Some students spend their college years locked away in their dorm rooms, studying for whatever exam is next on the list. Others spend the entire time alternating between various stages of drunkenness and hungover. If you want to be happy, you have to learn how to balance your responsibilities with the things you do for fun. In that spirit, here…
How VIPKid CEO Cindy Mi Made Education A Universal Language. Beijing-based VIPKid is giving American teachers an income boost from halfway around the world. Under cofounder and CEO Cindy Mi, the online learning company contracts with more than 30,000 North American instructors and matches them with some 200,000 primarily Chinese pupils for one-on-one video sessions in English—along with a growing…
Music has the power to help you fight stress and even manage pain, and healing music works whether you prefer heavy metal, country, opera, or something else entirely.If you haven’t created a personal favorite relaxation playlist, here’s a good reason to do so: Healing music can help you fight stress, find comfort, and manage pain. And if you want an additional release…
“I did a ridiculous amount of reading when I was pregnant. I read natural parenting books and baby scheduling books and how to make your baby happy with no crying and eating is good for everyone led by the spirit of your baby your self books. If there was a book to read, rest assured, I gave it a go…” I…
One of the most frustrating aspects of any work environment is working with someone who doesn’t appear to be committed to the work or the company. It’s disheartening when you’re toiling away on a project and your cubicle mate is focused on personal calls or social media — or putting forth minimal effort just to get the work done. Even…
Do men and women lead differently? Researchers have found that women tend to have a distinct leadership style that shapes how they run their teams. Specifically, these studies show that women tend to use what’s called the transformational leadership style. Transformational Leadership: Transformational leaders aim to enhance the motivation, morale and job performance of followers by working with teams to identify needed change, to…
Shelly Bell, Founder Of Black Girl Ventures, Helps Women Of Color Gain Access To CapitalShelly Bell has done it all. She’s been a high school teacher, computer scientist, CEO, and an entrepreneur at the helm of several businesses. Shelly Bell has lived many lives. She’s a computer scientist, a former high school teacher, a performance poet, a community organizer, a…
When you have a newborn baby, your waistline may be the last thing on your mind. Yet women often feel pressured to lose their “baby weight” as quickly as they can after pregnancy. It’s completely normal to have some weight left over at the end of pregnancy. This is due to the change in body composition to support the pregnancy. Bouncing back to your…
Breakfast is arguably the most important meal of the day. Whether your goal is weight loss or simply to be healthy, it is imperative that you make eating breakfast a regular habit. The benefits are numerous, ranging from lower rates of diabetes to increased satiety and weight loss. When you skip your morning meal, you are telling your body that…
There’s a famous photo of Annie Easley. She’s standing next to a huge control panel with dials, lights, buttons from floor to ceiling. She looks like a character in a movie, commanding a fearless space mission. But it’s real: it was taken in 1981 in the Central Control Room of NASA’s Lewis Engine Research Building in Cleveland, Ohio, as part…
