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Contributed Post Image source The US is a safer place to be now than it was decades ago. There are several reasons for this, and the drop in violent crimes is more significant than the increase in crimes such as burglary. Several measures are being tried in various states, some of them very successfully, and others are being tried across the whole country. Stricter Alcohol Control According to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, alcohol is a factor in 40% of violent crimes in the US, and this is one of the reasons it is illegal to be in possession of a gun when you are drunk in most states. Heavy alcohol consumption alters perception and emotions that would normally be held in…
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Pexels Google ‘taking care of employees,’ and you’ll likely come up with millions of pages. Many of the actual articles posted there will feel like you were tinkering with a care. Simply do this, and this, they tell you, and your employees will be happy and pain or difficulty will leave their working experience for the rest of your days. But as we know, people aren’t usually happy with being treated like machines, or those we can simply prod and poke for an intended result. It takes soul for a business to care for their employees well. You might also call this the human factor. That responsibility starts the moment someone walks in for a job application. Should they succeed, it ends the moment they…
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Contributed Post Having a passion for something in life is so important, yet so many of you won’t have one at the minute. A passion keeps you focused, and it gives you something different to do, that isn’t what society expects you to do. We’re talking about the usual going to work, making dinners, going to socialise so you aren’t just revolving your life around work and sleep… it’s all just things you do to keep yourself plodding along. But a passion takes you out of all of that, and puts you into a part of your life that makes you truly happy. You’re passionate when you talk about it, and you’re passionate when you’re partaking in it. One of the best passions to have,…
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Contributed Post Pexels The idea of escaping to the country is one that will always be completely relevant. While our hearts and minds might stay fixated on the idea of making it in the big city, our souls will always want a place of more natural beauty to relax and decompress. Of course, there’s no reason why you have to take things to extremes, such as either living in a high-rise set of apartments in the midst of NYC or living in the great open plains of rural country, miles from the next home. But it can be that we feel moving to the countryside could offer us a range of wonderful considerations and comforting experiences. Yet when thinking this way, or when even planning…
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