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Time and the Soul: Philosopher Jacob Needleman on Our Search for Meaning “The real significance of our problem with time… is a crisis of meaning… The root of our modern problem with time is neither technological, sociological, economic nor psychologica…Continued here
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WorkThe Memo: Thanks a lot
  The cuts aren’t necessarily a surprise from a company led by CEO Elon Musk, who’s publicly attacked diversity, equity, and inclusion (or DEI) on X in recent weeks. But following a year when DEI programs have gotten political pushback in the US, Tesla is far from the first to pull back on highlighting all the diversity in its ranks. As more companies outline their goals for the year ahead, eyes are on corporate leaders to hold up the previous commitments they’ve made to DEI. WorkHow to Reduce the Friction that Hurts You — and Harness the Friction that Helps - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
 Organizations too often subject their employees and customers to unnecessary friction that creates inefficiency and causes frustration. But, in some situations, friction can be a positive force, spurring more innovation and better decision-making. So how do you reduce the bad kind and embrace the good? Stanford professors Bob Sutton and Huggy Rao have studied this problem for seven years and offer strategies for leaders at every level to help them recognize when friction is needed or not and then add or subtract accordingly. They share ample examples of people and companies getting it right. Sutton and Rao are the authors of The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder, as well as the HBR article, “Rid Your Organization of Obstacles that Infuriate Everyone.”
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WorkWorkHow to Stop Dwelling on Your Stress - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
 People are feeling more stressed than ever, and it’s affecting our well-being. Many of us dwell on stressful situations, which only serves to compound the uncomfortable feelings that stress brings. The good news is that you can exit the headspace of stress. By improving your ability to stay present, you can set aside stressful issues that you can’t immediately solve, whether that’s a nagging problem at work or a personal conflict. This article covers four behavioral-science-backed techniques to help you take a break from stress.
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WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkSome Major G.O.P. Donors Begin a Slow Turn Toward Trump
 Mr. Griffin had been holding out for a younger candidate who could challenge Mr. Trump, and it took him months to decide to support Ms. Haley. He praised Ms. Haley in a statement to reporters, saying that “America would be well served by someone with her foreign policy credentials and policy priorities in the White House.” WorkWeight loss drugs could create the first $1 trillion pharma companies
 The US alone, where over 40% of the adult population is obese, accounted for 45% of these sales. Novo Nordisk has continued to struggle to keep up with demand and as of January is still restricting starter doses of Wegovy. The company projects that its sales will increase by up to 26% in 2024. WorkWorkWest Side Story's Anita: The character that set Chita Rivera's career – and US theatre – alight
 The two movie Anitas were among the many stars yesterday paying tribute to Rivera, a two-time Tony Award winner and a recipient of America\'s highest civilian honour, the Medal of Freedom. \"To be in her presence was to behold greatness,\" said DeBose on Instagram. \"Chita Rivera is eternal,\" Moreno wrote on the same plaform. And, for fans of musicals, so is the iconic, trailblazing character of Anita that Chita Rivera helped to create. WorkWorkWorkFox News to Taylor Swift: ‘Don’t Get Involved in Politics!’
 Right-wing activists have indulged in baseless speculation that Ms. Swift’s romance with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — a kind of ur-American couple of football star and wholesome pop icon — is a contrivance engineered by Democrats, or perhaps the National Football League, to trick unsuspecting Americans into boosting Super Bowl ratings or voting for Mr. Biden in November. WorkWorkMeta's Zuckerberg apologizes to victims in tense D.C. hearing: 'I'm sorry for everything you've gone through'
 Meta CFO Susan Li said in July that there are \"broadly speaking, increasing legal and regulatory headwinds in the EU and the US that could significantly impact our business and our financial results.\" But so far, those \"regulatory headwinds\" haven\'t affected the company\'s sales too much, and investors have been mostly pleased with the company\'s cost-cutting efforts, which helped the company\'s shares reach a record high earlier in January. WorkWorkBiden administration looks to forgive student debt of borrowers in hardship
 Former President Donald Trump said at a campaign event last summer that Biden\'s effort to relieve people of their debts \"would have been very unfair to the millions and millions of people who paid their debt through hard work and diligence.\" While in office, Trump also looked to kill the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which clears the debt of government and certain nonprofit workers after a decade. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkGreatest Hits Radio DJ Ken Bruce steals more BBC listeners
 Radio 4’s average audience was 9.1 million across the last three months of 2023, down from 9.3 million in the previous quarter and 10.1 million a year earlier, but higher than 9 million in April to June. Radio 5 Live had 5.2 million listeners between October to December 2023, down 6% on both the previous quarter and a year earlier, but higher than 5 million in April to June. WorkUtah Sets Restrictions on Transgender People’s Bathroom Use
 Violators may face charges for loitering, and government-owned institutions may face fines if they do not enforce the new rules. The state auditor will be required to establish a process to receive and investigate reports of violations. WorkWorkBiden Repays His Debt to South Carolina
 The role Black South Carolinians played during the 2020 campaign has become the stuff of political legend. Spurred on by a well-timed endorsement from Representative James Clyburn, they turned out en masse to revive Biden’s then-floundering campaign. Six months later, he won his party’s nomination for president, and eventually the White House. WorkNew Mexico Will Not Charge Officers Who Fatally Shot Man at Wrong Address
 After the officers shot Mr. Dotson, his wife, Kimberly Dotson, fired at the officers from the doorway with a handgun, investigators said, and Officers Estrada and Wasson fired back. She put down the gun once she realized that they were police officers. Ms. Dotson and the officers were not harmed. WorkWorkSuit Seeks to Block N.C.A.A. Limits on Athletic Donors
 The driving force behind that change has been donor collectives, which are groups of alumni and other boosters who donate money that is used to compensate top athletes, sometimes in amounts approaching professional levels. They do so by exploiting the N.C.A.A.’s new “name-image-likeness” rules, or N.I.L., which were intended to let athletes be paid for endorsements but in practice allow almost anyone to pay them, and for almost any reason. WorkDick Traum, 83, Dies; Marathoner Championed Disabled Athletes
 The Achilles Track Club, which he founded in 1983 and led for 36 years, expanded to 18 countries, providing free training advice and psychological support. Now named Achilles International, the organization says 150,000 people have participated in its programs. In November, nearly 500 disabled athletes and guides raced in the latest New York City Marathon, many in the club’s neon yellow T-shirts. WorkWorkWorkBiden to Visit the Site of Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio
 The train was carrying more than 700,000 pounds of vinyl chloride, a carcinogen used to produce pipes, furniture and packaging, when it skipped the tracks. The derailment saturated the town’s soil, air and waterways with toxins, and fires created huge, toxic smoke plumes over the village, which borders Pennsylvania. WorkTwo Big Storms Are Coming to California
 It will pack a greater punch in the north than in the south, forecasters told me. Parts of Marin, Sonoma and Napa Counties are expected to get two to four inches of rain, and the Santa Cruz and Santa Lucia Mountains may get six inches, according to Nicole Sarment, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Bay Area office. The North Coast is expected to get up to five inches of rain today and tomorrow. WorkWorkSen. Lindsey Graham Tells Mark Zuckerberg He Has 'Blood On His Hands'
 Our journalists will continue to cover the twists and turns during this historic presidential election. With your help, we\'ll bring you hard-hitting investigations, well-researched analysis and timely takes you can\'t find elsewhere. Reporting in this current political climate is a responsibility we do not take lightly, and we thank you for your support. WorkTaylor Swift Songs May Vanish From TikTok As Licensing Dispute Boils Over
 Our journalists will continue to cover the twists and turns during this historic presidential election. With your help, we\'ll bring you hard-hitting investigations, well-researched analysis and timely takes you can\'t find elsewhere. Reporting in this current political climate is a responsibility we do not take lightly, and we thank you for your support. WorkWalmart just announced 380 football fields' worth of new stores
 The company told Quartz that the last time it opened new stores was in November 2021, when it welcomed shoppers to new locations in Ceres, California (near Modesto); Yaphank, New York (on Long Island); and Miami, Florida. Walmart also said that it would be renovating more than 650 of its current stores. WorkColleen Hoover: The baroness of bestsellers
 Today’s email was written by Catherine Baab-Muguira, author of Poe for Your Problems (loves gothic lit, obviously) and edited by Morgan Haefner (loves most genres, but especially prosy reflections on the mundane). WorkWorkWorkPeugeot cars will soon use ChatGPT to talk to drivers
 Auto manufacturers collect an enormous amount of lot of data on drivers and passengers—and according to a Sept. 2023 privacy report from Mozilla, nearly every modern car shares or sells it. That data doesn’t just include details like mileage and geolocation—cars are also picking up and selling information about passengers, nearby pedestrians, and more, often to data brokers. With ChatGPT installed in vehicles, more data-sourcing opportunities will likely abound. WorkWorkEven Boeing doesn't know how bad business will get because of its 737 Max troubles
 Trouble with its already-delivered planes also makes it hard to figure out how quickly Boeing will be able to build new ones. In October, the company suggested that it would be able to bump 737 Max output from the current 38 planes a month to 50 by 2025 or so. But now it’s just affirming its current rate of production. If things get too slow, that will only further complicate Calhoun’s efforts to make 2024 a banner year. WorkWorkWorkMeta boss Mark Zuckerberg apologises to families in fiery US Senate hearing
 Arturo Béjar, a former senior staff member who testified to Congress in November 2023, was also there, and told the BBC: \"Meta is trying to push their responsibility to provide a safe environment for teens to parents, yet won\'t add a button where a teen can tell them they\'ve experienced an unwanted advance.\" WorkWorkChatGPT: Italy says OpenAI's chatbot breaches data protection rules
 In particular, a spokesperson said, it wanted more action around \"implementing an age verification system and planning and conducting an information campaign to inform Italians of what happened as well as of their right to opt-out from the processing of their personal data for training algorithms\". WorkBank of England expected to hold rates at 5.25%
 This calculator does not constitute financial advice. It is based on a standard mortgage repayment formula based on the mortgage size and length and a fixed interest rate. It should be used as a guide only and does not represent the suitability, eligibility or availability of mortgage offers for users. For exact figures, users will need to approach an official mortgage lender. WorkJeremy Hunt: Less scope for tax cuts in Budget
 \"The government decides spending plans and spending reviews. The next spending review will start in April 2025 and obviously until that point when that spending review is done, we don\'t publish our spending plans. No government ever has.\" WorkWorkBoeing chief admits 'serious challenge' ahead
 \"They had their chance. They failed. They are unable or unwilling to do the task and should leave,\" said Michael Stumo, whose daughter was killed in the Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash and has now become a vocal airline safety advocate. WorkFed holds interest rates at a 23-year high
 Brian Coulton, chief economist at Fitch Ratings, said the statement showed that the Fed was comfortable with rates as they are and wanted to push back against market expectations of imminent cuts. |
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