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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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An often-cited work-life balance article penned by John Pencavel in 2015 looks at an investigation made during WWI to draw the conclusion that increased hours do not necessarily create increased output. The post The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World appeared first on SUCCESS. Photos nadyabadya/shutterstock.com.

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3 Financial Tips to Consider Before Pursuing Your Passion Full Time

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But the steps required to get to this point began as early as 2015. You should plan to have at least six to 12 months of cash on hand just in case your new business venture isn’t able to fund your lifestyle. As we began to envision a more balanced life, we asked ourselves some critical questions. Who is in need of the work we’d create?

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‘Autism Is Not a Spell That Gets Lifted—It’s a Way of Being’

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During the Night of Too Many Stars autism fundraiser in March 2015, 24-year-old Owen Suskind dressed in gray slacks and a V-neck sweater hurried onstage, clearly excited to meet his idol—and not at all self-conscious about it. Her pitch ends, “It won’t cost much. This article was published in October 2015 and has been updated.

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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After a major activewear retailer copied multiple designs in 2015, K-DEER fans started the hashtag #IStandWithKDEER to express their support for K-DEER and call for a boycott, which ultimately led the brand to pull the items. Rising costs meant they also had to test international options for raw goods and manufacturing. “I

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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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Rather than remain grounded while her hubbie trots the globe, the couple have devised a lifestyle where Deborah goes too. They are the quintessential bleisure travellers often taking 2-3 days on to trips or using the business trip as a springboard to a vacation to reduce the airfare costs. We’ve organised our lives around travel.

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For You Haiti Provides Education and Life-Saving Medical Care to Residents of La Gonave

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Alana Kaye was an Australian-based international flight attendant in 2015 until she decided to visit her sponsored children in Haiti through an organization called World Vision. One of the patients Kaye met during 2015 was a 3-year-old boy who had an omphalocele and needed surgery. Photo courtesy of For You Haiti.

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Here’s how your climate-related choices are contagious (in a good way!)

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One of the biggest reasons our personal lifestyle choices matter when it comes to the climate crisis is that what we do changes us. In 2015, two geographers noticed solar panels popping up on houses in their small US state of Connecticut. Because it brought down the “cost” of information.

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