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Do What You Hate to Do What You Love

My sister remodeled her bathroom and put in one of those soaking tubs you see in magazines like Architectural Digest.

You picture yourself putting the kids down for bed and then slinking into the perfect bubble bath while you sip a glass of red wine.

But what really happens is you’re too busy to relax and the only person who uses it is your brother when he visits for the holidays. He loves taking...

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Everything Top Performers Know About Getting a Promotion

People like to tell me I’m bad at Facebook. That I need to be more active on Twitter. Or my favorite, “Wait, you don’t have Instagram?”

Okay, I’ll tell you why. After I get a new iPhone the first thing I do after taking it out of the box is flip the little switch to put it on silent. It’s been on silent ever since.

That means I don’t know...

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The Salary Negotiation Mistake Costing You Money

I’m reading a thread on Reddit on how far people go to save a few pennies.

Did you know people cook lasagna in their dishwasher right along with the dirty dishes, so they don’t have to use the oven? (And yes, I found out it actually works.)

Ofer H. Azar, an economist at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, studies how we don’t spend our time very efficiently...

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How to Use Your Resume to Get the Job

I saw Jerry Seinfeld do stand-up comedy once. And then I read that James Altucher watches stand-up clips before giving a talk because it makes him feel loose and relaxed.

I thought that was a good idea so I started doing the same thing before giving a talk, or going on TV, or interviewing for a job. Really whenever I was about to do something that I felt nervous about doing....

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9 Reasons Why You Have to Quit Your Job This Year

It started with recurring dreams about losing my teeth, getting cancer, going bald. I’d wake up drenched in sweat and then google what the dreams meant. And then I’d google if I should quit my job.

And I found a lot of good things about quitting but none of it dealt with the emotional realities of it: the self-doubt, the obsession with outcomes, and yes, the stress.

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