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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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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. I set daily alarms on my phone so I wouldn’t forget to sleep, or worse, make the mistake of oversleeping. I can feel the blue light from my phone threatening my sleep most nights. Don’t follow my lead, though.

Learning 312
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How to overcome the downsides of contract work

Page Personnel

You don’t get paid during public holidays Paid holiday leave is a highlight of fulltime employment. The amount of leave you get as a full-time employee differs from company to company, and whether you must work during holidays will also depends on company culture. Just remember that phone of yours does have silent mode.

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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. Global trials. Instead, look at the results.”.

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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. With NetSuite, you save time, money, and unneeded headaches by managing sales, finance and accounting, orders, and HR instantly – right from your desktop or phone.

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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. With NetSuite, you save time, money, and unneeded headaches by managing sales, finance and accounting, orders, and HR instantly – right from your desktop or phone.

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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. With NetSuite, you save time, money, and unneeded headaches by managing sales, finance and accounting, orders, and HR instantly – right from your desktop or phone.