...if you want to stay motivated in the face of underdog expectations, you need to think about why those expectations aren’t credible...

...leaders are not responsible for the results, leaders are responsible for the people who are responsible for the results...

...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...

...Tour Food is a work-in-progress searchable database created to answer every traveler’s favorite daily question: “Where are we going to eat?”...

...These three maneuvers will tend to deliver a higher tax benefit than writing a check and deducting it, and may even improve your portfolio...

...To help you, as a designer of habit-forming technology, assess the morality behind how you manipulate users...

...Maybe the more straightforward recommendation is not to move to where there’s more green, but where you are, increase and support more green-ness around your home...

...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...

...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...

...If you took a break, would your business fall apart at the seams? Make a list of all these things, because these are the places where you need to start creating systems...

...Coined by Cyril Northcote Parkinson as part of an essay published in The Economist in 1955, Parkinson’s law is the adage that “work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” While it was initially designed as a mathematical equation describing the rate at which bureaucracies expand over time, Parkinson’s Law can be applied to many areas, including the way you work...

...It’s bacon, eggs, cheese, sausage, tater tots, and tortellini layered on top of each other in a big bowl like a parfait...

...A QCD is a direct transfer of funds from an IRA custodian, payable to a qualified charity, as described in the QCD provision in the Internal Revenue Code. Amounts distributed as a QCD can be counted toward satisfying your RMD for the year, up to $100,000, and can also be excluded from your taxable income (note-discuss with your financial professional regarding changes to RMD rules in December 2019 and how they might impact any QCD's)...

...If you listen to people tell their stories, most people’s lives are actually lived as a series of two-to-four-year seasons strung together...

...the key point is that, although not nearly as sweeping as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the SECURE Act of 2019 makes numerous updates to the rules around retirement plans in an effort to increase access to employer-sponsored retirement plans...

...Life can be improved by adding, or by subtracting. The world pushes us to add, because that benefits them. But the secret is to focus on subtracting...

...It’s an important question, one that helps you understand if you have standards and a vision in mind...

...Measuring the wrong thing is often worse than measuring nothing, because you do get what you measure...

...We found there was a large effect, people's preferences shifted dramatically from the long to short term when hungry...

...Creamy Tater-Stuffed Sweet Peppers...