National Relaxation Day on August 15 (#NationalRelaxationDay) really resonates with me because I was obsessed with being productive early on in my entrepreneurial journey. I was always trying to optimize my production. But one thing that I realized in the past few years is that sometimes one of the most productive things that you can […]
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On International Cat Day, which is celebrated August 8, I can’t help but reflect on my journey from dog lover to fan of furry felines. Toward the end of high school, I was dating a girl who moved into the room above her parent’s garage – a space she shared with two house cats. After
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I first heard about vision quest, a rite of passage in some Native American cultures, from actor-comedian Jim Carrey of all people. He noted in an interview with Howard Stern about communing with nature for four or five days to think through whatever he was wrestling with in his life at that time. It may
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I became a fan of the Grateful Dead later in life and marvel at the legacy of the group’s iconic co-founder, Jerry Garcia, who would have turned 80 on August 1. Obviously, I’m not alone. A California hippie enclave considers his actual birth date the beginning of the Age of Aquarius. While diehard admirers celebrate
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Today is International Day of Friendship, July 30 under the hashtag #DayOfFriendship, we’ll all have a chance to celebrate the special people in our lives who help make us happy. They say you don’t you don’t get to choose your family, but you do get to choose your friends. The people we let into our
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On Nelson Mandela International Day, which falls on July 18 and is known across social media as #MandelaDay, I’d like to reflect on the legacy of this towering world leader. My education about the scourge of racism began with two popular songs about apartheid. One was released in 1980 by Peter Gabriel about activist Steven
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Less is more. #GiveSomethingAwayDay, which falls on July 15, represents a perfect opportunity to declutter not only your life, but also your soul. There’s actually a body of research that links giving things away to a better quality of life. After a donation, for example, the brain’s mesolimbic system lights up and releases dopamine much
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Everyone is still talking about labor shortages these days, especially in restaurants and hospitality organizations. Restaurants in particular are notorious for taking advantage of a loophole by paying people far less than minimum wage and claiming the tips make up for it. That has been the industry standard. But millions of servers and waitstaff have
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June 29 is National Hug Day, which couldn’t have come soon enough. The benefits of hugging are well documented. It reduces cortisol, sending signals of oxytocin, and plays an important role in social bonding. It also slows down your heart rate and reduces stress. There’s a release of endorphins. And it improves our sleep. If
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With U.S. midterm elections slated for the fall, I can’t help but think the two-party system is broken. Both sides are deeply entrenched. What happened to the centrist? The same political operators on the left and right are spending billions of dollars to protect their self-interest in steering the country in whatever ruinous partisan way
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