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How Michael J. Fox Finds Ways Around Life’s Obstacles

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Then Fox’s golden-boy career was seemingly derailed much too soon by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease—only to be resurrected by award-winning guest roles and, briefly, his own NBC sitcom before he officially retired in 2020. Keaton on Family Ties , he didn’t even have a phone. The number was for a phone booth. The Michael J.

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What Being Pregnant During the Pandemic Taught Me About Cultivating Contentment

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His mouth is blocked by a powder-blue medical face mask, but I can see a smile forming in his eyes. After a few minutes of warm cuddling, I check my phone to see the time. So far, 2020 has been ravaged by a pandemic that has taken over 100,000 American lives. We’re standing in the old stairwell of the hospital parking garage.

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12 Efficiency Secrets of the World’s Busiest People

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Looking at your phone you find three texts that say, “Hey is this meeting happening?”. The standard disclaimer applies: this is not medical advice, talk to your doctor before you try any of these current favorites of some of the highest achievers in Silicon Valley. Leverage health hacks. Time is the one shared asset no one can create.

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An Important Note About COVID-19 Delta Variant

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This is a longer post only because the details are pertinent, with much of the information as anecdotal, but references to Reuters articles about the spread of the disease based on medical research. A good amount are not, especially when they read the scientific data directly from medical journals and professionals.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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My book about the move towards four-day workweek, Shorter , was published in the US in early March 2020. Flocc alternates heads-down “red time” with Swedish fika ( a coffee break), while Glasgow call center Pursuit Marketing offers workers free breakfast before they hit the phones. That’s really great to see.”

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

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The person who answered the phone explained that Deepa had died that morning. “I For example, in a 2020 study, Erica Boothby of the University of Pennsylvania and Vanessa Bohns of Cornell University examined a related phenomenon: Our squeamishness about complimenting other people. And first among these emotions is awkwardness.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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One afternoon, while mopping the floor, she overheard a phone call that left him in a terrible frown, Insurance asking for more money than he had, and her heart began to drown. In 2020, the couple opened the Sunny & Ranney Home Furnishings & Decor store in Roswell, Georgia, which helps to fund Sunshine on a Ranney Day.

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