How to Skimm Your Life summary

If you’d like to cook something to go with your favorite bottle of wine, here are a few things that every kitchen should have.

First of all, make sure you have a ten-inch stainless steel skillet, which is good for frying, searing, making sauces and so much more. This pan is the all-round MVP of most kitchens, as is an eight-to ten-inch chef’s knife.

Do you love to travel, but hate dealing with airports? Then join the club! No, seriously! If you live in the United States, then by filling out the right paperwork and meeting the requirements, you can qualify for TSA PreCheck. This allows you to skip the dreadful security lines that are most travelers’ worst nightmare.

The cost for a five-year TSA PreCheck membership is $85. But keep in mind that you’ll not only need to fill out the paperwork, you’ll also need to show up for an interview. These interviews usually take place at an airport, so if you’re a frequent flier, you may want to try to schedule your face-to-face for just before an upcoming flight – when you’re planning on being at the airport anyway!

Bragging about yourself can be uncomfortable, and yet this is essentially what a good résumé is all about. So it’s no wonder some of us need help putting a decent one together. 

Here are some tips on how to strengthen your résumé and get it to stand out from the pack.

If there’s one thing that can be more stressful than interviewing for a job, it’s negotiating for a better salary or benefits. You could even say that negotiating is like dancing, since there’s a certain amount of give and take that goes on when it’s being done well. So if you feel like you have two left feet when it comes to these kinds of things, here are some tips on being a better negotiator.

First of all, it’s best to know exactly what’s most important to you. For some people, it’s all about the money, but for others it’s more time off, better health care coverage or equity in the company. Knowing what’s important, and making HR aware of what really matters to you, will undoubtedly make any negotiation process run more smoothly and satisfactorily for everyone involved.

There’s a good chance you finished school with little knowledge about how to save or invest money. So let’s cover some of the basics on how to get started.

Investing doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, the first step in opening a brokerage – that is, an investment account – is quite easy. Businesses like Charles Schwab or ETrade allow you to open up an account online, and then you’re on your way to investing your money and watching it grow.

Depending on how you look at it, the world is either a tiny speck in the universe, or a massive place with 7.5 billion people speaking 6,000 languages and adhering to over 4,000 different religions. What we can all agree on is that it’s complicated, especially when you factor in politics and the global economy.

To understand the current geopolitical situation, let’s turn the clock back to 1914, the year Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. This caused a huge uproar, as Ferdinand was next in line to rule the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

In 1948, government-enforced segregation, known as apartheid, began in South Africa, following political gains made by the white-run National Party. Around 21,000 people are believed to have died as a result, before apartheid was finally abolished in 1994.

Two years later, the Cold War heated up over Korea, after the Soviet-backed north invaded the US-backed south. The conflict ended in 1953, with the two regions still distinctly separated. Not long afterward, in 1955, the conflict moved to Vietnam, and went on there for two decades before communist forces prevailed.

We’ve covered many of the conflicts that have taken place over the past 100 years or so, but some significant alliances were made as well.

For instance, one of the biggest developments following World War II was the creation of the United Nations, which has brought together 193 countries with the stated purpose of promoting peace and human rights. Every autumn, dignitaries from these countries meet in New York City for a General Assembly and address issues that are threatening peace and violating human rights. 

Some of the tensions in the world today are due to a rise in nationalism and populism. Often, the terms nationalism and populism get used interchangeably, and while there are similarities, there are differences, too.

Let’s say there are two political candidates: a populist and a nationalist. The populist politician would have a message that calls for taking control of the government out of the hands of perceived clandestine enemies like the “elites,” while the nationalist’s agenda would be about putting the interests of the country, and the people seen as the rightful masters of that country, above all others. The reason these two ideologies have meshed in recent years is that they both tend to call for a retreat from the growing trend toward globalized trade and economies.