When people have to live paycheck to paycheck, life can easily get unbearable. @Earnin offers loans against paychecks as collateral to alleviate this incessant pressure to low income families at affordable rates. #CEO Ram Palaniappan shares his journey here: …see more

“If you’re a clown, you’re used to falling down and picking yourself up.” As the pandemic rages, clowns try to put on a happy face.

Last week, my dear friend and co-author of The 5-Minute Recharge Addie Greco-Sanchez delivered another stellar webinar on building resilience during challenging times. Addie would love to deliver this presentation to your organization to help you and your employees safeguard your mental and physical health. Contact her now! …see more

According to a recent study, female-led countries have fared better than comparable male-led countries in the battle against Covid. Why? 🎯 Greater risk aversion when it comes to human life vs economics 🎯 Empathy 🎯 Interpersonally-oriented leadership …see more

The good news from recent research: hedonism is good. The bad news: many of us are too distracted to enjoy life’s hedonistic pleasures. https://lnkd.in/edESGfm

Female founders - check this competition out from Everywoman Ltd - you could win £10,000 to make your idea a reality https://lnkd.in/ge3WWR7 #femalefounder …see more

English, with its troughs and thoroughs, is notoriously difficult to read and write. Spelling reformers are trying to change English’s colours to culurs.

Researchers posit that if you travel back in time, you won’t be able to change the future. So much for firing up the DeLorean to prevent Covid-19.

😀 Happy World Mental Health Day! 😀 To celebrate, here's Dr. Laurie Santos with her five favorite evidence-based ways of coping. https://lnkd.in/eKvXuBy …see more

🎥 Thanks to the newsletter Recommendo, I discovered DocumentaryMania, a website with hundreds of free documentary films. Am currently enjoying Free Solo, and you can too! https://lnkd.in/eGhUktf

The incredible Eve Lee built a £3 million agency - THE DIGI FAIRY with diversity at its core. All-female, 50% BAME team, and with a diversity clause in client contracts, learn how she did it here: https://lnkd.in/gd8Wev7 #femalefounders #Diversity …see more

Female founders looking for a great event to inspire and help you with your business? Angelica Malin

"The reason you should care about the story of General Magic is that it involves something fundamental and that is: Failure isn’t the end, failure is actually the beginning… Did it fail? I mean, the company itself failed. The ideas didn’t fail. The people who worked there didn’t fail. So was it a failure?” Tom "Hersh" Hershenson , General Magic https://lnkd.in/gKU9Cua #innovation #GeneralMagic #tech #design …see more

It is our task, both in science and in society at large, to prove the conventional wisdom wrong and to make our unpredictable dreams come true. Freeman Dyson …see more

Happy Winter Solstice! It’s a time historically associated with revelry and debauchery (but not this year!), and other facts you may not know about the shortest day of the year...

From Austin Kleon: pick one small, positive and meaningful thing to do each day this month. Fill in the box with an X each day you do it. The aim is don’t break the chain.

Did you know that the average American will spend roughly 12 years or 15 percent of their life in poor health, mostly due to lifestyle factors?

“Like a forest fire, it will destroy much of what we loved — people, places, things — and leave us with sorrow and mourning and bare ground... But from the charred ground, all-new things will grow.” New #BeyondWork with Apple #8 Chris Espinosa link.medium.com/UwgKKCEeG5 #wfh #apple #software #engineer …see more

For those of you who would like to wear your payments, the European company Armillon has introduced limited-edition ceramic payment bracelets with a scratch-resistant carbon coating.

What can the French teach you about happiness, how can you make the impossible become possible, and what do you need to ask yourself before you pick up your phone? Find out in this week’s edition of the 5-Minute Recharge!