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View OriginalThis Guy Got Shredded by Trusting a New ProcessMark Leruste, 39, is a speaker and leadership coach living in South London. He's the founder of Ministry of Purpose, author of Glow in the Dark, and host of The Unconventionalists podcast.
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View OriginalAmerica's hidden homesThese are the houses your real-estate agent doesn't want you to see. The last month of 2020 should've been a happy time for real-estate agents. The catastrophe of the pandemic had turned into an improbable housing-market boom, as home sales reached 14-year highs.
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View OriginalHow Our Legacy Became the Biggest Little Fashion Brand in the WorldThe creative director is asleep on the couch. His vintage Margiela boots are on the floor beside him. It’s not yet noon but it’s already been a big day for Cristopher Nying. And an even bigger week.
View OriginalThe MacBook Air’s wedge is truly gone — and I miss it alreadyI had mixed feelings when Apple did away with the wedge in favor of a more traditional shape for the M2 MacBook Air. Did it feel a bit like sacrilege? Sure, but at least the wedge wasn’t gone gone. There was still the M1 Air. Except now that the M3 Air is here, it’s been discontinued.
View OriginalWhy CBS Thinks It Can Survive the Streaming WarsThe failure of Hollywood studios to strike a timely deal with writers and actors last summer meant the traditional fall TV season was canceled in 2023. But while all of the Big Four broadcasters experienced some Nielsen pain as a result, none took a bigger hit than CBS.