Your boss, the CEO, walks out of a high stakes board meeting. No one says anything, but the tension in the room is palpable. As the executive assistant, you feel it immediately. The question is: do you know what to do next? Executive assistants (EAs) aren’t just the power behind the throne. They are the […]
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In December, I boarded a plane and flew across the world to visit my mom for the holidays so I thought it would be a good time to focus on family dynamics. Family can push even the most evolved of us to the brink of insanity. Case in point? My mom thinks I’m a spy.
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Biohacking, the practice of using science, technology, and nature to optimize your body and mind has been gaining momentum since the first biohackers started sharing their findings in the 1990s. Many early biohackers came to the movement through necessity– they had health issues traditional medicine couldn’t solve and turned to the biohacking/self-experimentation community for support.
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The Type 1, Perfectionist and the Type 8, Leader might seem like opposite personality styles at first blush because their habits of attention point in very different directions. Type 8s seek power and focus on power dynamics whereas Type 1s seek improvement and focus on getting things right. Sometimes described as the Pirate and the
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Statistics show that 83% of US workers suffer from work-related stress, and stress causes about one million workers a day to be absent from their job. Beyond lost days, work-related stress is responsible for over 120,000 deaths and results in $190 billion in healthcare costs a year. Workplace stress is a serious problem, but the
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One of the most common mistakes people make when trying to find their Enneagram type is that they over-identify with a single specific trait. For example, someone who over-identifies with anger might assume they are an Enneagram type 8, another with anxiety assumes they are a Type 6, while someone who identifies with helpfulness assumes
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The Enneagram Type 4 Individualist and Type 7 Enthusiast can seem like oil and water and with dramatically different habits of attention, it can be easy to assume they never get mixed up. Types 7s look to the positive, seek new experiences, and avoid (either consciously or subconsciously) negative emotions. An assertive personality, Type
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The Enneagram Type 2 Giver and Type 9 Peacemaker have a lot in common, and it’s easy to see how there could be confusion between the two. If you’ve ever felt conflicted trying to decide which one you are, you aren’t the first person to feel you could be both. Let’s explore some of the
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It’s been a wild 18 months, but the good news is that in many parts of the world, the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. As vaccine rollouts pick up pace, lockdown restrictions lift, and travel is gradually reintroduced, many of us are emerging from the pandemic and searching for our
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The Enneagram Type 9 is called the Peacemaker or the Mediator, and with a habit of attention that gravitates towards harmony, these are often the people who hold society together and help the rest of us get along. Easy-going, soothing and gifted at being able to hold multiple points of view simultaneously, Type 9s can
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