A friend recently sent me an article about training repayment agreement provisions known as TRAPs. Under these arrangements, workers must reimburse their employer for training if they leave their job within a year or so, or even sometimes if they’re laid off. TRAPs were used mainly for very specialized types of roles like an engineer […]
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A new study published in Biological Psychiatry has found that LSD therapy was strikingly effective in reducing anxiety and depression. A team of Swiss researchers administered 42 participants with microdoses of LSD as part of a Phase II clinical trial under the supervision of trained therapists who used scientifically validated questionnaires. The most interesting thing
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Joshua Pies started selling and earning $1,600 at four years old selling key racks. At 21 years old, he owned a snow-plowing business with 35 employees at 21 years old. Eventually, he entered the video production world and established his name there. Born with an entrepreneurial mind and a relentless spirit, Joshua had taken his
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The U.S. Department of Labor recently proposed that independent contractors who are economically dependent on a particular company reclassify as W2 employees. If implemented, it would drastically alter the increasingly popular gig-economy model, which has grown exponentially in just the past two years. The beauty of freelance assignments is that they enable people to work
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With another National Boss’s Day (October 16) in the books, it got me thinking about the importance of providing feedback, which leads to clarity, trust and bonding. How do bosses create an open culture? It starts with a willingness to receive, as well as share, feedback. What’s important is awareness about the environment in which
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Long before Burning Man and Coachella, the most exclusive, lavish and expensive party in history took place in 1971 to mark the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire. Costing $635 million, it lasted for three days and featured a guestlist of emperors, kings, queens, princes, sheiks, sultans and Hollywood stars. The venue was an old
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There are a lot of entrepreneurs that are finding so much success in whatever industry they’re in, but then there’s still that feeling that something’s missing. Are you one of them? Maybe you have this desire to create solutions for the world. But you don’t feel in full alignment with how things are going around
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If there’s one thing that brings people together, it’s a natural disaster. One big takeaway from Hurricane Ian is just how resilient Floridians are when it comes to weathering these annual storms. Living in central Florida for a little more than a year now, I was spared the worst of Hurricane Ian’s wrath along parts
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During one of the recent twice-daily online group transcendental meditation classes I attend that David Lynch Foundation CEO Bob Roth hosts, there was discussion about Viktor Frankl. Victor is a highly respected Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. His claim to fame was developing logotherapy, which is both a life philosophy and treatment modality that is
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Coaching is now all the rage. It started to become prevalent in the ’90s, mainly with what they call “life coaches,” and then that extended out to executive coaches. Now it’s more relevant and common than ever before. Many companies are investing in group and organizational coaching, as well as one-on-one coaching, for their employees.
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