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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S. economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs. That’s no laughing matter—but laughing can help address this problem.

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Hello Alice Co-founders Carolyn Rodz and Elizabeth Gore Are Fueling the Small Business Ecosystem

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Hello Alice: Small business pioneers In April, the company debuted a new feature: the business health score. This is designed to help small business owners prepare for long-term success and allows Hello Alice to offer tailored information as a business’ health score changes. The problem?

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Chance the Rapper on Achieving Goals as an Independent Artist & Paying It Forward

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And as that fame grew, so did his fortune—which he immediately started giving away, first in a hefty donation to Chicago Public Schools in 2017, then to the county’s mental health services. His estimated earnings in 2017 were $33 million.) But when there’s no label, the production costs come out of Chance’s pocket. “I

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Calm App Review: Is It Worth the Subscription Fee?

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In fact, 84% of Calm users improved their mental health overall. And is Calm worth the subscription cost when there is so much free sleep meditation content available? 8 most downloaded health and fitness app at the Apple App Store where it earned the 2017 App of the Year award. Let’s dig in.

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New study will explore the impact of economic turmoil on workplace experience

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The Skills and Employment Survey 2023 (SES2023), which also involves researchers at UCL, the Universities of Oxford and Surrey and the National Centre for Social Research, will help academics assess the impact of an extraordinary period of turbulence for workers which includes the economic downturn, Cost-of-Living Crisis, Covid-19 and Brexit.

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The SUCCESS Interview: Puneet Nanda on Disrupting Industries and Making Wellness Products Accessible for All

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I started learning yoga, meditating and kind of improving on my own personal health and goals. in 2017. … Can you tell me about the early days, after you sold the toothbrush company and were thinking about what happens next? Puneet Nanda : I took a sabbatical after that. I did not know if I wanted to be doing business ever again.

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Travel Blogger Karen Akpan Shares How She Journeyed From Debt to Economic Freedom

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Karen Akpan, known as @themomtrotter across social media, started her blog in 2017 to document and share budget travel hacks for people. They made all the improvements for the home, but by the time everything was said and done—between closing costs and renovation payments—they made less than $20,000. “I We’re done. That’s it.”.

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