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A New Business Rule: Giving 85% Effort
Business consultants are calling it “The 85% rule.” An article in The Wall Street Journal explained how it works:
Are you giving it your all? ...
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How A Husband and Wife Took Back Their Sundays
Freelance writer Jason Heller describes how he and his wife made a pact a few years ago:
Every Sunday, we swore to each other, we will abstain from work. ...
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Restaurants Prioritize Employee Emotional Wellness
A reporter at an alternative newsmagazine has been noticing a particular trend in the Portland, Oregon food scene. Many boutique restaurants, pop-ups, ...
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The Oregon Trail Taught One Pioneer About Sunday Rest
In May, 1853, Phoebe and her husband Holden Judson joined a covered wagon train near Kansas City hoping to reach Washington Territory by mid-October. ...
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Escaping the Cult of Productivity
Nina Rudnick directs a non-profit that used to have her constantly immersed in her work. On a typical day, she’ll herd her 3-year-old son out of ...
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Savoring the Ordinary Beauty in Life
In a recent book, Paul Gould writes:
The writings of Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Marilynne Robinson are infused with a sacramental theology. Her writing ...
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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of ...
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Americans Perceive Overworked People as Having High Status
Taking the afternoon off for a round of golf or enjoying a beach holiday in a five-star resort were once signs of having "made it." But according to a ...
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The Busier You Are, the More You Need Quiet Time
Recent studies are showing that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive ...
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Colleges Provide Campus Snooze Rooms
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is the latest school to make headlines for piloting a napping station. In the walk-up to finals, six vinyl cots ...
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