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How Learning Music Helps Heal and Strengthen the Brain
How Learning Music Helps Heal and Strengthen the BrainBy Todd Parks, Owner and Founder, New Song School of the Arts What happens inside the brain when someone sits down at a piano, picks up a guitar, plays the drums, or begins to sing?Far more than most of us realize.Learning music requires the brain to listen, remember, anticipate, coordinate movement, recognize patterns, process emotion, solve problems, and make adjustments, often within fractions of a second. Few activities ask so many...
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Do You Have a Strategy or Just a Schedule?
Ask a small business owner about their plan for the year, and most will describe a list of things they want to get done. More clients. A new hire. Better cash flow. Those are goals - and goals are good - but they are not a strategy. Strategy requires knowing where you stand before you decide where to go.If you have ever asked yourself how to stop reacting to financial problems and start planning ahead, a SWOT analysis is one of the most practical places to start. It does not require a consultant...
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Finance + Legal Services
Next Year Starts Now. Why Every Small Business Owner Needs a Budget.
Budget is one of those words that makes small business owners uncomfortable. It sounds corporate. It sounds like extra work. It sounds like something you build once and ignore when reality does not cooperate.None of that is true when it is done right. A budget is simply your best thinking, written down, about what the next 12 months should look like. And for a small business owner trying to stop reacting to financial problems and start planning ahead, it is the most valuable document you will...
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The TWU Career Boutique: An Investment in Student Success Article by Nicole A. Sonkur, M.S., CCSP | Photography by Courtesy of TWU Career Boutique Imagine stepping into your dream job interview knowing that you look like a million bucks without having spent a single dime getting there. That’s the reality for students at Texas Woman’s University (TWU), where becoming interview ready goes beyond basic resume advice. At the TWU Career Boutique, housed in the Career Connections Center, students...
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