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Springwise:
Demonstrating that it’s possible to profit from any human desire, Sarah’s Smash Shack was conceived to relieve people who are stressed-out.
Customers in San Diego can choose fragile tableware from the Smash Shack Menu—for example a set of three glass flowers for USD 10, or the House Special, which consists of 15 plates at a cost […]
Fortune Small Business:
Are you getting enough sleep?
For years, Cynthia McKay wasn’t.
McKay, CEO of Le Gourmet Gift Basket, a specialty-foods company based in Castle Rock, Colo., spent most of every night wide awake with her mind racing - “mostly due to the stress of business ownership and jet lag,” she says. She managed to drag herself […]
CNBC:
How Do I Know if I’m a Workaholic?
1. Do you get more excited about your work than about family or anything else?
2. Are there times when you can charge through your work and other times when you can’t?
3. Do you take work with you to bed? On weekends? On vacation?
4. Is […]
The Wall Street Journal:
Every day, it seems, a new study reports that caffeine — or fish oil or friendships — lowers the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Many of these are “associations” that may or may not have a cause-and-effect relationship. There is still much that isn’t known about the telltale plaques and tangles that slowly strangle […]
CSMonitor.com:
During the six months that Allison Brinkman worked at home as a public relations manager, she savored the advantages.
“I didn’t have to dress up, fight traffic, or worry about paying for doggie day care,” she says.
But she found disadvantages, too. “I missed the social aspect of being part of a team and developing a rapport […]
Entrepreneur Daily:
What happened to the days of laying your head on your desk and drifting off for 20 minutes of bliss? Though most of us haven’t enjoyed naptime since elementary school, some scientists say naps aren’t just for 6-year-olds.
According to a Washingtonpost.com article, “sleep scientists have discovered advantages to napping, which they view not just […]
Diane Danielson at Entrepreneur:
I picked up Eric Weiner’s book, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, because I needed a break from business books. I figured that, as an entrepreneur, business is my life most of the time, so a little insight into happiness might be a good […]
International Herald Tribune:
They work long hours, often to exhaustion. Many are paid by the piece — not garments, but blog posts. This is the digital-era sweatshop. You may know it by a different name: home.
A growing work force of home-office laborers and entrepreneurs, armed with computers and smartphones and wired to the hilt, are toiling […]
BusinessWeek:
The Internet has become a podium for rants, but Andrew Mason hopes his Web site will spur actions, not just more hot air.
ThePoint.com invites people to create or join a campaign on anything, from winterproofing Chicago with a dome to pressuring Pfizer to cut drug prices in developing countries.
Signing up is free, and site users […]
The Wall Street Journal:
As the softening economy begins to push more people into part-time jobs in place of full-time work, the part-time world is getting tougher.
Take Linda Barry of Pittsburgh, a 57-year-old gas-station cashier who typically works 40 hours a week. Her employer classifies her as part-time and gives her no health benefits because she […]
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