Bookmarks: 5 Interesting Articles That May Help You This Week
/September 17th, 2018
Each week, I select a few articles that rise above the fray and hopefully help you on your journey in the CRE world. They pull from one of four "corners:" corporate real estate, technology, management science and anything positive. I welcome your comments on these articles.
How to Protect Your Cellphone (and Your Data) When You Travel
"Many travelers consider their cellphones essential when they’re on the road and rely on it for taking pictures and texting to using it to find their way around.
So what do you do if your phone gets lost, stolen or breaks when you’re abroad? How can you prevent it from happening in the first place? Brandon Bogle, a cellphone expert for Asurion, a company that provides insurance for consumer electronics, has plenty of advice on the subject and shares his tips below." www.nytimes.com
[tweet_box design="box_09" float="none"]So what do you do if your phone gets lost, stolen or breaks when you’re abroad? How can you prevent it from happening in the first place? [/tweet_box]
"A few years ago, when I was reporting a story on personal finance, I became fascinated by a concept that behavioral economists call the “pain of paying.” The phrase refers to the psychological discomfort experienced when parting with one’s money, and it varies by medium: At one extreme would be painstakingly counting out each penny at the register (a high pain of paying, because of how tactile the transaction is), and near the other would be credit cards (which, by postponing payment and offering rewards programs, ease the agony of depleting funds)." www.theatlantic.com
The New Rolodex: Your Web Of Support Is Critical To Success
"Regardless of what you call this support system – your Rolodex, personal board of directors, your network – quality mentoring relationships have powerful, positive effects on young people across personal, academic, and professional situations. According to MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership, mentoring can create important personal growth and development, as well as social and economic opportunity." www.forbes.com
The Open Office Concept: Science Still Can't Decide If It's Good For Us
“The open office concept, it seems, is still open to debate.
A study published in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine this month found that workers in open offices are less stressed and more active than cubicle workers, perhaps because they move around more to interact with colleagues.
At the same time, past research, like that published by Harvard researchers in July, has found that people who work in open offices are less likely than cubicle dwellers to collaborate or interact with their colleagues.
Though the studies didn’t examine the exact same factors, their outcomes seem to send mixed messages, proving—if nothing else—that science has yet to give us a clear-cut verdict on open office plans.” www.fortune.com
After 17 Years, Memories Of 9/11 Still Fresh For Atlanta's CRE IndustryPleased to be included in this article: "At the same time, Cushman & Wakefield Executive Director Ken Ashley was working at One Atlantic Center, one of Atlanta's tallest skyscrapers. Ashley said he heard murmurs of a plane hitting the Twin Towers on the way up the elevator, but the details were unclear and confusing. When he got to his office, he immediately fired up his web browser to CNN.com. “And it wouldn't load,” Ashley said. "That's when I began to realize that there was something bigger than just your average everyday problem."Your success blesses others. I wish you a great a hugely impactful week!
