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How Happy Are You?

Success

I’d spent most of the holiday scrubbing the cabinets of a rental home, fixing a crack in the ceiling and painting the living room. My father, the star of our family, died at the start of 2019. Before 2019 was out, I’d turn 40, Laura and I would each accept unexpected job offers and a publisher would sign me up for a book deal.

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How to Find Your Money ‘Why’

Success

When people are tired or temptations are especially aggressive (hello, holiday season!), This article was published in November 2019 and has been updated. The reasons not to spend —or to save, if you’d like to put it more positively—are often vague, rooted in a fuzzy sense of what one should do. Photo by @anjemaster /Twenty20.

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I Tried Napping Every Day for a Month—Here’s What I Learned About Toxic Hustle Culture

Success

A 2019 study of a Swiss population found that people who napped once or twice weekly had fewer cardiovascular issues. Looking back on various projects, my nap-assisted articles read better than articles I spent more time writing. This article originally appeared in the March/April 2022 Issue of SUCCESS magazine.

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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

If they weren’t, I wouldn’t have written an article about why I’ve spent two years as a contractor myself. You don’t get paid during public holidays Paid holiday leave is a highlight of fulltime employment. As a result, you do start viewing public holidays and annual leave differently. If you are, you’ll please neither.

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The four day week and a case of less is more

Workplace Insight

Between 2015-2019, Iceland ran two large-scale trials of a reduced working week of 35-36 hours with no reduction in pay. UK recruitment firm, MRL Consulting Group took a different approach, by closing its offices every Friday for a six-month trial in 2019. This article also appears in the current issue of IN. Global trials.

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Episode 258: What You Can Learn from Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer

Productivityist

Make sure you take advantage of this limited time offer soon as it is only valid until December 31, 2019 at 11:59 pm. Truthful Living: The First Writings of Napoleon Hill Outliers: The Story of Success Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Manifesto The 106 Year Old Problem Self-Help Character Ryan Holiday on Medium Gitomer.com.

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Episode 258: What You Can Learn from Napoleon Hill with Jeffrey Gitomer

Productivityist

Make sure you take advantage of this limited time offer soon as it is only valid until December 31, 2019 at 11:59 pm. Truthful Living: The First Writings of Napoleon Hill Outliers: The Story of Success Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Manifesto The 106 Year Old Problem Self-Help Character Ryan Holiday on Medium Gitomer.com.