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...allow anxiety or conventions to stifle those interests waste a significant portion of this opportune time, and may set off on a path to an unhappy future. For instance, if you’re ambivalent about economics but suffer through the concentration nonetheless, chances are that you will not enjoy the financial internship or job that your education might grant...

Author: By Olivia M. Goldhill | Title: The Vanity in Veritas | 12/1/2008 | See Source »

...course, there are limits to how much "vacationing" couples should do. You don't want to cram so much activity into a day that you forget to enjoy some quiet time together - after all, this is a real relationship, not pure fantasy. "After three days and nights of going out, I think both of us start craving a night at home with a pint of ice cream and a good DVD," says West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Making It Work Long-Distance | 11/28/2008 | See Source »

...already having existential ruminations. "I started thinking about life," he says. "I started wondering what it is people want. Is it money, power or fame? Is it to see yourself in TIME?" Over the next seven years his fame increased exponentially, but he was unable to completely enjoy it and ended up engaging over 20 different Buddhist teachers. "The main idea taught by the different kinds of Buddhism," he says, "is that the lower you put yourself on the priority level, the happier you become." Surveying the wrecked lobby of his Maldives hotel, Li recalled this lesson, and decided that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Liberation of Jet Li | 11/27/2008 | See Source »

...wants to use that data to decide who gets paid more--and, in combination with classroom evaluation, who keeps the job. But many teachers do not trust her to do this fairly, and the union bristles at the idea of giving up tenure, the exceptional job security that teachers enjoy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhee Tackles Classroom Challenge | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...Invite an editor to hold weekly meeting in my office. She declines. Never mind. One secret upside of the Walkstation: you enjoy long sedentary meetings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Danger: Walking While Working. | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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