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31 Simple Daily Habits That Separate High Achievers From Everyone Else

...The most successful people are intentional about the things they do every day which set them up for productivity. They understand that achieving great things doesn't happen on its own. It's because the quality of your life is directly proportionate to your habits. Here are the ones more than dozens of executives rely on to get ahead in business and life...

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Turning the Flywheel - Recommended Book

...The flywheel, when properly conceived and executed, creates both continuity and change. On the one hand, you need to stay with a flywheel long enough to get its full compounding effect. On the other hand, to keep the flywheel spinning, you need to continually renew, and improve each and every component...

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Navigating Social Security’s “Government Pension Offset” (GPO) Rule For Retirees With Non-Covered Pensions

...Specifically, the GPO rule applies to individuals who meet three criteria: 1) worked at a federal, state or local government job where they did not pay Social Security taxes; 2) qualified for a pension from that job (that did not pay into Social Security); and 3) are eligible to receive spousal or survivor’s benefits from a spouse who did work in a job covered by Social Security...

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Navigating Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) With A (Non-Covered) Government Pension

...the key point is that retiree should be aware of the circumstances under which the Windfall Elimination Provision applies to a retiree’s benefits, and the various rules around how their retiree’s total retirement benefit (as well as any family/auxiliary Social Security benefits based on the retiree’s own record) may be impacted by the WEP...

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Deep Sleep Gives Your Brain a Deep Clean

...The findings have implications for neurodegenerative diseases, which are thought to be caused by build-up of toxic proteins in the brain, such as amyloid-Beta in Alzheimer’s disease. Previous research has shown that amyloid-Beta is cleared more efficiently during sleep, which is often disrupted in patients. Disturbances in slow-wave sleep also often accompany aging, which may be linked to cognitive decline...

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