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Jessica Buchanan spent 93 days wondering whether she would make it home alive. In 2011, she and her colleague were captured and held hostage by Somali pirates.Buchanan’s experience was extreme, but she recently told Business Insider that the lessons she took from it can help people through hard times in…
My 19-year-old daughter sent me a text in all caps.”I JUST GOT NOAH KAHAN TICKETS!!!”I congratulated her, knowing she had been constantly checking for resale tickets after she had been unable to get them when they were first released.As we continued to text, more details emerged. I learned her tickets…
One unexpected lesson I learned from traveling with just a backpack is that you can’t make excuses if you want to stay active. If you spend time looking for the perfect outfit, the best gear, or the right location, you’ll end up with a long list of reasons why you…
Driving southbound on the Garden State Parkway on a Saturday morning in July isn’t necessarily what I’d call a happy experience — but it’s worth it.Although the traffic can be grueling, something exciting awaits: an exit ramp leading to sun-drenched beach days in Ocean City, New Jersey. Making the drive…
She arrived in Malta on a Thursday, and by Friday, we were stretched out on one of the island’s pale limestone beaches, watching the water shift from turquoise to deep blue at the horizon.My best friend of 24 years was visiting from San Francisco, where she has lived since we…
I’d just spent the morning creating AI images for my online newsletter. They were eye-catching despite my nonexistent art skills. I turned the laptop screen toward my daughter.”What do you think?” I asked.She’s a 16-year-old art student considering a career in the arts. I thought she’d be impressed with the…
Years before moving to France, I went to Paris for the first time with my wife, who had always dreamed of visiting the City of Light. Back then, I bought into some of the stereotypes about the French, but I was pleasantly surprised by my encounters with locals.About eight months…
Guy Oseary has spent more than three decades working alongside Madonna. He said that the pop star’s work ethic influenced how he built his own career.On Tuesday’s episode of “The Tim Ferriss Show,” Oseary — Madonna’s longtime manager — said some of the biggest lessons he learned from the singer…
