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My eldest felt a strong urge to own a car for most of his teenage years. He would pop into the living room and show his dad and me his latest internet find, usually a 20-year-old jalopy with questionable reliability costing several thousand dollars.Each summer break, he would talk about…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lauren Rose Kocher, 39, an American entrepreneur and CEO of Vegas PR Group in Tokyo. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in a small town in Indiana, but my interest in Japan started early. I still…
Over the holidays, I spent more than I had intended on gifts for my family. I didn’t go into debt, but I certainly overspent my personal limit. So after Christmas, I held myself to a strict 30-day no-spending commitment in order to bounce back financially after the added holiday spending.My…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Heir Jordan, a former Walt Disney employee, serial entrepreneur, music executive, and founder of VALOR marketing agency based in Florida. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I worked at Disney for about 15 years — from 2008 to 2016 and again…
My patient set down his knitting sticks, leaned over, and said in Spanish: “Wow. This went by fast.”I thought he meant the movie we were watching. Ciro Guerra’s “El abrazo de la serpiente.” “What do you mean?” I asked, answering in Spanish.”La vida,” he said. “Pasó volando.”He was a patient…
When Mike Prytkov lost 44 pounds in a year, he took the extreme route.Now, he understands his approach was unhealthy and unsustainable.In 2017, the entrepreneur either had one meal a day or ate in an 8-hour window followed by a 16-hour fast, known as the 16:8 diet. He also did…
Elon Musk once called Davos “boring af.” After his first appearance, some attendees might agree with him.The billionaire took to the stage at the World Economic Forum in a surprise appearance on Thursday for an interview that touched on many points of his sprawling business empire — but offered few…
It’s no coincidence that my last name, Mesa, translates to “table.” I believe I was born to work in the hospitality industry, and my passion for hosting people was nurtured from a young age. Growing up in the Dominican Republic with my maternal grandparents not only introduced me to an…
It’s been almost four years since a condo fire sent me packing to Central America for my first-ever solo backpacking trip.New passport in hand, I flew to Belize to get scuba certified and maybe “find myself” — but honestly, I had no clue what I was getting into. That first…
