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Using Values to Become Your Best Self
 Understanding and living in harmony with our core values can be thought of as our life’s work. Our values are our personal principles about what is good and right in the world. Living in harmony with them starts from the moment we become aware of our sense of right and wrong. Research indicates that when our principles motivate our actions, we are more likely to experience a sense of well being, greater life satisfaction, and reduced psychological distress.In order to reap these rewards however,
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Editor's Note: Clarifying values is surprisingly rare. Most of us have the strong sense that we have good values, but at the same time, we can have difficulty in articulating them. That is because values are tacit; we have them but don't necessarily think much about them. This first step of the process is about bringing them into awareness.
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WorkWorkThe 6 Biggest Marketing Blunders of 2024 - Inc (No paywall) Its increasingly difficult to stand out in todays crowded, fast-paced market. Trends come and go, algorithms shift, and audiences migrate. To cope, brands and agencies have to experiment with many new things to try to find out what works, what resonates with consumers, says Kinshuk Jerath, professor of marketing at Columbia Business School.
WorkTrumps Cabinet Picks Go to Washington - The New Yorker (No paywall) This week, on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives held a floor debate over whether to make a congressional time capsule. The proposed legislation mandates that the Architect of the Capitol, the agency responsible for maintaining its buildings and grounds, create the capsule, which would be filled with institutional milestones of Congress and then buried under the West Lawn until 2276. It was the final Monday afternoon of the year before Congress adjourned for the holiday recess. As I watched the time-capsule debate, staffers for the Architect of the Capitol were at work on the West Front, building the seating platforms for Donald Trumps Inauguration next month. Its thirty-four days until President Trump takes the oath of office, but hes already begun the power of the Trump effect, Speaker Mike Johnson said, at a news conference. Work
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WorkCareer Advice for New Tech Workers in 2025Giving advice is always tricky--especially now, in a world where everything seems to change every week. Recently, I had the chance to chat with some folks who've either just graduated or are about to graduate and are looking for jobs in tech. WorkWorkRussia bombards Kyiv with eight ballistic missiles Russia has hit Kyiv with eight powerful ballistic missiles, a day after Vladimir Putin claimed his troops were winning on the battlefield and that his maximalist goals to seize more territory in Ukraine were unchanged. Several explosions were reported in Kyiv on Friday around 7am local time. WorkWorkWorkThis Guy Dropped 70 Pounds Using One Piece of Workout Equipment When Ruben Hernandez found himself unhealthy and unhappy at age 38, this office customer service dispatcher in Franklin Park, Illinois, knew things had to change. He says he was "too lazy go to go the gym," so he bought a gym setup to use at home - and dropped 70 pounds and feels great. WorkWorkThe 2025 Golden Globe Awards gift bag is worth $1 million The gift bags offered at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards are, in a word, luxurious. Hollywood's biggest stars will descend on The Beverly Hilton hotel on January 5, 2025, to attend the 82nd Golden Globes ceremony. Emmy-nominated comedian Nikki Glaser will host the event. WorkStartup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important. WorkOpenAI unveils o3, its next 'reasoning' model OpenAI launched the full version of its o1 model out of preview during the first day of its “12 Days of OpenAI” promotional scheme. The startup also announced a new, $200-a-month subscription tier for ChatGPT called ChatGPT Pro, which includes a more advanced version of o1 called o1 pro mode. WorkWorkCyclone's Death Toll in Mayotte Is Still Unclear Officials have said that the death toll in Mayotte, currently at 35, could end up in the thousands. But in the capital, there were no scenes of public mourning and little talk of searches for missing loved ones. WorkWe Tracked Every AI Copyright Lawsuit in Courts Across the US In May 2020, the media and technology conglomerate Thomson Reuters sued a small legal AI startup called Ross Intelligence, alleging that it had violated US copyright law by reproducing materials from Westlaw, Thomson Reuters' legal research platform. WorkWorkWorkItalian deputy PM acquitted of charges over refusal to let migrant ship dock “We were stopped from carrying out our work during those weeks while we were off the coast of Lampedusa and unable to reach a safe port … saving lives is what Open Arms has been doing for the past 10 years, what we have been doing up until today and what we will carry on doing tomorrow. Our work will not be stopped.” WorkGisA?le Pelicot has no fear of another trial, lawyer says as appeals lodged Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In France, the France Victimes network can be contacted on 116 006. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, or 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html WorkLatin Americans are worryingly relaxed about authoritarianism - The Economist (No paywall) For the first time since 2015 there are more Latin Americans who think their country is progressing than those who think it is moving backwards, though almost half see stagnation (see chart 1). Only a bare majority think that democracy is preferable to other modes of government, but that is still a small increase on recent years. Though scathing about their politicians and institutions, Latin Americans are a shade less dissatisfied with the way their political systems work in practice. Nayib Bukele, the elected autocrat who runs El Salvador with an iron fist, continues to be by far the most admired leader in the region. WorkThe Forgotten History of the Discovery of Human Brainwaves - Scientific American (No paywall) This year is the centennial of the discovery of human brain waves. Few people know the story of that startling finding, because the true story was suppressed and lost to history. Almost two decades ago I visited the pioneering scientists labs in Germany and Italy seeking answers. What I learned overturned accepted history and exposed a chilling tale involving Nazis, brainwaves, war between Russia and Ukraine, and suicide. This history resonates with current eventsRussia and Ukraine recently passed a grim 1,000-day milestone of a conflict waged on a pretext of battling Nazisrevealing how history, science and society are intricately entwined. WorkWorkWorkWorkExclusive: After causing outrage on Day 1 of Y Combinator, AI code editor PearAI lands $1M seed So they took lemons and made AI coding lemonade, using the feedback in the hate to modify their product idea. Instead of an editor itself, they are now building a “framework” that will curate AI coding tools, allowing programmers to use multiple tools. In the back end, it allows the tools to communicate “and actually work well together,” Ang said. The front end will standardize the user interface so that it “seems like I’m using one product instead of 10,” he said. The tool will integrate with many AI coding tools, including Continue. WorkWorkWorkWorkAre AI companies just defense tech now? Maggie Stamets is a Podcast Producer for TechCrunch based in Denver, Colorado. Previously, she worked as the Brand and Content Manager for BUILT BY GIRLS where she developed an interest in tech and a passion for creating equitable and welcoming professional tech spaces. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a minor in English from Hofstra University in New York. WorkIs a contrarian leader good for the FDA? Correction: Yesterday’s newsletter misstated the terms of a deal Astellas signed with Sangamo Therapeutics. Astellas is paying $20 million upfront for the use of a gene therapy virus for a single neurological target, with options to pay for up to four more. The amount is in line with some deals for new viruses. WorkWorkWorkWorkJPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo are being sued for fraud on Zelle In recent months, Early Warning emphasized efforts to fight fraud amid regulatory scrutiny of scams in its network. Despite Zelle’s growth in transaction volume last year (which totaled $806 billion), reports of scams and fraud decreased by almost 50%, the company said. According to Early Warning, 99.95% of payments were sent without a report of fraud. WorkWorkStarbucks workers in 3 cities are on strike before Christmas Amazon (AMZN+0.46%) has slammed the Teamsters’ walkouts as an attempt to “mislead the public” and push a “false narrative” that they represent thousands of Amazon employees and rivers. 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