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Escaping from your Job Search Groundhog Day
The actor Bill Murray earned critical acclaim for his performance in 2003’s Lost in Translation. It was a great movie about someone feeling like he was in a rut – both with his career and his personal life – and how he escaped from it. An even more striking example of someone stuck in a rut can be found in a movie Bill Murray starred in ten years earlier – 1993’s Groundhog Day. Some of you may have seen the movie. Even if you have, I’d like to recount the highlights of the story for you and how this perspective can help you in your job search.
THE GROUNDHOG DAY STORY
In Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsBlackjack – Increase Your Odds With Basic Strategy Plus
Blackjack Basic Strategy, played perfectly in a game with favorable rules, will reduce
the edge against you to about one half of one percent, the best odds of any game
in the casino.
But still – it’s a negative edge. While you can win in the short term on any given day,
in the long term that one half percent edge against you will eventually grind you
down if you play long enough and frequently enough.
An advanced basic strategy – or what we call Basic Strategy Plus – is necessary for
you to step up from being a casual player to being a serious recreational player who
has a Read the rest of this entry »