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In the Metaverse, Speculators Pursue Their Virtual Dream States

It's 2022. You no longer need to be governed by physical constraints. Today, you can enter the metaverse, inhabit a virtual body, live in a virtual home, and interact with other avatars in a world of make-believe. If you're a developer, you can also create new "worlds" that attract visitors and investors ready to spend real money. According to KUVE-Austin, after spending $1.2 million of his own money on technology …

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Drift, Wait and Obey—It Worked for Kipling, It Can Work for You

"When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey." -Rudyard Kipling It's Thursday and I'd like to throw it way back to ancient Greece and Rome and look at how ancient wisdom can guide us today. According to Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, the ancient Greeks and ancient Romans did not believe that creativity came from human beings. They believed that creativity …

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Say “Gay”

From a political point of view, Florida and Texas appear to be in a race to the bottom. The governors and state legislatures in both of these densely populated sunbelt states are working overtime to forward a reality that spookily mirrors the dystopian states that some of our best writers have depicted. The politicians are not acting alone. Many citizens in these states and elsewhere are in favor of banning books, …

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“Owning A Large Portion of the Best Talent” Is Pre-COVID Thinking

Like so many businesses, the agency business is a talent business from top to bottom. Nothing good happens without extraordinary efforts made by dedicated, gifted people working as one. Agency heads used to say the agency's "best assets," a.k.a. the talent, walk out the door and go down the elevator each evening. Of course, these commuters almost always returned in the morning. Today, with our newfound and …

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Please Select Gold or Oil

Stress. It comes in a host of different forms today. One of the leading causes of stress for information workers is working with too much information. For example, should one invest in NFTs and crypto, right now? If you do want to invest in alternate currencies, how much do you know about it, and how much more do you need to know before it feels like a good place to put your hard-earned money? Also, what are your …

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Stanley Black & Decker To Help Train 3M Skilled Workers

Building healthy brands and companies that last requires long-term vision from the leadership team. As brand managers look to the future, some of the problems that will be waiting for them begin to reveal themselves. For instance, today there are 10 million manufacturing jobs around the world that remain unfulfilled due to a lack of skilled trade workers. The same is true for the construction industry where there …

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