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The Guardian

Blue spaces: why time spent near water is the secret of happiness

Coastal environments have been shown to improve our health, body and mind. So should doctors start issuing nature-based …

Paul Graham

The Lesson to Unlearn

The most damaging thing you learned in school wasn’t something you learned in any specific class. It was learning to …

The Wall Street Journal

Sicilian Homes Went Up for Auction Starting at €1. More Than 100,000 People Called.

As rural populations wane, mayors are auctioning off abandoned homes, with Americans among the takers.

Our World in Data

The rise of living alone: how one-person households are becoming increasingly common around the world

In the US, the share of adults who live alone nearly doubled over the last 50 years. This is not only happening in the US: …

The New York Times

How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires

From turmeric in Nicaragua to cardamom in Guatemala, nonnative ingredients are redefining trade routes and making unexpected …

OneZero

The Magical Science of Wi-Fi on Airplanes

Surfing the internet at 35,000 feet is now something that we expect on flights. According to the 2018 Global Traveler study, …

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 29 new remote jobs, and includes a feature on Close.

Deloitte

Deloitte research reveals significant return on investment for workplace mental health programs

Median annual ROI more than double for every dollar spent by companies with programs in place for more than three years.

The Atlantic

Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think

But I had started to wonder: Can I really keep this going? I work like a maniac. But even if I stayed at it 12 hours a day, …

Reddit

Anybody drawn to Digital Nomad because the important things in their life are in many locations?

In an ideal world I would have my family, friends, significant other, and a good job all in the same place. If this scenario …

Bearer

How to Make Remote a Success

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the P9 Founder Summit in Malta organized by Point Nine Capital. One of the workshops was …

Medium

My Hope for the Future of Work

Over the course of the last few years, I’ve had some time to think about what I hope the future of work looks like for …

Increment

A guide to distributed teams

How thoughtful systems (and lots of emoji) make for happy, efficient teams—whether your desks are distributed across floors, …

Anthony Pompliano

Andreas Klinger, Head of Remote at AngelList: What Work Looks Like in the Future

Andreas Klinger and Anthony Pompliano discuss the future of work, the rise of remote work, best practices for managing remote …

Wirecutter

Confessions of Failed Credit Card Rewards Hackers

There’s no shortage of stories highlighting how an enterprising credit card hacker used rewards to pay for their …

Forge

The 2-Word Trick That Makes Small Talk Interesting

While listening to my favorite podcasts, I’ve noticed a two-word phrase that hosts often use with their guests to cut …

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 37 new remote jobs, and includes a feature on Thorn.

e-Residency Blog

How can e-Residency help UK entrepreneurs in a no-deal Brexit?

The Republic of Estonia’s e-Residency programme can help UK businesses remain in the EU digitally, even during a …

Bloomberg

Nine Secrets I Never Knew About Airports Until I Worked at LAX

From dead bodies in the security line to a cobra in a Pringles can, you wouldn’t believe the crazy things that happen …

Farnam Street

How Performance Reviews Can Kill Your Culture

Performance reviews are designed to motivate and bring the best out of our teams, but they often do the opposite. …

Axios

Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven't come true

Eighteen states rang in 2019 with minimum wage increases — some that will ultimately rise as high as $15 an hour — and so …

Harvard Business Review

How to Recruit More Women to Your Company

To explore this disconnect between the good intentions of leaders and true progress on closing the gender gap, LinkedIn …

The Guardian

Pointless emails: they're not just irritating – they have a massive carbon footprint

More than 64m unnecessary emails are sent in Britain every day. Along with clogging up our inboxes they are also damaging the …

Hacker News

How do I understand the results of my job search?

I’m in the middle of a job search. Here are some stats:

• 50 applications submitted
• 21 no response
• 3 no longer hiring
• 11 …

Sametab

The Secret of Employee Engagement

People are the single most important asset in modern organizations. As talent scarcity is increasingly becoming one of the …

kottke.org

The Secret to Enjoying a Long Winter

In winter 2017-18, I was depressed, anxious, wasn’t getting out of bed in the morning, spent endless time on my phone …

Hacker News

What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?

A lot of what hackers do takes years of building knowledge upon knowledge. That’s also true for physicists, marketers, …

NoDesk

Weekly Remote Jobs

This week’s NoDesk remote jobs newsletter features 30 new remote jobs, and includes a feature on Automattic.

The Onion

Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back

In an effort to help working individuals improve their fitness and well-being, experts at the Mayo Clinic issued a new set of …