Tag Archives: Life

Like most companies, ours transformed virtually overnight into an entirely work-from-home environment due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a CEO who rarely worked from home before the pandemic and still prefers the creative vibe and in-person collaboration of an office, I have found the shift interesting and sometimes surprising. While …

After a 76-day lockdown, China reopened factories and offices resumed operation. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases is plummeting in some countries such as Germany and Thailand. Some other countries are even thinking of lifting their lockdowns altogether. For Singapore, our ‘circuit breaker’ measure was due to be lifted on May 4, …

How much money is a life worth? To many, the answer is so obvious that the question is offensive: Life is immeasurably valuable. No price is too high. During the pandemic, some economists and health experts have said there’s not necessarily a need to weigh the balance between saving lives …

One of the most powerful strategies I’ve found for improving my life is the idea of systems. Basically, rather than setting a goal for yourself, you develop a system of some kind, a set of daily actions that gradually nudge you toward that goal. For example, instead of saying “I’m …

Over the last few weeks, one of the major areas of focus of The Simple Dollar has been on getting through this current era of social distancing and its consequences. Here are a few of those articles: Lost Your Job? Take These Four Steps First offers immediate advice if you’ve …

If you’re like most people right now, you are spending a lot of time in front of screens. This makes sense: In a time of social distancing, screens have become our portals to the outside world. But how much screen time is too much? And is screen-life balance even possible …

Photo by fizkes / Shutterstock.com “Sheltering in place” wasn’t even in our vocabulary a few months ago. Now, it’s a daily reality. How, especially if you are not a tech whiz, can you know which of the many apps will help most when you are stuck at home? We winnowed …

What’s inside? Here are the questions answered in today’s reader mailbag, boiled down to summaries of five or fewer words. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.1. Ceiling fan direction issues2. Uninformed or focused?3. Mail order seed recommendations4. Will life insurance be viable?5. Spring cleaning without …

There are a lot of people all over the world that are suddenly adjusting to working from home. It can be a major shift from working in an office or even from working at a library or cafe, as some do. It’s a major change, shifting from an environment with …