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From the July 18, 2019 issue of Further If you had to label how Generation X’s financial situation is portrayed, the phrase “dazed and confused” springs to mind. On one hand, we’re increasingly in positions of power and, according to Deloitte, on track to experience the highest increase in the share of wealth — from …
From the July 11, 2019 issue of Further Silence has been valued throughout the ages. Sages such as Confucious (“… a true friend who never betrays”) and Lao Tsu (“… a source of great strength”) to Muhammad Ali (“… golden when you can’t think of a good answer”) have extolled its virtues for personal growth. …
From the July 11, 2019 issue of Further First off, before you get all conscientious based on the headline alone, don’t run out to buy a bunch of pomegranates. That’s not going to help. Here’s the deal … there’s a compound called urolithin A (UA) that’s not found naturally in any food, but biomolecules in …
From the July 4, 2019 issue of Further Consider this: Back in the 1940 and 50s, smoking was incredibly common, with shameless advertisements proclaiming that physicians preferred Lucky Strike or Camels over the competition. In the 1970s, joggers were ridiculed by the neighbors, and “going to the gym” wasn’t a thing — while unprotected sex …
From the July 4, 2019 issue of Further I don’t want to piss you off by telling you we have an anger issue. But it’s true — 84% of people surveyed in a recent poll by NPR said Americans are angrier today compared with a generation ago. This is not to demonize anger. It has …
From the June 26, 2019 issue of Further George Bernard Shaw was a 47-year-old curmudgeon when he wrote in the play Man and Superman: Those who can do, those who can’t teach. For the rest of us, midlife is the perfect time to learn and develop new expertise. Turns out, the way to develop expertise …
From the June 26, 2019 issue of Further Overly optimistic people can be annoying. These shiny happy people seem out of place in a world that is definitely not all unicorns and rainbows. On the other hand, without optimism, how would we even keep going? Why would we seek to improve ourselves? The key is …
From the June 19, 2019 issue of Further The summer of my 18th year, I had older friends but no fake ID. I remember trying to talk my way into a bar, telling the bouncer, “Age is just a number, and numbers don’t mean anything.” That clearly didn’t work. Thirty-five years later, though, I feel …
From the June 19, 2019 issue of Further Being out in nature makes us happy. The research is pretty clear about that. On average, study participants are significantly and substantially happier outdoors in all green or natural habitat types than they are in urban environments. Maybe that’s why camping has become the hot new trend …
From the June 12, 2019 issue of Further We’ve been around long enough to know that failure isn’t the end of the world. Perfection is just an ideal. And growth is what happens in between. So why are we so afraid of sucking at things? Nowadays, productivity is prioritized over play, starting (unfortunately) in childhood. …
From the June 12, 2019 issue of Further Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and David Cush, former CEO of Virgin America, both get up around 4 am each morning. So do Jennifer Aniston, Kris Jenner, and Michelle Obama. What’s up with that? It seems to reason that these people are not getting eight hours of …
From the June 5, 2019 issue of Further Here’s a fun Gen eXercise: imagine Molly Ringwald’s character Andie in Pretty in Pink, today. She’s 51, married to Duckie (what, you thought Blane would last?) and has a couple of teens. She still lives with her dad, Jack — although technically, he lives with her. Easy …