People fear the deadlift. For one, the name itself has the word “dead” in it. Two, they’ve been told for years—often by medical experts—that deadlifts are terrible for your back. “Oh, you might look/feel good now, but just you wait. One day you’ll regret it.” But they’re wrong. The basic …
Read More »How Yoga Movement Grew To 6 S’pore Studios And Over 100K Customers In Almost A Decade
With six outlets islandwide and a huge community, both yoga practitioners and newbies alike are likely to have heard of Yoga Movement. Back in 2012 when Yoga Movement launched its first outlet, the yoga industry was still in its nascent stages, and there were only a handful of yoga studios …
Read More »13 Things Seniors Can Get for Free — or Almost Free
Monkey Business Images / Shutterstock.com Growing older has its advantages. As time passes, you get a little wiser. After retiring, you have more free time to channel that wisdom into doing the things you enjoy. Even better, all that fun often can be had at a steep discount. There are …
Read More »You’re Almost Out of Time for This Coronavirus Tax Break
Photo by myboys.me / Shutterstock.com If you want to save a little money on your next tax bill while doing some good in 2020, time is running out. Earlier this year, a new federal law — the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act — temporarily suspended rules that …
Read More »Almost Billionaires: How 6 S’pore Top Multi-Millionaires Built Fortunes Worth Above US$800M
Singapore is one of the richest countries in the world, and among those with the densest population of millionaires. Out of approximately 5.6 million people living here locally, over 269,000 people were recorded as millionaires in 2019. That number is set to grow and hit 363,000 by 2024. At the …
Read More »He Almost Went Bankrupt With $100K Debt, Now Founded S’pore’s First Shipping Container Hotel
The Tiny House concept has been on a rise, which was one of the propelling factors for serial entrepreneur Seah Liang Chiang to build Singapore’s first Shipping Container Hotel. People around the world are choosing to downsize their living spaces, with a Netflix reality TV show revolving around the topic, …
Read More »14 Things We Buy and Then Almost Never Use
frantic00 / Shutterstock.com I’ve been decluttering for years, since long before Marie Kondo, the maven of tidy homes, was a household name. One approach I use is to try buying only things I’ll use regularly. I tested that strategy a few years ago. My husband and I were debating whether …
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