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2024 Goals: Slow Living and Intentional Work

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It seems to me that the combination of the historical “time-out” of the pandemic and AI are moving us across an inflection point where the Great Domestication is turning out to be non-negotiable. from 2004 to 2024, and they are all way down. but again, this is the minutiae of hybrid work’s future. In most cases by around 70%.

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Maintaining Friendships Is Hard—Here’s Why It’s Crucial for Your Well-Being

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between 1985 and 2004. Put boundaries on your time and make it non-negotiable. Most Americans count just two friends, when asked the number of people with whom they can discuss important matters, according to a study by Duke University and the University of Arizona. This change indicates something that’s not good for our society.

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10 Trailblazing Women Paving the Way for a Better Future

Success

She’s been to a concert on each Beyoncé tour since 2004, has a personal record of reading seven novels on a four-day vacation, has lived in 10 places in 10 years and completed five half-marathons. Interesting fact : Though her new book is about doing it all, she herself has done quite a bit.

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A True Partnership: Olympia Dukakis and Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

In 2004, I gave Olympia the final draft of my book “Be the Ultimate Assistant” to review and offered her free rein to take out anything she did not like. Everything is negotiable. She was able to quasi-patiently tolerate the negotiating process and “let it cook.”. Don’t change a word. Oh, and I’ll write the Foreword. ”

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

” From her starting $18,000 salary, Low-Kramen would negotiate each year with Dukakis directly, since there’s no human-resources department for such roles. . “I remember one vacation where we arrived at our destination, and I had a fever that turned out to be double pneumonia,” she said.

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