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A neuroscientist says a simple question can defuse the anxiety you feel when your morning alarm goes off
 
 
A neuroscientist says a simple question can defuse the anxiety you feel when your morning alarm goes off
 
According to one scientist, that feeling of morning dread could really just be your body trying to tell you something.
 
 
 
 
 
Here's why investors are throwing money at startups that give away their software for free
 
 
Here's why investors are throwing money at startups that give away their software for free
 
Last year, there was over $70 billion in acquisitions and funding for open source companies. Here's why investors are betting big on them.
 
 
 
 
 
The biggest hurdle to closing the American skills gap isn't money or resources
 
 
The biggest hurdle to closing the American skills gap isn't money or resources
 
Vocational training and apprenticeships will only become more important in the US over the next 20 years.
 
 
 
 
 
 
People are so attached to their phones that they're missing out on a resource successful people have used for centuries
 
 
People are so attached to their phones that they're missing out on a resource successful people have used for centuries
 
Spending time alone — without your phone or computer — is linked to greater creativity, productivity, and happiness. You need to do it more often.
 
 
 
 
 
A former Google exec has some counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be a good boss
 
 
A former Google exec has some counterintuitive advice for anyone who wants to be a good boss
 
A boss should warn employees that, at some point, they'll mess something up — and it's the employees' job to call them out on it.
 
 
 
 
 
An NYSE exec who spent a week resisting email for 7 hours a day quickly caved to her inbox, but took away a productivity strategy she uses to this day
 
 
An NYSE exec who spent a week resisting email for 7 hours a day quickly caved to her inbox, but took away a productivity strategy she uses to this day
 
Betty Liu, an executive at the New York Stock Exchange, once tried an experiment in which she didn't check her email from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
 
 
 
 
At 19, I left my job to build a billion-dollar company. But I didn't do it, and considered myself a failure for years until I made a critical change in my thinking
 
 
At 19, I left my job to build a billion-dollar company. But I didn't do it, and considered myself a failure for years until I made a critical change in my thinking
 
In 2011, Sahil Lavingia left his job to build Gumroad, which he dreamed would become a billion-dollar company. It didn't — and he's fine with it.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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