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8 Niche Careers You Didn’t Even Know Existed

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Imagine the next time you ask someone what they do for a living and they respond, “Oh, I test waterslides for a living,” or “I study the curious contents found in the pockets of antique clothing.” Sara Rivers Cofield, an archaeological curator at Maryland’s MAC lab, might have you beat.

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How 30 Days of Kindness Made Me a Better Person

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It’s a warm September day in New York, but he’s sitting under a mountain of ragged bits of clothing, towels and blankets. Empathy requires feeling what others feel , “to experience, as much as you can, the terrible sorrow and pain,” according to an article by Bloom. In the other hand, he clutches a nearly empty bottle of cheap vodka.

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Master the Sales Mindset to Land Your Biggest Clients

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This holds true for a piece of manufacturing equipment, life insurance, clothing or dessert at a restaurant, he says. This article was published in February 2009 and has been updated. “People want to believe they make decisions rationally, logically, but in reality they make them emotionally first. They rationalize.”

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Here’s how wildfire smoke affects the body — and how you can protect yourself

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The human body is equipped with natural defense mechanisms against particles bigger than PM2.5. Most cloth masks will not capture small wood smoke particles. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. There’s another reason PM2.5

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Podcast 101: Stop acquiring

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I read an article by a consumer psychologist that had some intriguing ideas I haven’t heard before. It includes exercise gear that you think will get you to exercise, instead of using the stairmaster to drape clothes on. It includes sports equipment for a sport you don’t know if you even like doing yet.

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Top 5 Office Waste Reduction Tips

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That is what this article is designed to do: provide you with five ways to reduce the amount of waste that can accumulate in your office space: Be responsible with your paper. Even with as tech-savvy as businesses are becoming, we won’t live in a totally paperless existence any time soon. But don’t stop at the break room.

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Joining instructions for company events

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For example if you are doing a team building event will the attendees need a change of clothes? If they are sitting a test will they need a calculator or any other type of equipment? Include links to any articles, websites or literature the delegates can read prior to the event which will support their learning during the event.