Category Archives: The Things I’ve Recently Learned

The Things I’ve learned: blog:
I am a note taker. I will often go to presentations at the library and takes notes on a presentation. This has provided the additional benefit that I can often post my notes on some of my blogs such as Rock Soup. Well this month at work we received some ‘advance your career’ training. I was reminded that my company hosts a lot of educational material. I thought I would start taking some of these courses and take notes. So thus I’m creating this page: What I’ve learned today, to share with you my notes and thus it become a win-win situation where we both learn something new.
Enjoy my entries and hopefully by posting my notes, It’ll motivate me to continue in learning new things and taking more notes. I take notes to remember the information I learned and it provides an opportunity for me to access it later.
Enjoy:

Spelling Initiative:

Bad: initiave Good: initiative One way to remember this is one way an Individual shows initiative is by making multiple efforts. If one wants a board to be nailed in place you nail in all four corners. Thus we see … Continue reading

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Design your future:

Last fall I attend a financial seminar. Here are some of my notes. I hope they can be of use.   –          1. You have to have a crystal-clear vision of what you want. –          2. Do only with the … Continue reading

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Broadening our chosen task:

Many of us spend years in college or training for chosen profession. We may then feel that we may be limited to that chosen profession. But it had been some wonderful examples of people moving from one profession to another … Continue reading

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Orem city $20 utility bill increase:

Tonight I attended part of the meeting hosted by the Orem city Council to discuss the $20 utility bill hike to pay for the fiasco Utopia. Here are a couple of notes I took. I hope the information is reasonably … Continue reading

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Spelling serenade:

Bad: serinade or cerenade Good: serenade It’s always a hard word for me to remember the spelling this word. So we’ll see if this visual image helps. When I think a serenade I think of a fellow standing outside the … Continue reading

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Cash flow real estate:

During a finance seminar last August, I took notes on the topic Cash Flow read estate. I hope some of these notes will be of interest. –          Real estate is better if they can provide income stream. –          With cash … Continue reading

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Tilting the boat:

Sometimes our biggest problems are created by our responses to decisions. I hope the following lesson can be of use to youth ministries, family devotional, family counselors and home evening groups. Today’s topic is how we respond to temptation. Tilting … Continue reading

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Comments of Senator Mike Lee:

Here are my notes of the speech from Sen. Mike Lee when he spoke at the rally of the Republican Utah conference. I tried to be as accurate as I could and hope I haven’t misrepresented the speaker in any … Continue reading

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Spelling Salad:

Bad: salid or saled Good: salad It’s usually easy to remember the first A. Here is a way to remember the second. People eat salads to get a well-balanced meal. Thus I remember two As because they are perfectly balanced … Continue reading

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Common myths of investing:

During a finance seminar last August  I took notes on the topic of myths of investing. Hope they will be of interest. –          Average American can save their way to retirement. –          Wall Street Journal article: retirees take high stock … Continue reading

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