When faced with a problem, which is better: Staying at your computer for an hour, and grinding until you figure out the solution? or Going for a 40 minute walk and figuring out the solution? North America has a “sitting paradigm” for doing work.  If the boss sees you staring at your monitor he might [...]

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I’m a parent, and birthday parties stress me out. Ironically, it’s not the idea of having 10 screaming 7-year-olds in my house that gives me the most anxiety: it’s the gifts. I’m finding that the challenge of being a “North American” parent isn’t putting food on the table, it’s dealing with the mountains of toys [...]

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