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I almost said no to my teen’s inconvenient first job. Then I realized how much she needed the experience.
Living on the coast of Maine has its advantages. Beaches and islands are close. “Not that close,” my husband said when my daughter told us her high school English teacher had recommended her for a summer job. The opportunity was on a small island, a ferry ride away, and it would mean driving her…
David Rubenstein shares his recipe for career success — and says boomers like him ‘don’t want to get off the stage’
AI may be transforming the world of work, but the core ingredients for a successful career haven’t changed, David Rubenstein says. “For a young person, the best thing to do is: Learn how to read and enjoy reading, learn how to speak effectively and persuasively, and learn how to write reasonably…
This small town librarian offers a ‘Bye, Bye AI’ class to take AI off your phone. Now everyone wants in.
North Chatham, a hamlet in upstate New York halfway between Hudson and Albany, doesn’t have much going on. You have to go to the next hamlet over for a store or restaurant. There’s a church, a post office, and a small public library with only about 800 cardholders. The North Chatham Free Library…
The startup trap that kept this longevity app founder stuck
Brent Franson spent four years building a mental-health app that users liked, but that didn’t ultimately work as a business. The product wasn’t an obvious flop. It had enough promise, he said, to make further rounds of changes seem worthwhile — the trap of something that seemed “pretty good,”…
I spent $7,500 on a full-body checkup and cosmetic procedures in Turkey
Traveling to Turkey for medical care now has several humorous taglines and associations: men traveling for hair transplants on “Turkish Hairlines,” veneers dubbed “Turkey Teeth,” and tourists walking around Istanbul looking as if they got in a back-alley brawl from post-surgery swelling. This isn’t…
The British military is feeding a ‘load of data’ from the war in Ukraine into its next-gen Challenger 3 main battle tank
As drones completely reshape how armored vehicles are used on the battlefield in Ukraine, the developers behind the British Army’s next-generation tank are taking these lessons into account. Britain’s Challenger 3 main battle tank is intended as a major upgrade over its predecessor, which is in…
A NATO defense minister warns that the alliance needs to learn how to disperse weapons production before it’s at war
NATO militaries need to learn how to disperse weapons production, as Ukraine does, before entering a war to preserve their ability to keep producing while under attack, a senior defense official advised. Raivis Melnis, the defense minister of Latvia, an alliance and EU member state bordering…
I’m a matchmaker who charges up to $250,000. My clients want partners who are driven, but flexible.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sameera Sullivan. It has been edited for length and clarity. As far back as high school, I loved giving people dating advice. My mom could see that I had real skill, and she encouraged me. Yet, I didn’t even know that matchmaking could be a…
My sister and I started a small business reselling vintage items. Here’s what everyone gets wrong about our business.
My heart flutters every time I spot a unique vintage treasure in the tchotchke aisle at the thrift store. But then I realize it has a chip or a crack, so I decide to put it back. The object may have sentimental value, but it’s not a match for my vintage shop, where I always
AI is prompting these Gen Zers to learn how to type
When Julia Andrusiak was in college, she noticed one of her professors repeatedly pausing his lecture. Eventually, she realized that she was the disruption: Her slow, two-finger typing was so loud that he couldn’t concentrate. “It was the first moment I realized that I may not be the best at this,”…