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My dentist told me they couldn't remove a tooth because of my weight. It was the wake-up call I needed to lose 100 pounds.

Mon, 10/07/2024 - 09:32

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A before and after photograph of a woman who lost 84 pounds in weight. — Carol Evans before and after her 100-pound weight loss.
Courtesy of Carol Evans

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My wife and I gave up $1 million in Big Tech pay to move from California back to India. I couldn't find purpose in the US.

Sun, 10/06/2024 - 20:00

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Nithin Hassan moved back to India in 2023 after nearly 20 years in the US

Nithin Hassan; BI/Chelsea Jia Feng

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I worked as a wealth advisor for Goldman Sachs. Here's what I learned from how the super rich manage their money.

Sun, 10/06/2024 - 07:15

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A woman in a white jacket outside a white house with railings. — Ayesha Ofori was a wealth advisor for Goldman Sachs.
Courtesy of Yolande De Vries

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I'm a former Disney Imagineer who helped create the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser. Here are 3 tips for landing your creative dream job.

Sat, 10/05/2024 - 09:06

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Ann Morrow Johnson of the architecture and design firm Gensler. Previously worked at Disney. — Ann Morrow Johnson now works at Gensler, an architecture and design firm, after spending years as a Disney Imagineer.
Courtesy of Gensler

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I'm a computer science professor at UC Berkeley. Tech jobs are drying up and graduates are no longer guaranteed a role.

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 07:12

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Graduate — UC Berkeley professor James O'Brien says the job market is shrinking, and tech graduates are struggling to secure roles.
Jens Schott Knudsen

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I spent a total of 10 weeks quiet vacationing all over the world without my boss finding out. Here's how I did it.

Fri, 10/04/2024 - 06:00

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Two photos of Tobi Oluwole spliced together — on the left, he wears a yellow and white shirt and sunglasses at the Amalfi Coast, and on the right, he wears a t-shirt and smiles at the camara — Tobi Oluwole spent a total of 10 months quiet vacationing from his sales manager job while only officially submitting three months of vacation time.
Tobi Oluwole

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I wrote a manual on how to work with me and distributed it to every coworker I had at Google. Doing that was one of the best decisions I made there.

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 20:44

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Jerry Lee sitting outside Google's offices with his colleagues. — Jerry Lee (right), 29, was a former manager at Google. Lee said that he was inspired by his first supervisor at Google, who had his own "Working With" manual.
Jerry Lee

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We moved my mom in to help us take care of our triplets. We couldn't afford childcare, but we also couldn't do it alone.

Thu, 10/03/2024 - 13:02

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A mom, dad, grandmother, and triplets stand in a backyard dressed for a costume party. — Stephanie Ross, left, with her mom, Monica Ross, husband, Andrew Philippe, and their triplets dressed up for a costume party.
Courtesy of Stephanie Ross

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I've planned weddings on mountains and seen million-dollar gowns, but that's not what young couples are spending more on

Wed, 10/02/2024 - 20:00

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Lelian Chew Composite — Lelian Chew has planned luxury weddings on snowcapped mountains in China and remote destinations in the Maldives for Asia's wealth elite.
The Atelier & Co

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I got my first job by giving away home-cooked breakfast with my resumé. I was 15 at the time.

Wed, 10/02/2024 - 15:32

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Teddy Sheehan, not pictured, landed an apprenticeship as a plumber by thinking outside the box.T

Granger Wootz/ Getty Images

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