz Bundick is a 23-year old with a BFA in Graphic Design from University of South Carolina, who happens to make dreamy pop music (commonly referre...

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Test Important Relationships for Even Energy Exchange

Margaret Ruth | Posted 11.17.2011

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Margaret Ruth

Economists have an analysis technique to identify and compare all expenditure and benefits of a given project; cost/benefit analysis. There's a similar energetic rule for interpersonal associations.

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The Single Best Way to Tell if You Have Outgrown a Friendship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 11.17.2011

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Margaret Ruth

If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.

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On Mastery

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self-Mastery, Hobbies, Discipline, Mastery, Rewards, Patience, Multi-Tasking, Music, Healthy Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Has mastery become an old-fashioned notion? Mastery takes time, something most of us have trouble finding. It takes discipline, a quality in short supply today.

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