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...WONDER SO MANY OF US SUCCUMB to the panicky feeling that we can't keep pace with workplace demands. A series of new studies that examined the modern, multitasking worker show that the constant splintering and diversion of our attention wastes time and money. In a study of 1,000 officeworkers from top managers on down, Basex, an information-technology research firm in New York City, found that interruptions now consume an average of 2.1 hours a day, or 28% of the workday. The two hours of lost productivity included not only unimportant interruptions and distractions but also the recovery...
...flume, keep away from the area,? said Frank Whiteley, Chief Constable of Hertfordshire police, in a hastily called press conference. He also warned that some smaller explosions might occur later today as other tanks at the site-there are 20, holding up to 3 million gallons each-succumb to the heat of the blaze. Whiteley said 36 people were injured, 4 seriously, but so far no deaths-a remarkable stroke of luck he attributed to the timing of the explosion early on a Sunday morning...
...gaining respect. Shirts with a print on them either make you look like Chiquita Banana or an awning.3) Confidence is the key to carrying off metrosexuality with elegance instead of vanity. Act as if you always dressed this way, instead of acting like peer pressure made you succumb. Even though it obviously did. Clearly, you didn’t dress this way in Iowa.—Staff writer Rebecca M. Harrington can be reached at harring@fas.harvard.edu...
...portability often impedes efforts to save for retirement. As today's job hoppers move from one employer to another, most succumb to the temptation to cash out their 401(k)s and spend the money, a practice hardly reflective of a serious retirement system. Today $2 trillion is invested in those accounts. But to understand why the 401(k) is no substitute for a defined-benefit pension, look beneath that big number. Earlier this year the airwaves crackled with announcements that the value of the average 401(k) had climbed to $61,000 in 2004. Noticeably absent from many accounts...
Obviously you will not have a chance to experience healthy aging if you succumb to one of the common diseases that strike people in midlife, such as a heart attack or a tobacco-related cancer. To avoid these, you must be aware of your personal health risks, as suggested by your medical history, your family history and your medical examinations. You also need to know how to take advantage of modern preventive medicine--for example, how to make the best use of diagnostic screening tests that are now available (and to avoid tests that are not accurate or sensitive enough...