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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leslie Cohen, a 52-year-old real estate development and operations professional in the Boston area. Business Insider has verified her identity and background. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I started my career as a project manager in the commercial…
As an only child, I really lucked out. My parents have always been there for me, not just as role models, but as friends, too.Growing up, our family trips were always just the three of us, so I always saw my mom and dad as a unit. But in my…
“Are you a secret code?” a young man in Meta glasses asks a woman in a tank top on the sidewalk. “What do you mean, ‘a secret code?'” she responds, seemingly confused as the man’s glasses record her. “Because I’m trying to crack you,” he says.The interaction, filmed by content…
There are more conveniences to living on a small Alaskan island than I imagined.Arwa MooreLast year, I moved to a remote island in Alaska, and it’s been more convenient than I anticipated.I may be in the middle of nowhere, but I still have reliable internet and see familiar faces daily.Additionally,…
Harley Pasternak has spent 30 years helping people build strength and muscle.In that time, the 51-year-old Los Angeles-based personal trainer, who has worked with Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, and Robert Pattinson, has seen people making the same mistakes, which keep them from making the gains they want to see.Progressive overload, which…
It can be hard to stay focused on your priorities when constant pings and competing projects are pulling you in different directions.That’s why Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi developed a simple system for keeping his biggest priorities front and center. His most basic productivity hack is to identify five things he…
When my son was in sixth grade, he looked at me one afternoon in our garage while I was unloading groceries and said something I never expected to hear. He said, “Mom, you’re not going to make me go to college, are you?”I paused, unsure of the answer.He was 12…
Lena Koropey’s mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease nearly a decade ago. Since then, she’s watched her once-independent mother come to rely on others for nearly every part of daily life.”It’s definitely getting harder each year,” Koropey, 48, told Business Insider.Six years ago, Koropey bought a three-bedroom home in Mattituck,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gregory Brooks, a 57-year-old based in Rochester, New York. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After reluctantly resigning from my technology services job at a community college in May, I was terrified to be out of work.I’m not a young guy…
A new training program for Ukrainian soldiers on NATO soil isn’t teaching them to pilot drones or conduct electronic warfare because Ukraine already knows how to teach those skills itself.Ukrainian soldiers are learning battlefield skills at a purpose-built camp in southeastern Poland as part of a Norway-led multinational effort called…
