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Jesus: The Ultimate Stressor
From the moment Jesus was born, the equilibrium of human history was broken. God had come to earth—the ultimate external stimuli and the ultimate stress event in world history. Now that sounds quite controversial, especially around Christmas time, when everyone has pictures of “sweet baby Jesus in the manger” in their heads. So before you…
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We’re All in the Business of Sales
Book Review To Sell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink. tl;dr: We’re all in sales now. Key quotation: “People are now spending 40 percent of their time at work engaged in non-sales selling—persuading, influencing, and convincing others in ways that don’t involve anyone making a purchase.” According to the…
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Income is what you earn, Wealth is what you keep
Americans have more disposable income than anyone in the world.[1] And yet, a 2023 survey showed that 56% of Americans were not on track to retire[2] and 61% of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck.[3] What is going on here? Why are so many Americans, who earn more after-tax income than citizens of any other…