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High school made less stressful; a roundup of high school horror stories and tips on asking your date to prom, preparing for college and much more.
Chess: How to Spot a Potential Cheat
A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned US grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a computer program. It had reportedly previously banned his mentor Maxim Dlugy.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
How to Chase Your Dreams and Reinvent Yourself
In 1965, a young man named Tom graduated from college with a degree in English. Soon after, Tom took a job with an insurance company in Connecticut. After working there for seven years, he transitioned to a new role in the industry and started working for an insurance agency. He worked at that insurance agency for the next eight years.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
The Pitfalls of the Pursuit of Happiness
In many cultures around the world, happiness is generally considered to be a positive emotion. But is the pursuit of happiness and “feeling happy” a good thing? Clinical psychologist June Gruber, social psychologist Iris B. Mauss, and researcher Maya Tamir looked into answering a related question: might happiness be dysfunctional at times? The short answer is: it depends.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
Why the future of restaurants runs through the grocery store
It’s Friday night and, judging from the dejected slump of a quartet of would-be diners outside of the legendary Una Pizza Napoletana on the Lower East Side, there are no tables to be had. Around the corner, a similar scene plays out at Nom Wah, the century-old dim sum restaurant on the bend of a crooked street in Chinatown. A few blocks north, at the Momofuku Noodle Bar, the hungry gaze at the eating through a plate glass window. Everything everywhere is booked all at once.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
The “Chosen Ones” Choose Themselves
In 1994, a young woman asked for an order of restraint against her husband and filed for divorce. With no job and little money to live on, she signed up for welfare benefits so that she could afford to care for her baby daughter.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
Where Great Writers Are Made?
Introduction The world is full of aspiring writers, and many of them dream of making it big in the literary world. But where do great writers come from? Is there a secret formula or a particular place where writers are made? In this article, I will explore the different factors that contribute to the making of great writers.
By Chiara Landini3 years ago in Education
Warren Buffett’s “20 Slot” Rule: How to Simplify Your Life and Maximize Your Results
Charlie Munger settled into his seat in front of the crowd at the University of Southern California. It was 1994 and Munger had spent the last 20 years working alongside Warren Buffett as the two men grew Berkshire Hathaway into a billion-dollar corporation.
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
The Ultimate Productivity Hack is Saying No
he ultimate productivity hack is saying no. Not doing something will always be faster than doing it. This statement reminds me of the old computer programming saying, “Remember that there is no code faster than no code.”
By BURN BRIGHT3 years ago in Education
