Set up a learning folder and either write a rule (Outlook) or use a filter (Gmail) and automatically file your newsletters, webinar invitations, and opportunities for learning in one place so you can quickly and easily sort and prioritize professional development opportunities. What if this month you look at your inbox differently? What if, instead of loathing it, you decide to look at it as a tool that supports you and the life you want to lead? How might your relationship with email change? … [Read more...] about Why I love email and you can too if you try these extremely easy tips
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After a string of life setbacks, here’s how I learned to rethink happiness
Happiness is not a continuous state of play or positivity. It does not rise in correlation to the rise of income, job status, likes, or followers. Happiness doesn’t come from a single source. True high achievers harmonize between themselves and their most meaningful relationships, and between their work and their service to something beyond themselves. Happiness is connecting and relating to others through your truth—your innermost voice—even when it goes against conventional wisdom and the status quo. Happiness is not a goal; it’s an outcome. It emerges when we rise to face our deepest questions—with curiosity, commitment through action, and an openness to surprise and serendipity (over control or predictability). How to define your happiness 2020 rearranged the furniture of our lives. Stripped of our usual distractions and escapes, we’ve collectively been given a pause to confront who we are, what we believe, and what truly matters. … [Read more...] about After a string of life setbacks, here’s how I learned to rethink happiness
CES 2021: The smartest ideas from the scaled-down virtual show
A self-sustaining shower speaker Waterproof shower speakers are hardly new, but Ampere has gone a step further by using hydropower to keep its speaker charged. The Shower Power speaker installs between your shower’s water pipe and showerhead, working like a water wheel to charge its battery and playing audio over Bluetooth from your phone. Ampere says that if you use the speaker only while the water’s on, it should never run out of power. … [Read more...] about CES 2021: The smartest ideas from the scaled-down virtual show
These virtual stores are a joyful twist on e-commerce
For now, I’m enthusiastic about walk-through virtual store shopping. Even with its limited floor plan and inventory (World of Joy), or ads taunting me about a world of human behavior that’s currently on hold (Ralph Lauren), wandering anywhere outside of the house during this final lockdown push offers a bit of a desperately needed change of scenery. For the dark winter of 2020, being able to wander and connect with the marketplace outside the home in a somewhat familiar way is a holiday shopping winner. … [Read more...] about These virtual stores are a joyful twist on e-commerce
The tech that keeps World Central Kitchen cooking in times of disaster
Instead, the team relies on Facebook-owned WhatsApp. “It works really well in low-bandwidth environments,” says CEO Nate Mook, who notes that WhatsApp will heavily compress an image before sending, while Apple’s iMessage strives to preserve the full-quality version.Mook’s chief complaint with WhatsApp may sound familiar: its requirement that you add somebody to your WhatsApp contacts list before texting or calling: “You end up with these massive address books,” he says. … [Read more...] about The tech that keeps World Central Kitchen cooking in times of disaster
