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I’ve got a racket
No. It’s not an illegal enterprise nor a loud and disturbing noise. When I say I’ve got a racket, I mean this racket. While scrolling through what’s new, I stumbled across this post by The Verge. And for some time now, I’ve been looking for a platform that will suit my needs, so it came… Read more
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Sin doubles down
What impressed me from today’s sermon was when Pastor Sumrall emphasized how sin doubles us down. It’s not satisfied with making us captive. It also wants to bring us down. Truly, as John 10:10 AMP says, “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy.” But isn’t it wonderful to know that… Read more
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Experience, trends, and other things we can learn from a hairdresser
As I was talking with the hairdresser while admiring his expertise, I began to ask him questions like: How long have you been doing this work? How do you upskill for the latest trends? How’s the business going, comparing then and now? And with these simple questions which, I believe, engaged him enough to tell… Read more
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What burnout looks like
In one way or another, you have heard about burnout when one of your colleagues complains about how burnt out they are, especially with the never-ending work they still bring beyond office hours. From ‘A career change saved my life’: the people who built better lives after burnout: Burnout is the name given to the… Read more
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Perks of (flexible) remote work
Let me put it straight first. Remote work is not for everyone, but it could be for you. From Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home: “Working inside of a building really does restrict time a lot more than you think,” he said. “A lot of people are afraid of the cycle… Read more
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The cost of resilience
Most of the time, we adore systems. Because a lack of a system means chaos. And when everyone leads, no one leads — meaning there’s no one totally responsible when things go awry. And we get frustrated being in jobs without a system, do we? Just as systems make a foundation for everything we build… Read more
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Do you worry?
Perhaps, we all do. And as humans, it’s normal to worry about things (however, it’s important to remember where our stability and security rests). But for some people, they take worrying to the next level. How? By thinking about all the things that went wrong and could go wrong. From How to stop overthinking: The… Read more
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