Business, Freedom and Privacy, Life Skills, Technology

Realtors Who Use Gmail are In Breach of Their Fiduciary Duty to Clients

It’s time to call a spade a spade. The Real Estate Council of BC talks about the responsibility of real estate agents here.  Scanning down the page there is a section dedicated to ‘fiduciary duty’.  This term sound big but it’s pretty simple.  Lawyers have it, too.  They have to look out for the best interests of their clients and…

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Language, Life Skills

Typoglycemia and Speed Reading

Today I was thinking about the mind and how typos can be easily read and understood by people of the same mother tongue.  I finally found the example by searching the keywords ‘ESL, typos, understand, native,”.  Here is a good summary of what’s up with typoglycemia What jumped out at me was the explanation of why ‘they’ think it happens.…

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Business

10 Entrepreneurial Mistakes to Avoid

I just wanted to re-post this article as a reference for myself.  I’m in the middle of dusting myself off from a business mishap and learning about law, but at some point I won’t be able to avoid another startup or business. It’s in my blood.  Sometimes I (and definitely my wife) wish it wasn’t… This article is loaded with…

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Life Skills, Technology

Are LED bulbs worth it?

Are LED bulbs worth it… yet? I’m pondering the question. This blog post is simple. I want to make sure I don’t lose the best post I’ve seen on the topic so that I can come back to this and finish my study!  I will conclude my thoughts on the matter after I actually cross that bridge. Here is the…

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