In childhood and adult relationships, love is shown with the five A's: attention, affection, appreciation, acceptance, and ...

Strategies for identifying customer needs are an integral element of a company's marketing program. Understanding customer needs helps refine product development projects, marketing communication ...

Ruchi Kulhari is a senior VP, Human Resources, at CoForge. She has over 20 years of expertise in HR strategy, implementation and metrics. As leaders, we want to support our employees at every stage of ...

Most parents want their kids to be successful and happy. But these vague goals lead to daily battles. Needs-based parenting ...

Consider basic survival needs like water, air, food, and shelter. Meeting these physical needs means you can stay alive, but it takes more to give life meaning. You can’t see or touch things like ...

The patchwork of government programs for adults with disabilities, and their varying eligibility rules, create complications and traps. But more financial planners are aiming to help. When she was ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a model for understanding the motivations for human behavior. These include physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. The ...

A "need" is something you have to have, a necessity. We all need food, shelter, clothes and other basics. A "want" is something you would like to have, but don't really need. Try explaining that to a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

Eating healthy becomes especially important as you age. That’s because aging is linked to a variety of changes, including nutrient deficiencies, decreased quality of life and poor health outcomes.