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GOLDMAN: Stop Thief! Start Protecting Your Best Ideas at Work
Here’s a good idea — stop letting your co-workers take credit for your good ideas. It happens, you know. Against all odds, you come up with a new way to handle a long-standing problem and what happens? Your […]
MARGENAU: An Old and Whacky Social Security Rant
A reader shared with me an email he got from an acquaintance. It is a Social Security screed that is filled with half-baked ideas, exaggerations and outright lies. The reader said he […]
GOLDMAN: AI Did Not Write This Column — That’s Why It’s a Stinkeroo
Unless your job description is “hermit,” you probably spend your days working with other people. In some jobs, you have a partner. You’re joined at the hip and at the wallet, so if […]
MARGENAU: When My Word Isn’t Good Enough
Readers are always asking me to explain various Social Security rules and regulations. But sometimes they want more. They want to see something official — something in “black and white.” […]
GOLDMAN: Rock Around the Clock — OK! Work Around the Clock — No Way!
What kind of bird are you? If you do your best work early in the morning, you’re a “Lark.” If you work best by waiting until the midnight hour, you’re an “Owl.” It’s a taxonomy I learned in “Tapping into […]
MARGENAU: Two Social Security Benefits You Never Heard Of
I’m going to give you two words. And I will buy you lunch if you can tell me what connection they have with Social Security. Here are the words: Pneumoconiosis and […]
HAYES: This Week’s Lore Needs Its Own Time Capsule
Time capsule: Florida, United States of America, roughly one week in late March/early April. Do not open this scroll for 100 years. Gas shot up to $4.30 per gallon […]
MARGENAU: Explaining Social Security ‘Claim’ Numbers
Q: I am a 78-year-old recent widow. I got my own Social Security number when I was about 20. But since my husband and I started getting Social Security benefits […]
MARGENAU: Raising the Cap on Taxable Income Has Drawbacks
I have probably written 100 columns about possible Social Security reforms. Well here comes column number 101! What is prompting my discussion of the issue this time is that a certain reform proposal has been […]
GOLDMAN: Should You Feel Sorry for Saying You’re Sorry?
Let’s face it — you’ve got a lot to be sorry for. The mistakes you make on the job. The mistakes you make off the job. The mistakes of omission. The mistakes of […]
GOLDMAN: When What You Wear to Work Wears Out
Great careers don’t start at your desk. They start at your closet. It’s true! What you wear to work determines what co-workers think of you, or don’t. You may want to stand out from the crowd, but […]
MARGENAU: Simple and Smart Update
Readers are always asking me if I could recommend a good book about Social Security. I always steer them to the best book out there. It’s called “Social Security Simple […]
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