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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

Fast Company Tech

Davidson meditates, he opens his calendar and sets an intention for each meeting. He is the founder and director of The Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin-Madison , where he conducts groundbreaking research on emotions and the brain, as well as meditation and contemplative practices. Every morning, after Richard J.

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Fundraising Planning Guide, Calendar, Worksheet, + Template

CauseVox

Fundraising Calendar for 2021. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template to help you map out the best possible plan. That’s why we created this 2021 fundraising calendar worksheet and template. Download your fundraising calendar + goals template below: Fundraising Plan & Goals Worksheet.

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Why empathy is essential for workplace success

Fast Company Tech

When I was 35, a ruptured brain aneurysm nearly killed me. Here are some tactics to try: Leverage tech: It may sound simple, but just putting a reminder in your phone or calendar can help you stay on track to make decisions in a timely manner. Living my best life, right? Until I collapsed, unconscious, on my bathroom floor.

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Go grow your flow plateau with Centered’s calendar judo, radio and co-working combo

TechCrunch

Centered is an app that’s designed to help you find your flow throughout the day, guard your calendar so you can get some work done and add a personal assistant to help keep you on track. The app lets you do a virtual hang with others trying to get some work done, and plays some soothing beats to trick your brain into getting work done.

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Microsoft Outlook now lets you end all meetings early to give your brain a rest

The Verge

Calendar software like Outlook has defaulted to on-the-hour meetings for decades, often inadvertently promoting the idea of back-to-back meetings with default settings that don’t consider the need for a break in between. Individuals can also set their own scheduling defaults, but the company-wide option is the significant change here.

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Google fires prominent AI ethicist Timnit Gebru

The Verge

The email, which was sent to the Brain Women and Allies listserv, voiced frustration that managers were trying to get Gebru to retract a research paper. A week before you go out on vacation, you see a meeting pop up at 4:30pm PST on your calendar,” it reads. The full text was first published in Platformer. “A

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Non-Traditional Giving Days for Your Next Fundraiser

The Modern Nonprofit

So why not jumpstart your fundraising from individual donors this year by adding a non-traditional giving day to your fundraising calendar? June = African-American Music Appreciation Month, Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Awareness Month, LGBT Pride Month, National Caribbean-American Heritage Month, PTSD Awareness Month.