💤 Reactions, Nancy, NBA, Jobs, and Naps
10 Minutes of Mindfulness Changes Your Reactions
By Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, and Gitte Dybkjaer | Harvard Business Review | January 18, 2019
Leaders across the globe feel that the unprecedented busyness of modern-day leadership makes them more reactive and less proactive. There is a solution to this hardwired, reactionary leadership approach: mindfulness. (1,260 words)
Nancy Drew: How a teen detective inspired girls who went on to make history
By Gillian Brockell | The Washington Post | March 15, 2019
In 2007, first lady and former librarian Laura Bush held an event at a middle school library extolling the virtues of Nancy Drew. At her side sat Emma Roberts, who at the time was the latest actress to play the teen detective on the big screen. (1,180 words)
The Many Faces of the NBA’s Most Improved Player Award Race
By Kevin O'Connor | The Ringer | March 11, 2019
The NBA’s Most Improved Player of the Year Award was instituted in 1985-86 to celebrate the players who made the most progress from one season to the next. The award has many faces, because development isn’t linear. An endless list of variables factors into how a player progresses or regresses. (4,269 words)
Post-Work: The Radical Idea of a World Without Jobs
By Andy Beckett | The Guardian | January 19, 2018
Work has ruled our lives for centuries, and it does so today more than ever. But a new generation of thinkers insists there is an alternative. (5,558 words)
Here’s to naps and snoozes
By Todd Pitock | Aeon | March 12, 2019
American work culture, seeping around the globe, threatens to ruin the pleasures and benefits of public, communal sleep. (3,100 words) 💤