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The Surprising Instance Where Cash Isn’t King
Two men went fishing at a nearby pond. They brought poles, bait, and supplies to cook their catch over a fire. The first fisherman quickly caught a big, beautiful fish, but the second man went hours without a single bite. Finally, his bobber disappeared. He reeled in a huge fish…only to immediately throw it back.…
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A Lesson Learned Should be a Lesson Shared
When Kyle Martin learned he was in the running for valedictorian of his graduating class, he decided to go for it. “It felt so good when I heard my name announced for this title. So good—for about 15 seconds,” he said in his graduation speech. “But there must come a 16th second. And in that…
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5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Create a Will (and 3 Reasons You Should)
So, you don’t have an up-to-date will. It’s no big deal—you’re simply one of the 70% of people who don’t have one. And a majority that large can’t be wrong…right? If you want to ignore the voice in your head—or that well-meaning loved one—urging you to get your will in order, here are 5 (somewhat…
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5 Steps for Living Lighter
Did you know American homes contain an average of 300,000 items? No wonder the market size of the home organizing industry is approximately $12 billion! But it’s not just physical stuff that fills our lives—our email inboxes receive about 121 messages per day and our calendars reveal our tendency toward overcommitment. When our stuff and…
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The Lifeline for Your Estate Plan
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was an instant hit when it premiered in 1999. The game show featured contestants answering 15 increasingly difficult trivia questions, with the goal of winning one million dollars. If you’ve said, “Is that your final answer?” in the last 20 years, you probably have this show to thank. Contestants…
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A Treasure You’d Never Want to Hunt
In 1982, New York publisher Byron Preiss released a book containing 12 puzzles, each consisting of a cryptic verse that had to be paired with a mysterious painting. If solved correctly, each puzzle would lead to a different park in a North American city where he’d buried a small container and key that could be…
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Go Beyond “Good Vibes” to Create Real Impact
A year after Mara Soriano’s mother died, the Vancouver resident lost another thing close to her heart – a teddy bear that played a sweet, recorded message in her mom’s voice. When word of the bear’s disappearance reached Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds on social media, he offered $5,000 to anyone who returned the bear, no…
