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This Digital Nomad Couple Sold Everything to Travel the World in a Sailboat—Here’s What They’ve Learned About Life, Goal Setting and Relationships

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They met on Tinder in 2015 while living in Sweden as expats: Ellison, an aviation sales director from Des Moines, Iowa, and Darsy, a human resources systems specialist from Paris. We take the time to answer emails or meet people who want to do what we’re doing, to give information, help, advise or support in some way,” she says. “I

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5 Ways to Start Your Day Just Right

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For many, avoiding email keeps them on track with morning intentions, while others insist on seeing the new arrivals to their inboxes. This article was published in April 2015 and has been updated. Knowing what not to do is as important as knowing what to do. Photo by ChamanExperience/Shutterstock.

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Why ‘Be Yourself’ Is Both the Best and Worst Advice You Can Get

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I usually just ask for a word of advice via email, but most of them talked to me on the phone and offered to read my essays and share feedback. I got an email from Harvard inviting me to the interview phase. A few weeks later I got an email saying I did not get in. And then the strangest thing happened. I had a wonderful time.

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A 4-Question Guide to Unlock Your Creativity

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One 2015 study from Northwestern University found that, in regards to sensory processing as a predictor of creative achievement, divergent thinking did not correlate with real-world creative success. In a 2015 study published in Memory & Cognition , Zabelina explored how patterns of attention may influence creativity.

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The Cost of Remote Work in a Technology-Centered World

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A 2018 article published in the Labor Law Journal looked at the legal implications of working after-hours, discussing how smartphones give employees easy access to their work emails at all hours of the day. For many employees, the workday does not end when they leave the office,” the authors wrote.

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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. We haven’t calculated our travel stat for 2016 as yet, but in 2015 Steve was on the road 171 days to 44 cities in 11 countries,’ she said. ‘I I tagged along on about half of those trips’.

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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. Deer utilized social media , particularly Instagram , to engage customers.

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