Thu.Dec 08, 2022

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Education & Experience Don’t Guarantee Success—Attitude & Habits Do

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Professional success is a culmination of many key factors. Your education matters—maybe not as much as you think, but a degree in your field can really jump-start your progress. Experience certainly matters, but that can only come to you after years of dedication. Talent matters, too, but aside from skills (which develop from experience) much of your talent is an innate tendency to perform better in certain areas.

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Meta Lists Bay Area Office For Sublease As It Continues To Downsize

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One of the largest players in tech is taking yet another cost-cutting move as a recession precaution. . Meta has listed its 113,585 square foot building in Fremont, California for sublease following its massive layoffs last month, which included 144 workers in Fremont and over 2,500 in the Bay Area. . This is part of Meta’s plan to spend billions to slash its office footprint over the next year. .

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Not All Stories Have Happy Endings—For This Entrepreneur, It Was Still Worth It

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In 2010, after losing her fashion design job during The Great Recession, Kristine Deer founded the activewear brand K-DEER. What started as an Etsy store expanded so substantially that celebrities such as Naomi Campbell and Candace Cameron Bure have worn her clothes in magazines , on TV and in their everyday lives. Although the brand overcame previous challenges during its dozen years in business, an abrupt and unexpected supply chain disruption due to the pandemic ultimately led Deer to cease o

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Leaders Turn To Real Estate To Offset Expenses, Refocus The Office’s Purpose

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Rightsizing office space is the name of the game as companies prepare for an economic downturn. . According to the 2022 Refocus and Rationalize the Workplace study from FM:Systems, leaders are increasingly focusing on slashing their real estate costs over the next few years. . But it’s not just about cost savings — many business leaders realize that hybrid and remote work models don’t dent productivity.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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How Practicing Gratitude Can Benefit Physical Health, Mental Well-Being and a Thriving Workplace

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Most of us understand, in a vague and general sense, that it’s “good” to be thankful. We’re raised to be appreciative of the things we have; our parents teach us to say “please” and “thank you.”. As we get older, though, gratitude doesn’t come up as often. No one reprimands a 35-year-old for forgetting to say thanks, and maybe it even feels like we have less to be thankful for overall.

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Cracking the YouTube Code with Derral Eves

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“I’ve generated 87, almost 88 billion video views on YouTube, and a billion of them was just dumb luck… but the rest… has been using the formula that I actually teach in the book,” says Derral Eves. He’s worked with companies like Nintendo, Red Bull, Google and Adobe, and mentors MrBeast, now the highest-earning YouTuber in the world. Eves talks with Brilliant Thoughts host Tristan Ahumada about his formula for success, as well as the YouTube AI, his obsession with livestreams, understanding ana

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Jobless Claims See Slight Uptick, But Unemployment Remains At Historic Lows

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Jobless claims grew moderately last week, but remains relatively stagnant. . According to the U.S. Labor Department’s most recent unemployment report, jobless applications grew to 230,000 in the week ending December 3 — a 4,000 claim increase from the previous week. However, unemployment is still sitting at 3.7%, near a 50-year low. . The Federal Reserve has continued to hike interest rates up in an effort to cool inflation and slow consumer spending, but the U.S. is still adding jobs

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People in the West continue to express ambivalence about the metaverse

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A new poll from law firm Gowling WLG claims to reveal a stark difference in attitudes in Western and Eastern nations when it comes to the metaverse. It claims that the technology is set to change how we work and socialise forever, and that early adopters like China and the United Arab Emirates are already reaping the economic benefits. The firm’s Immaterial World report compared attitudes towards the metaverse in six international markets.

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Business Travel Has “Plateaued” But Airlines Are Still Profiting

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Business travel is slowing as a “pre-recessionary” caution according to United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby. . Companies, namely in tech, have turned to various cost-cutting strategies in an effort to alleviate future expenses. These include walking back on office leases, layoffs and slashing needless expenses like travel. . “It feels like business travel, and this probably is indicative of pre-recessionary kind of behavior, has plateaued even though our total revenues are still going up,” sai

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Elevating the Virtual Interviewing Experience

Sharing your authentic self in a virtual interview can be an unwanted challenge. How do you break through the digital barrier when conducting a virtual interview and share your exceptional self? Think in unconventional ways to elevate the virtual interviewing experience.

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Life Time Opens Seventh Atlanta Location

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Wellness coworking operator Life Time has opened a new location in Atlanta, marking its seventh in the city. . The new space takes up 127,000 square feet across five stories at Phipps Plaza, where members can have access to the building’s various amenities, including a rooftop beach club. . Life Time Work will span 23,000 square feet and incorporate private offices, conference rooms, standing desks and various member-exclusive events.

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