AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarLinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner says the biggest skills gap in the US is not codingverified_publisherQuartz - Simone StolzoffAsk anyone which professional skill is most in demand right now, and they’ll likely say coding. But ask LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, and he’ll give you a different answer. As head of the world’s largest professional-networking site, Weiner presumably has access to more, and more detailed, employment …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarResearch reveals four distinct personality clustersMedical News Today - Maria Cohut, Ph.D.Have you taken a personality test online or at your workplace? Unfortunately, researchers often question their accuracy; but one new study may have …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarThis 'I'm on Vacation' Auto-Reply Email Is Freaking Brilliantverified_publisherInc Magazine - Geoffrey JamesWhy should you be burdened with digging through two weeks of emails the moment you get back? It's hard or even impossible to relax on vacation when you constantly have to answer emails. (Is that a vacation, really?) That's why most people set an "out of office" email response, promising that you'll …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarWhat Is the Keto Diet, Exactly? Here's Everything to Know Before You Try ItPrevention - Kelsey KlossExperts break down the ketogenic diet and explain common keto diet side effects. The keto diet has become the most buzzed about and controversial …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarFatherhood: 6 Things New Dads Need To KnowFatherly - Claude KnoblerSome advice from a dad who's been there. Here’s the shocking thing about being a dad: One day, just when you’ve started to get good at the job, your …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarHow to Go From an 8-hour to a 5-hour Workday by Changing One Simple Thingverified_publisherEntrepreneur - Amantha ImberStop wasting time trying to do everything at once. Several years ago, I did a work styles test and it revealed that one of my strongest skills was being a Time Optimizer. I wore this title like a badge, and for the following year, it defined the way I worked. I would frequently switch tasks, for …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatar13 signs you're dealing with a psychopath, according to expertsverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Kim Bussing,• Robert Hare, author and professor at the University of British Columbia, outlines a number of signs that could indicate someone is a psychopath.• Psychopaths face chronic boredom in all facets of their lives, tell lies with a motivation, and think they're superior to others.• They are impulsive, …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarThe brutal mirror: what the psychedelic drug ayahuasca showed me about my lifeverified_publisherVox - Sean IllingWhat the psychedelic drug ayahuasca showed me about my life. When I finally puked on the fourth night, I felt an odd sense of pride. Inside the loud, stuffy ceremony room, people were laughing, crying, chanting, gyrating, and, yes, vomiting, around me. When my time finally comes, I think: Just aim …
AvatarAl FriesenFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo'British government worker' who 'travelled to 8973' reveals date time travel will 'become public' - and it's SOONverified_publishermirror.co.uk - Kara O'NeillA man who claims to have worked for the British government over a decade ago said he was sent to the year 8973 in a secret time machine. In the …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatarSteve Jobs's Advice on the Only 4 Times You Should Say No Is Brilliantverified_publisherInc Magazine - Marcel SchwantesWith so many things coming our way every day, Steve Jobs calls us back to the importance of focus with one prophetic quote. In the frantic pace of life to do more and be more, we hardly think about the importance of focus. That's why, for those free-spirited, creative thinkers and entrepreneurs …
AvatarAl FriesenAvatarAvatar30 years after Prozac arrived, we still buy the lie that chemical imbalances cause depressionverified_publisherQuartz - Olivia GoldhillSome 2,000 years ago, the Ancient Greek scholar Hippocrates argued that all ailments, including mental illnesses such as melancholia, could be explained by imbalances in the four bodily fluids, or “humors.” Today, most of us like to think we know better: Depression—our term for melancholia—is …