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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

Workplace Insight

Interestingly, the report suggests the technology might help bridge the skill gap between low-skilled and high-skilled workers. New estimates show cutting-edge systems like OpenAI’s GPT-4 cost a staggering $78 million to train. The US saw a jump from just one AI-related regulation in 2016 to 25 in 2023.

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Personal Finance Expert Anthony O’Neal Shares 3 Tools for Remote Workers to Maximize their Financial Security

Success

You can freelance on the side using skills from your 9-to-5, or you can start a small e-commerce business capitalizing on your candle-making hobby. billion in 2016 to $13.8 These side hustles earn respondents an average $12,689 per year. Tool #2: Social media. The influencer marketing industry grew from $1.7 billion by the end of 2022.

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Cyclical and Structural Forces Behind the Growing Independent Workforce

Small Business Labs

percent from 2016.   In 2017 the share of full-time reluctants declined to its lowest level of 24%, down from 26% in 2016 and 34% in 2012.  percent from 2016. It's also leading to more highly skilled people to choose independent work over traditional employment. million in 2016. million, up 2.8

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Poor air quality affects chess players, and it might be affecting you too

Workplace Insight

This carries implications for anyone who makes decisions under pressure in polluted areas and may increase the global economic cost associated with air pollution. The World Bank estimates this cost to be US$8.1 Research that I co-authored in 2016 into the effects of short-term indoor and outdoor PM2.5 trillion (£6.7

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Choosing Excellence Every Day

Office Dynamics

I absolutely loved Joan Burge’s article, Core Admin Skills Always Need Improving ! The principle she discussed of renewing and improving core skills is closely related to what Steven Covey calls “Sharpening the Saw”: the deliberate improvement of our tools to help us become more effective. Lay the Foundation.

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After Nearly Two Decades of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

Success

in 2016, Ali and Patrick told their children they’d be meeting friends once they got to the campground. In the Schultes’ case, Patrick’s trading skills proved essential to their long-term travels. As the Schultes drove in their motor home across the U.S. The only life Ouest had ever known was on the road or in the water.

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After Nearly Two Years of Nonstop Adventuring, One Family Shares Tips For a Successful Life on the Go

Success

in 2016, Ali and Patrick told their children they’d be meeting friends once they got to the campground. In the Schultes’ case, Patrick’s trading skills proved essential to their long-term travels. As the Schultes drove in their motor home across the U.S. The only life Ouest had ever known was on the road or in the water.

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