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By:Julie Ball
In many churches, Father’s Day gets scant attention while Mother’s Day is a big deal. Many don’t get it. Here are six ideas to help your church get it right on Father’s Day and throughout the year.
June 14, 2017 at 05:05PM
from Julie Ball
By: Trevor Barton
Junior couldn’t do a lot of things. Couldn’t read. Couldn’t sign his name. Couldn’t tell time even though he loved his watches. But he did know about life. He knew more about life than many highly educated folks.
June 14, 2017 at 05:05PM
from Trevor Barton
We’ve all been there — you make sure you get an early night for once, only to wake up groggy and unfocused at work. After trying so hard to get to bed on time, you’re rewarded with feeling even worse.
As it turns out, regularly going to bed and waking up at the same time might be the only way to counteract the sleepiness and increase your overall workplace or academic performance.
A new small study from the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Brigham and Women’s Hospital looked at the behaviours of 61 full-time students at Harvard College, and found that irregular sleeping patterns was linked with a lower grade point average (GPA.) The results were published in the journal Scientific Reports.
The students were asked to keep sleep diaries for 30 days. The researchers came up with a sleep regularity index, or SRI, to analyse how regular their sleep was by measuring sleep duration and distribution of sleep across the day. This was then compared to their overall academic performance over one semester.
Students who had more regular sleeping patterns had better grades, but this wasn’t because they were sleeping more. The researchers found that there was no significant difference in the average sleep duration between the regular and irregular sleepers. However, the team did find that the irregular sleepers had shifted their circadian rhythms — or biological clocks.
They worked this out by measuring the times melatonin was released, which is the hormone produced by the pineal gland in the brain to prepare our body for sleep. On average, melatonin was released 2.6 hours later in students with the most irregular sleeping habits compared to those who woke up and went to sleep at more or less the same time every day.
“For the students whose sleep and wake times were inconsistent, classes and exams that were scheduled for 9 a.m. were therefore occurring at 6 a.m. according to their body clock, at a time when performance is impaired,” said Charles A. Czeisler, the Director of the Sleep Health Institute and senior author on the paper, in a statement.
“Ironically, they didn’t save any time because in the end they slept just as much as those on a more regular schedule.”
The lead author of the paper, a biologist named Andrew J. K. Phillips, concluded that going to sleep and waking up at approximately the same time is just as important as the number of hours you sleep. This is why we get so groggy when the clocks go forwards and we lose an hour of sleep.
Our body clocks are also particularly sensitive to light. Sunlight is something called a zeitgeber, which is any external or environmental cue that helps synchronize your biological rhythm to the 24 hour cycle. We tend to release melatonin when it starts getting dark, but nowadays we have a habit of checking our phones and playing on our laptops at night, which can get our bodies out of sync.
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NOW WATCH: Why being awkward makes you more likely to succeed
June 14, 2017 at 04:49PM
from Lindsay Dodgson
Cannes Lions managing director Jose Papa writes on how a meeting of these minds is business-critical for advertisers in 2017.
The suggestion that people are either left- or right-brained has long since been disproven, but today we still persist with the idea that each of us must naturally be hardwired to be “creative” or “logical.”
June 14, 2017 at 04:18PM
from Jose Papa
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Transformations are no longer limited to beating the competition to market — they involve significant organizational reconstruction.
June 14, 2017 at 04:02PM
from Forbes Coaches Council, CommunityVoice
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You already know what you need to do to accomplish something. So what’s holding you back from actually starting?
June 14, 2017 at 04:02PM
from Forbes Coaches Council, CommunityVoice
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These mesmerizing, balancing tops are the latest craze among kids. Some say they are effective in improving concentration awhile others just buy the toy for their kids because they don’t want them to be the only ones without them. Cartoon by Ed Hall.
June 14, 2017 at 03:31PM
from Cartoon Of The Day, Contributor
The Royal Malaysia Navy has signed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Corruption Free Pledge.
MN chief Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin said signing the pledge had many advantages.
“For one, we can cut Navy procurement costs. Everything will be done in a more open and transparent manner,” he said after launching the Navy Innovation Day here yesterday (June 13 2017).
The full original article can be found at thestar.com.my
June 14, 2017 at 03:12PM
from Ysa Deveza
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ETFs are not just popular for small and individual investors, as hedge funds are big investors in the funds as well.
June 14, 2017 at 03:15PM
from sarcher@businessinsider.com (Seth Archer)
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Jack Butland wants to dislodge England No 1 Joe Hart before the World Cup. Butland shared goalkeeping duties with Tom Heaton in the 3-2 friendly loss to France on Tuesday evening.
June 14, 2017 at 03:12PM
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Teacher Alyssa Palma, pictured, resigned from the Bronx Envision Academy after she leaked information from a state history test and passed it onto a student who posted the questions on Facebook.
June 14, 2017 at 03:12PM
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Uber will now start cutting back on workplace partying in an effort to turn around its so-called “bro culture.”
As part of the 13-page report Uber commissioned from former US attorney general Eric Holder and his law firm that was released Tuesday, Uber laid out new guidelines for drinking at work and company events.
Uber will now prohibit drinking and using drugs “during core work hours, at work events, or at other work-sponsored events.”
Uber will also cut back its alcohol budget for parties, reduce alcohol inside the office, and limit when it reimburses managers for alcohol purchased at events outside the office. The report recommends that Uber also stop making alcohol the focal point of work parties.
According to a tweet from BuzzFeed News reporter Priya Anand, Uber will also stop providing beer on tap before company meals.
The recommendations may introduce major changes at Uber, a company that has long been fueled by partying and lavish employee retreats that have involved heavy drinking, drugs, and sex.
Before a 2013 company bash in Miami, CEO Travis Kalanick wrote a letter to employees laying out the “rules” for drinking and sex at the party, like “Do not throw kegs off tall buildings” and no sex with fellow employees unless “you have asked that person for that privilege and they have responded with an emphatic ‘YES! I will have sex with you.'”
While the Miami letter stated sex between employees was prohibited on the trip if they were in the same chain of command, the Holder recommendations takes it one step further, placing limits on relationships between an employee and his or her direct supervisor.
“If employees in a reporting relationship find themselves in a romantic or intimate relationship, they must be required to immediately report it so that appropriate action can be taken, including making sure that the individuals are not in any type of reporting relationship (direct or indirect) going forward,” the report states.
The Holder report features a total of 47 recommendations for culture fixes at Uber, ranging from ways to improve diversity and tougher performance reviews for executives. Kalanick will be taking a leave of absence from Uber, and upon his return, some of his responsibilities will be “reallocated.”
SEE ALSO: Uber is going to rename its ‘War Room’ the ‘Peace Room,’ in an effort to detoxify its work culture
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June 13, 2017 at 11:16PM
from Avery Hartmans
The summer months symbolize pleasure reading at its best.
It’s a time to indulge in the texts that are most appealing, without scrutiny: an easy beach read, a guilty pleasure, or that book you’ve always meant to start.
But students at some of America’s most prestigious private schools are digging into substantial works this summer. The required or suggested texts relate to politics, race and identity, and then there are some of those high school classics.
Check out the 2017 reading lists of rising seniors at reputable private schools across the US:
SEE ALSO: In the last century, only one US president has sent his kids to DC public schools
• “The Other Wes Moore,” by Wes Moore.
Seniors must:
• Read (novel) — “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien
• Watch — “The Hunger Games,” by Gary Ross (2012)
• Read (poem) — “The Powwow at the End of the World,” by Sherman Alexie
Students must read four books that they choose from a list of over 50. Titles on the list include:
• “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance
• “The Short and Tragic life of Robert Peace,” by Jeff Hobbs
• “Half of a Yellow Sun,” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• “A Clockwork Orange,” by Anthony Burgess
• “Invisible Man,” by Ralph Ellison
• “Madame Bovary,” by Gustave Flaubert
English teachers at the school put together the following list of recommended summer reading:
• “Beloved,” Toni Morrison
• “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” by Joan Didion
• “Native Son,” by Richard Wright
• “Interpreter of Maladies,” by Jhumpa Lahiri
• “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” by Michael Pollan
• “Beowulf,” Seamus Heaney
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June 13, 2017 at 11:08PM
from Abby Jackson
Anyone who’s been in a relationship knows that a person’s “work personality” doesn’t always match up to their “home personality.”
As in: There’s a slim chance your partner would blow up at a coworker for playing his music slightly too loud. But she might very well let into you for listening to an annoying podcast without headphones while she’s trying to sleep.
In his 2012 book, “Search Inside Yourself,” former Google engineer Chade-Meng Tan shares how he’s learned to take parts of his work personality home with him.
Tan, who was Google employee No. 107, is also the creator of the wildly popular emotional-intelligence course by the same name as the book, which he taught to thousands of his coworkers. (The course has since spread across the globe.)
In the book, Tan explains how an adaption of the “Just Like Me/Loving Kindness” practice, which he teaches in SIY, has benefitted his interpersonal relationships — specifically, his marriage.
Tan writes:
“Whenever I have a fight with my wife or a co-worker, I go to another room to calm down and after a few minutes of calming down, I do this exercise in stealth.
“I visualize the other person in the next room. I remind myself that this person is just like me, wants to be free from suffering just like me, wants to be happy just like me, and so on. And then I wish that person wellness, happiness, freedom from suffering, and so on.
“After just a few minutes of doing this, I feel much better about myself, about the other person, and about the whole situation. A large part of my anger dissipates immediately.”
Tan goes on: “I reckon this practice is a major reason being married to me does not totally suck.”
This exercise can be harder than it sounds. When you’re in the middle of a heated conflict with your partner, you’ll have to override the natural impulse to shout something cruel and hurtful. It’ll take some time before it becomes a habit.
But this exercise is also a neat example of how you can help defuse a conflict by working on your own response. Instead of focusing on changing your partner’s behavior, you’re reframing the way you see the situation — which, in the end, is really all you can control.
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NOW WATCH: Deepak Chopra’s go-to 3-minute meditation to stay focused
June 13, 2017 at 10:27PM
from Shana Lebowitz
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Megan Driscoll is the founder and CEO of EvolveMKD, a public relations and social media agency in New York City. She’s grown her business to “19 women strong” in just two and a half years. In a wisdom-filled interview with Megan Bruneau, she shares how she negotiates not wanting kids.
June 13, 2017 at 08:24PM
from Megan Bruneau, Women@Forbes
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Tim Ferriss has announced the three items he can’t travel without, and depending how closely you follow him, his answers may surprise you. A touch of esoterica, anyone?
June 13, 2017 at 08:24PM
from Jordan Bishop, Contributor
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Without the lessons I learned in the Borneo jungle I wouldn’t have the stomach and resiliency to run a startup.
June 13, 2017 at 08:24PM
from Forbes Leadership Forum, Contributor
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Stop talking about what you’re selling and start listening to why your client needs it.
June 13, 2017 at 08:10PM
from Heather Markel
